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
- 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.
- NOVEMBER 16, 2009BahrainDEATH PENALTY
BAHRAIN: MAN LOSES A THIRD APPEAL
Bahrain's Cassation Court upheld the death penalty against Bangladeshi national Jassim Abdulmanan
- NOVEMBER 12, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: 3 TO DIE FOR MURDER
three cadres of the outlawed Purbo Banglar Communist Party were sentenced to death in Chuadanga, Bangladesh, for killing farmer Firoz Malitha in 1998.
- NOVEMBER 10, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: MAN TO GO TO GALLOWS IN KISHOREGANJ MURDER CASE
at a court in Kishoreganj, Bangladesh, Additional Sessions Judge Tabassum Islam sentenced M Islamuddin, 30, of Charparatala village in Pakundia upazila, to death in absentia
- NOVEMBER 8, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: HUSBAND, SISTER-IN-LAW TO DIE FOR MURDER
a husband and sister-in-law were sentenced to death by a court in Rajshahi, Bangaldesh, for poisoning Shulekha Khatun from Chuniapara village under Durgapur upazila of the district on February 28, 2004.
- NOVEMBER 8, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: MAN GOES TO GALLOWS FOR KILLING HIS WIFE IN SHERPUR
at a court in Sherpur, Bangladesh, District Additional and Sessions Judge Ratneshwar Bhattacharya convicted a man and sentenced him to death in absentia for killing his wife for dowry.
OCTOBER 14, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: FIVE TO DIE FOR KILLING CHILD IN MIRPUR
five people in Bangladesh were sentenced to death for killing a child in the Mirpur area
- OCTOBER 8, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: COURT SENTENCED HUSBAND TO DEATH
the Special Court of Woman and Children Repression Prevention in Nilphamari, Bangladesh, sentenced Montu Rahman, from Putimari village in Kishorganj upazila, to death. On April 18, 2007, during an argument Montu and a friend suffocated his wife, Jahanara
- OCTOBER 5, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
in Bangladesh, the trial for the 1975 assassination of the country’s...
in Bangladesh, the trial for the 1975 assassination of the country’s...
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: HILLS DISTRICT COURT GIVES FIRST DEATH SENTENCE
a Bandarban court in Bangladesh sentenced Chittagong Hill Tracts resident Belal Hossain, 25, to death for murdering his wife.