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
- AUGUST 19, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: 7 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERS
a special court in Narsingdi district in Bangladesh handed down death sentences to seven people for the murder of six people of a family.
- AUGUST 13, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: MAN AWARDED DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING WIFE IN BHOLA
a court in Bangladesh sentenced a man to death and also fined him Tk 25,000 for killing his wife two years ago.
- AUGUST 12, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: MAN AWARDED DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING WIFE IN GAZIPUR
a court in Gazipur, Bangladesh, sentenced a man to death for killing his wife six years ago
- AUGUST 5, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: HC UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY OF 9 ‘OUTLAWS’
the Bangladeshi High Court upheld the death sentences given by a trial court to nine cadres of a banned outfit for killing Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) president Kazi Aref Ahmed and four other party leaders in Kushtia nine years ago.
- JULY 28, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: THREE GO TO GALLOWS IN DINAJPUR MURDER CASE
a court in Dinajpur, Bangladesh, sentenced three people to death for killing a young girl after raping her.
- JULY 28, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING STUDENT IN NOAKHALI
a court in Noakhali, Bangladesh, convicted a young man and sentenced him to death for killing a madrasa student in 2007.
- JULY 23, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: FOUR TO WALK GALLOWS FOR DOUBLE MURDER IN RAJSHAHI
a court in Rajshahi, Bangladesh, condemned four people to death for raping and killing a woman and her daughter in 2006.
- JULY 23, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
Mohammad Nurul Huda, a judge of the Bangladeshi Divisional Speedy Trial Tribunal Court, handed down the death penalty to Jahangir Alam Khokan, 40, of Faridpur, Rashidul Islam Sagar, 30, of Munshiganj and Kaiyum, 36, of Rajbari district. Kaiyum was tried i
- JULY 21, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: HC COMMUTES AZAM REZA'S DEATH SENTENCE
the Bangladeshi High Court commuted the death sentence of Azam Reza to a life term imprisonment in the murder of Jayanti Reza, Azam's wife.
- JULY 21, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: FOUR TO GO TO GALLOWS FOR KILLING HOUSEWIFE IN CHUADANGA
a special tribunal in Chuadanga, Bangladesh, sentenced four family members to death in a murder case. Bablu, his parents Abdus Sattar and Khadiza Begum and brother Bakul, of Joyrampur Mallikpara in Damurhuda upazila were also fined them Tk 20,000 each.
- JULY 2, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
a tribunal in Satkhira, Bangladesh...
a tribunal in Satkhira, Bangladesh...
- JUNE 4, 2008BahrainDEATH PENALTY
BAHRAIN. BANGLADESHI EXECUTED FOR MURDER
a Bangladeshi murderer was executed by firing squad in Bahrain early in the morning, the Public Prosecution