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
FEBRUARY 16, 2012BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: DEATH PENALTY FOR TERRORISM
In Bangladesh, the Anti-Terrorism (Amendment) Bill, 2012 was passed in the Jatiya Sangsad
JANUARY 27, 2012BangladeshDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: PARDON FOR DEATH ROW INMATES
The family of ‘Mohidul’, a Bangladeshi expatriate in Kuwait who was murdered by three
- JANUARY 1, 2012BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Bangladesh applies the death penalty for such crimes as murder, sedition and drug-trafficking.
Bangladesh applies the death penalty for such crimes as murder, sedition and drug-trafficking.
- DECEMBER 27, 2011BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: 3 TO WALK GALLOWS FOR KILLING FELLOW STUDENT
Judge Motahar Hossain of the Speedy Trial Tribunal-4 in Dhaka, Bangladesh, sentenced college students Nasir Uddin Anik, Akhter Hossain and Mohammad Shaheed to death for murdering Amzad Hossain between Rampura and Demra on June 14, 2009.
- DECEMBER 26, 2011BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: CABINET OKAYS DRAFT OF AMENDED ANTI-TERROR LAW
the Bangladeshi cabinet approved the final draft of the Anti-terrorism (amendment) Act, 2011 with a provision for the death penalty for getting involved in, supporting or financing militancy and terrorist activities in the country.
- DECEMBER 22, 2011BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: FOUR TO DIE FOR KILLING IMAM
a speedy trial tribunal in Bangladesh sentenced Abdur Rahim Sarder, 43, Mohamad Qazi Baizid, 42, Murad Hossain, 45, and Ikram alias Masud, 45, to death for murdering Ramna Police Station mosque imam Maulana Mohammad Ishaq on December 29, 2010. Masud was s
- DECEMBER 12, 2011BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: DEATH PENALTY FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING
the Bangladeshi cabinet approved a draft law to curtail human trafficking with capital punishment.
- DECEMBER 12, 2011BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: FIVE SENTENCED TO DEATH IN TANGALLE
five members of a family were sentenced to death by Tangalle High Court judge Chandrasena Rajapaksa in Bangladesh.
- DECEMBER 5, 2011BangladeshDEATH 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, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH 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.