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
- MAY 27, 2008United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: BANGLADESHI WHO AXED INDIAN TO DEATH GETS DEATH PENALTY
a Bangladeshi farm worker who axed his Indian colleague to death in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates...
- MAY 22, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH FOUR SENTENCED TO DEATH IN PROFESSOR TAHER MURDER CASE
four people in Bangladesh were sentenced to death for the murder of Professor Sheikh Taher Ahmed.
- MAY 21, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Additional District and Sessions Judge's Court in Chapainawabganj...
Additional District and Sessions Judge's Court in Chapainawabganj...
- MAY 20, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
a Bagerhat court, in Bangladesh...
a Bagerhat court, in Bangladesh...
- MAY 19, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH GOVERNMENT OKAYS TOUGH ANTI-TERRORISM LAW
Bangladesh's government approved a tough anti-terrorism ordinance which has a provision for the death sentence as the maximum penalty for those convicted of terrorism, officials said.
- MAY 17, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA BEHEADS BANGLADESHI CONVICTED OF MURDER
Saudi authorities beheaded a Bangladeshi man convicted of killing a Saudi citizen over a money
- MAY 15, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. TWO AWARDED DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDER
two young men are to walk the gallows for the murder of Ibrahim Zaman, senior secretary
MAY 12, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH. HUSBAND AWARDED DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING WIFE IN CHANDPUR
in Chandpur, Bangladesh, a man was sentenced to death in absentia for killing his young wife
- MAY 7, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE, DAUGHTERS IN C’NAWABGANJ
a court sentenced a man to death for killing his wife and two daughters for dowry at Dadanchak village in Shibganj upazila, Bangladesh, in 2001.
- MAY 7, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR STRANGLING SECOND WIFE
a peasant aged about 45 was sentenced to death for strangling his second wife at Gopinathpur in sadar upazila, Bangladesh, two years ago
- MAY 7, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH IN LALBAGH SEVEN-MURDER CASE
a special tribunal court in Dhaka, Bangladesh, sentenced two men to death, eight to life terms and one to 10 years imprisonment in the sensational seven-murder case in Lalbagh in the city 8 years ago.
- APRIL 28, 2008BahrainDEATH PENALTY
BAHRAIN: FINAL APPEAL REJECTED
a Bangladeshi cook will be executed in Bahrain after the Cassation Court...