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
- MAY 19, 2011BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: ONE AWARDED DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDER IN CTG
in Bangladesh, Additional Chittagong Metropolitan Sessions Judge La Mong sentenced Salauddin...
- MAY 17, 2011BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: DEATH FOR WATCHMAN FOR KILLING OWNER
in the United Arab Emirates, the Federal Supreme Court upheld the death sentence of a Bangladeshi watchman for killing his employer and landlord in 2005.
- APRIL 27, 2011BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: 2 MEN TO WALK TO GALLOWS FOR DOWRY
in Kushtia, Bangladesh, a Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge sentenced two men to death in absentia for killing their wives for dowry in separate verdicts.
- APRIL 7, 2011BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: HUSBAND TO WALK TO GALLOWS FOR KILLING WIFE IN KUSHTIA
in Kushtia, Bangladesh, women and children repression prevention tribunal judge Akbar Hossain Mridha sentenced Manik Mollah...
- MARCH 30, 2011BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: 3 TO WALK TO GALLOWS FOR KILLING A BUSINESSMAN IN SYLHET
in Sylhet, Bangladesh, Additional District and Sessions Judge M Najir Ahmed sentenced Abdul Mannan...
- MARCH 22, 2011BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: HC DECLARES TAHER TRIAL ILLEGAL
justices Chowdhury and Hossain of the Bangladeshi High Court found that the July 21, 1976, execution of Col Abu Taher was illegal.
- MARCH 21, 2011BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: 4 TO WALK GALLOWS FOR KILLING JUBO LEAGUE LEADER
in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Judge Md Rezaul Islam of the Speedy Trial Tribunal-4 sentenced Pallab Bepari...
- MARCH 11, 2011BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: THREE TO DIE FOR KILLING SCHOOLBOY
in Bangladesh, three people were sentenced to death kidnapping and killing schoolboy Tanjirul Islam Mishelin from Dania under Shyampur police station on July 5, 2003, for ransom
- MARCH 2, 2011BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: MAN EXECUTED IN SYLHET JAIL
Robi Munda, 60, from Habiganj, was executed in Sylhet Central Jail in Bangladesh
- JANUARY 27, 2011BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: ONE TO WALK GALLOWS FOR KILLING WIFE IN GOPALGANJ
in Gopalganj, Bangladesh, Tuhin Kazi of Manikhar village was sentenced to death by Judge Golam Morshed of the Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal for killing his wife Mina Sultana for dowry on August 10, 2007.
JANUARY 24, 2011BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: FIVE TO GO TO GALLOWS IN JL LEADER MURDER CASE
Sirajganj, Bangladesh, District and session judge Salma Bhanu sentenced BNP
- JANUARY 17, 2011BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: MAN AWARDED DEATH PENALTY IN SATKHIRA
in Satkhira, Pakistan, Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge SM Rezanur Rahman sentenced Ruhul Amin, 30, of Telkara village in Kolaroa upazila, to death for killing his wife Zannatul Ferdous, 23, on May 9, 2007, after torturing her for d