Bangladesh
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- parliamentary democracy
- CONSTITUTION
- December 16, 1972, suspended on March 24, 1982, restored on November 10, 1986, amended several times
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on English common law and Islamic law
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral, National Parliament (Jatiya Sangsad)
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court (judges appointed by the President)
RELIGIONS
83% Muslims, 16% Hindus, Buddhist, Catholic, and Protestant minorities
From the country
- DECEMBER 5, 2011CanadaDEATH PENALTY
Canadian High Commissioner in Dhaka Heather Cruden
Canadian High Commissioner in Dhaka Heather Cruden
- NOVEMBER 15, 2011BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: TWO BROTHERS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN KHULNA
in Khulna, Bangladesh, Additional District and Session Court- 3 Judge Abdul Mannan sentenced brothers Daud and Shamsher Molla, from Baduria village under Dumuria thana of the district, to death for murdering their cousin Abdur Razzak Molla on August 22, 2
- OCTOBER 25, 2011BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: ACQUITTAL OF 8 DEATH SENTENCES STAYED
Bangladesh's Supreme Court Appellate Division Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain stayed a High Court verdict that acquitted eight people condemned to death for killing Mohammad Alam for six weeks.
- OCTOBER 19, 2011BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: DEATH PENALTY IN REFRIGERATOR TRUCK MURDER
MS, 23, a driver from Bangladesh, was sentenced to death in the United Arab Emirates for locking an acquaintance in a refrigerated truck, then killing him over a financial disagreement in February 2011.
- OCTOBER 11, 2011BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: MAID AND BOYFRIEND GET DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING EMPLOYER
Ahmed Saeed Al Naqabi of the Khorfakkan Criminal Court of First Instance in the United Arab Emirates sentenced an unidentified housemaid and her boyfriend, both from Bangladesh, to death for murdering the maid's Emirati employer Layla Al Gawi, 42, at her
- OCTOBER 9, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: 5 MORE BANGLADESHIS ON SAUDI DEATH ROW
“a Sharia court sentenced five Bangladeshis in Riyadh to death in three cases for murdering three compatriots,” Haroon-or-Rashid, Bangladesh's labour counsellor in Saudi Arabia, said.
- OCTOBER 7, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia executed eight Bangladeshi nationals for their part in an armed robbery in
Saudi Arabia executed eight Bangladeshi nationals for their part in an armed robbery in
- OCTOBER 5, 2011BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: 19 PRISONERS ON DEATH ROW IN KHULNA
the Khulna district jail in Bangladesh has 19 prisoners on death row for murder in five condemned cells.
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2011BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
a court convicted a young man handing him down death penalty for killing a man eight months before.
a court convicted a young man handing him down death penalty for killing a man eight months before.
SEPTEMBER 11, 2011BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 6 TO DIE FOR KILLING AL LEADER
in Bangladesh, Dhaka's Speedy Trial Tribunal -4 judge Motahar Hossain sentenced six
SEPTEMBER 6, 2011BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: MAN HANGED FOR KILLING WOMAN, SON
ABM Nazmul Sakib, alias Ashik, 32, a private tutor, was executed in Jessore Central Jail
SEPTEMBER 4, 2011BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: DEATH PENALTY EXECUTED IN RAJSHAHI JAIL
Nistar Ali was executed in Rajshahi Central Jail in Bangladesh for killing his wife Merina Begum, 22, in Beldanga village under Shapaher Upazila in Naogaon district on September 14, 1999.