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
JUNE 10, 2024BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: FOUR GET DEATH FOR KILLING EASYBIKE DRIVER IN JAMALPUR
A court in Jamalpur on June 9, 2024 sentenced four people to death for the murder of an Easybike driver in the district's Sarishabari upazila.
JUNE 4, 2024BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: FIVE GET DEATH PENALTY IN JASHORE MURDER CASE
A court in Jashore on May 20, 2024 sentenced five people to death for killing an easy-bike driver at Sadar upazila of the district in 2011.
MAY 29, 2024BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: BOTSWANA NATIONAL GETS DEATH PENALTY IN NARCOTICS CASE
A Dhaka court on May 27, 2024 awarded death penalty to Botswana national Lesedi Molapisi in a narcotics case filled over drug smuggling.
MAY 21, 2024BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: TWO TO BE HANGED FOR KILLING SHOP EMPLOYEE IN RAJSHAHI
A Rajshahi court on May 15, 2024 sentenced two persons to death for killing an employee of a mobile phone shop in the district in 2021.
MAY 16, 2024BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: HIGH COURT LIMITS SOLITARY FOR DEATH ROW INMATES
A Bangladesh court ruled on May 13, 2024 that death row prisoners could not be held in solitary confinement until their appeals had been exhausted, in what lawyers called a major rights victory for inmates.
MAY 14, 2024BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 9 TO DIE FOR KILLING JUBO LEAGUE LEADER IN CUMILLA
A Cumilla court on May 12, 2024 sentenced nine people to death for killing Jubo League leader Jamal Uddin alias Bakka Jamal in Chauddagram upazila on the district.
MAY 2, 2024BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 7 SENTENCED TO DEATH IN HABIGANJ MURDER CASE
A court in Habiganj has sentenced seven people to death and 10 others to life imprisonment on the charge of killing a man at Sadar upazila in 2003.
APRIL 24, 2024BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE AND MURDER OF HIS NIECE IN NATORE
A tribunal has sentenced a man to death over the rape and murder of his niece, a student in 12th grade, in Natore’s Singra Upazila.
APRIL 23, 2024BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: TWO GET DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING TRIO IN CTG
A Chattogram court on April 18, 2024 awarded death penalty to two men for killing three members of a family in city's Biyazid Bostami Thana area 19 years ago.
- APRIL 3, 2024BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: TWO SIBLINGS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING MAN IN CUMILLA
A court in Cumilla on April 1, 2024 sentenced two brothers to death in a case filed over the murder of a man in Titas upazila of the district in 2020.
- APRIL 1, 2024BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: 4, INCLUDING WIFE, SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING SAUDI EXPATRIATE OVER EXTRAMARITAL AFFAIR
A Cumilla court on March 27, 2024 sentenced a woman and three other people to death for killing her husband over an extramarital affair in Cumilla's Homna upazila.
MARCH 28, 2024BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: THREE TO BE HANGED FOR MURDER IN FARIDPUR
A Faridpur court has sentenced three people to death and three others to life term imprisonment in a case filed over the murder of a student in Nagarkanda upazila of the district.