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 2, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING HIS WIFE IN SATKHIRA
Judge Mohammad Mutajidur Rahman of the Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal in Satkhira, Bangladesh, convicted a man and awarded him capital punishment for killing his wife four years ago.
- AUGUST 1, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: TWO GET CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR KILLING HOUSEWIFE
Additional District and Sessions Judge Reza Tarique Ahmed awarded two men capital punishment for killing a housewife at Chachoir village in Sadar upazila, Bangladesh, seven years ago
- JULY 31, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. 2 SENTENCED TO DEATH IN CHITTAGONG
a divisional special court in Chittagong, Bangladesh, sentenced two people to death
- JULY 29, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING HIS WIFE IN LAXMIPUR
a special court in Laxmipur, Bangladesh, convicted a man and sentenced him to death for murdering his wife in 1999.
- JULY 26, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH IN CHUADANGA
Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge Motahar Hossain sentenced three men to death for of killing two women after raping them
- JULY 24, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. 12 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
twelve people were sentenced to death and eight to life imprisonment by a court in Chittagong, Bangladesh, in the sensational Jan-e-Alam murder case
- JULY 12, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: MAN GETS DEATH FOR KILLING SEVEN FAMILY MEMBERS
Bangladeshi Md Masud Rana Md Mofizuddin...
- JULY 9, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
HUSBAND HANDED DEATH PENALTY FOR DOWRY MURDER
a court in Panchagarh, Bangladesh, awarded the death penalty to a man for killing his wife for dowry on July 31, 2004
- JUNE 28, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: TWO YOUNG MEN TO WALK GALLOWS FOR RAPE AND MURDER
in Bangladesh, Divisional Speedy Trial Judge Nurul Huda handed down the death penalty to Farhad, 18, and Shafiqul, 20, of Sardarkandi village for the rape and murder of a minor girl on the bank of river Padma in Munshiganj upazila a year ago.
- JUNE 28, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: TWO MEN TO WALK TO GALLOWS FOR MURDER IN RAJSHAHI
in Rajshahi, Bangladesh, Judge ATM Mesbahul Udola of the Speedy Trial Tribunal sentenced to death Jamshed Ali and Toimur of the Belpara village in Ishwardi upazila of Pabna district.
- JUNE 26, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLDESH: COURT STAYS DEATH PENALTY OF 1975 COUP CONVICT
the Bangladesh Supreme Court stayed the execution of the death penalty...
- JUNE 19, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: ONE SENTENCED TO DEATH IN CITTAGONG
a court in Bangladesh sentenced a man to death for killing his wife nearly four years ago for dowry.