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 8, 2010BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: ONE TO DIE FOR MURDER IN BOGRA
Judge Kazi Shahina Nigar of the Bogra First Additional Sessions Court in Bangladesh sentenced Joynal, 50, to death for killing neighbour Khoka Miah with a sharp weapon.
- FEBRUARY 4, 2010BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: DEAH SENTENCE FOR MURDERS
in Bangladesh, Bagerhat Additional District and Sessions...
- FEBRUARY 1, 2010BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: TWO SIBLINGS TO GO TO GALLOWS IN BOGRA MURDER CASE
Judge Kazi Shahina Nigar of the Bogra Additional District and Sessions Court-3 in Bangladesh sentenced Shahadat Hossain, 55, and his brother Abdul Khaleq, 50, both from Induil village in Adamdighi upazila, to death.
- JANUARY 28, 2010BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: 2 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING RU PROFESSOR YUNUS
at a court in Rajshahi, Bangladesh, Speedy Trial Court judge Manjurul Bafid awarded capital punishment to Sahidullah, alias Mahbub, from Naogaon, and Sarifullah, alias Tareque alias Abul Kalam, from Satkhira.
JANUARY 28, 2010BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 5 HANGED FOR KILLING BANGABANDHU
Bangladesh executed five former military officers for their role in the 1975 massacre of the
- JANUARY 27, 2010BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: DEATH PENALTY FOR MUTINEERS IN PROPOSED LAW
under a new law, the proposed Border Guard of Bangladesh (BGB) court will have the power to issue death sentences for mutiny.
- JANUARY 27, 2010BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE
a four-member bench of the apex appellate division of Bangladesh's Supreme Court, headed by Chief Justice Md Tafazzul Islam, rejected appeals by five men convicted of killing the country's founder Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in 1975.
- JANUARY 19, 2010BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH PRESIDENT REJECTS MUJIB KILLERS' MERCY PETITIONS
Bangladesh President Zillur Rahman rejected the mercy petitions of three of the five former army officers sentenced to death for killing Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in 1975.
- JANUARY 9, 2010BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: THREE ON DEATH ROW SEEK CLEMENCY
three of the five former Bangladesh Army officers sentenced to death for the 1975 murder of the country's founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman sought clemency from the president.
- JANUARY 8, 2010SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESHI WORKER TO HANG IN SINGAPORE FOR MURDER
High Court Judge Kan Ting Chiu of Singapore's High Court sentenced Bangladeshi construction worker Kamrul Hasan Abdul Quddus, 35, to death for murder.
- JANUARY 4, 2010BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: ONE TO DIE FOR KILLING CHILD
Judge AFM Mahbubul Haque of the Women and Children Repression Control Tribunal- 2 in Dhaka, Bangladesh, awarded the death sentence to Khaled Hasan for killing Saidul, 7, in April 2007.
- JANUARY 1, 2010BangladeshDEATH 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.