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 31, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: DEATH FOR KILLING GIRL
in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Judge Rezaul Islam of the Speedy Trial Tribunal-4 sentenced Mohammad Manik to death for murder.
- DECEMBER 15, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: DRAFT BORDER GUARD LAW SUGGESTS CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
a draft law for the border security force containing provisions for the death sentence as the maximum punishment was submitted to the Bangladeshi Law Ministry.
- DECEMBER 7, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: MAN TO DIE FOR MURDER
Additional District and Sessions Judge Mahbubul Alam sentenced Abu Taher...
- DECEMBER 3, 2009BahrainDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESHI MAN FACES RARE EXECUTION
Amnesty International appealed to the King of Bahrain to stop the execution of a Bangladeshi man.
- NOVEMBER 30, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN SHERPUR
a court in Sherpur, Bangladesh, sentenced Sultan Ahmed, 35...
- NOVEMBER 25, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: SEVEN GET DEATH SENTENCE
seven people were awarded the death sentence by Additional District and Session Judge AKM Abul Kasnem for murderg a college student from Chandanpur village in Monohardi upazila, Bangladesh
- NOVEMBER 24, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: FIVE TO DIE FOR KILLING N'GANJ BUSINESSMAN
a court in Narayanganj, Bangladesh...
- NOVEMBER 24, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: MAN TO GO TO GALLOWS FOR KILLING WIFE IN BHOLA
at a court in Bhola, Bangladesh, Additional District and Sessions Judge Mahabub-Ul-Alam sentenced Abu Taher, 35, to death in absentia.
- NOVEMBER 22, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: AI URGES BANGLADESH TO COMMUTE DEATH SENTENCES
Amnesty International (AI) urged Bangladesh not to execute five former army officers sentenced to death for the assassination of Bangladesh's founder Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
- NOVEMBER 22, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: MAN TO GO TO GALLOWS FOR KILLING WIFE IN JESSORE
in Jessore, Bangladesh, District Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge Shamsur Rahman sentenced Ismail Hossain, 40, of Agrobhulot village in Sharsha upazila to death.
- NOVEMBER 19, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: DEATH SENTENCES FOR 1975 KILLING OF BANGLADESHI LEADER
the Bangladeshi Supreme Court rejected final appeals by five former soldiers sentenced to death in the 1975 killing of the country’s independence leader in a military coup
- NOVEMBER 18, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: 2 SENTENCED TO DEATH IN BARGUNA, KUSHTIA
two people in Bangladesh were sentenced to death by separate courts.