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 28, 2024BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH IN LALMONIRHAT MURDER CASE
A court in Lalmonirhat on October 28, 2024 sentenced two persons to death in the much-discussed murder case filed in 2020 at Hatibandha Upazila in the district.
JULY 11, 2024BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: SIX TO BE HANGED IN MURDER CASE IN CUMILLA
A Cumilla court has sentenced six people to death and 10 others to life term imprisonment for killing a man named Nurul Haque over land dispute in Brahmanpara upazila of the district in 2011.
JULY 9, 2024BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: FOUR GET DEATH, 10 LIFE SENTENCES FOR 2012 MURDER OF BRAHMANBARIA AL LEADER IQBAL AZAD
A tribunal has sentenced four people to death and 10 to life in prison for the 2012 murder of Sarail Upazila Awami League leader Iqbal Azad in Brahmanbaria.
JUNE 18, 2024BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 3 AWARDED CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR MURDER IN NARAIL
A court in Narail on June 12, 2024 sentenced three people to death for killing a man in Lohagara upazila of the district in 2018.
JUNE 12, 2024BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: YOUTH GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING CHILD IN CTG
A Chattogram court on June 9, 2024 sentenced a youth to death for killing a five-year-old child at Mirsari upazila in the district in 2010.
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 PENALTY
BANGLADESH: 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.