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
- OCTOBER 21, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: FOUR SENTENCED TO DEATH, TWO TO LIFE, FOR KILLING IN JHENIDAH
a court in Jhenidah, Bangladesh, sentenced four people to death and two others to life imprisonment in a murder case.
- OCTOBER 14, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE IN TANGAIL
a special court in Tangail, Bangladesh, sentenced a man to death for killing his wife for her dowry about six years ago.
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE, TWO CHILDREN IN NILPHAMARI
a court in Nilphamari, Bangladesh, sentenced a man to death for killing his wife and two children in 2005.
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: FOUR TO GO TO GALLOWS IN MURDER CASE IN BHOLA
a special tribunal in Bhola, Bangladesh, sentenced four people to death for killing a housewife.
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: ONE TO GO TO GALLOWS IN MURDER CASE IN DINAJPUR
a special tribunal in Dinajpur, Bangladesh, sentenced a man to death for killing his wife.
- SEPTEMBER 15, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: MAN TO GO TO GALLOWS FOR KILLING BNP LEADER IN CHUADANGA
at a court in Chuadanga, Bangladesh, Additional Sessions Judge Motahar Hossaina convicted a regional leader of an outlawed party and sentenced him to death for killing BNP leader Nur Ali in 2005.
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: TWO AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE IN CTG FOR MURDER
a special court in Chittagong, Bangladesh, found a young man and one of his accomplices guilty of killing his wife after rape nine years ago and sentenced them to death.
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING IN FENI
a court in Feni, Bangladesh, sentenced two people to death and another to three years rigorous imprisonment for killing a young woman after raping her in 1998.
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: MAN GETS DEATH FOR RAPE AND MURDER
a sessions court in Siwan, Bangladesh, awarded the death sentence to a man in a four-year-old rape and murder case.
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. THREE TO GO TO GALLOWS IN MURDER CASE IN BAGERHAT
a court in Bagerhat, Bangladesh, sentenced three people to death in the Enamul murder ca
- AUGUST 20, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: ONE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE IN BARISAL
a Bhola court in Bangladesh sentenced a person to death for killing his wife two years ago.
- AUGUST 20, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: TWO TO WALK GALLOWS IN BAGERHAT, GAZIPUR
two men were sentenced to death in separate cases by two courts in Bagerhat and Gazipur districts in Bangladesh