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
- SEPTEMBER 1, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: MOTHER’S SUITOR SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING SON IN NARSINGDI
in Narsingdi, Bangladesh, Additional District Judge Abul Kashem sentenced a man to death for killing his lover’s son.
AUGUST 26, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE IN DINAJPUR
in Dinajpur, Bangladesh, Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge M Shamsul Huda
- AUGUST 24, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: BANGABANDHU MURDER CASE APPEAL TO BEGIN OCT 5
the hearing on the long-pending appeals of five former army officers sentenced to death in the August 15, 1975, Bangabandhu murder case will begin at the Bangladesh Supreme Court on October 5.
- AUGUST 24, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH IN MURDER CASE IN MAGURA
a court in Magura, Bangladesh, sentenced three people to death and 10 others to life term imprisonment in a murder case.
AUGUST 23, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: MAN GETS CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR ACID THROWING IN SIRAJGANJ
at a tribunal in Sirajganj, Bangladesh, Special Tribunal Judge Biplob Goswami convicted a man and
- AUGUST 13, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: HUSBAND GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING WIFE IN NILPHAMARI
a husband was sentenced to death and fined Taka 5,000 for killing his wife over a dowry in the Nilphamari district of Bangladesh.
- AUGUST 7, 2009Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: BANGLADESHI NATIONAL EXECUTED IN RIYADH
Muneer Ahmed Hussein Shah, a Bangladeshi national residing in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, was executed for murder. A statement by the Saudi Interior Ministry said Shah pleaded guilty to raping a woman, trying to suffocate her and setting her on fire.
- JULY 30, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: MAN TO GO TO GALLOWS FOR MURDER IN MAGURA
a court in Magura, Bangladesh, sentenced a man to death for killing his wife for dowry on February 8, 2006.
- JULY 29, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: 5 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE AND MURDER
five men were sentenced to death in Bangladesh for raping and murdering a woman.
- JUNE 29, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING JCD LEADER IN SYLHET
at a court in Sylhet, Bangladesh, Speedy Trial Judge Md Mahbubul Islam sentenced a man to death and 10 others life term imprisonment for killing Chhatra Dal leader Enam Ahmed in 2006.
- JUNE 29, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: YOUNG MAN TO GO TO GALLOWS FOR KILLING WIFE IN NILPHAMARI
a young man was sentenced to death for killing his wife for dowry at a remote village in Kishorganj upazila, Bangladesh, on May 15, 2003.
- JUNE 9, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: 5 AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING MAN IN NARSINGDI
five people, including four brothers, were sentenced to death and three others to life term imprisonment by a court in Narsingdi, Bangladesh.