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
- NOVEMBER 8, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
ONE SENTENCED TO DEATH IN MURDER CASE
in Bangladesh, a Sirajganj court sentenced a man to death, four to life imprisonment and another to rigorous imprisonment for a year in a murder case.
- OCTOBER 31, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: HUSBAND SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE
a man was sentenced to death by a court in Dinajpur, Bangladesh, for murdering his wife for dowry seven years ago. Judge of the Women and Child Repression Prevention Tribunal Badsha Alamgir delivered the verdict in a crowded courtroom.
- OCTOBER 30, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
in Chapainawabganj, Bangladesh, District and Sessions Judge...
in Chapainawabganj, Bangladesh, District and Sessions Judge..
OCTOBER 27, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA. THREE BANGLADESHIS EXECUTED FOR ROBBERY, SEXUAL ASSAULT
three Bangladeshis were beheaded in Saudi Arabia after
- OCTOBER 2, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: MAN TO GO TO GALLOWS FOR KILLING WIFE IN PANCHAGARH
a court in Panchagarh, Bangladesh, sentenced a man to death for killing his wife about 12 years ago.
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
EX-DCC COMMISSIONER, FOUR OTHERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
a Dhaka Court in Bangladesh sentenced five people do death for killing Dhanmondi Sporting Club President Khairul Anwar Piaru in 2004.
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: SC LETS DEATH ROW PRISONERS APPEAL
the Bangladeshi Supreme Court granted applications by the condemned prisoners in the Bangabandhu murder case to appeal against their death sentences.
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
TWO PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH IN DOUBLE MURDER CASE
a court in Chuadanga, Bangladesh...
- AUGUST 20, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
JMB MAN GIVEN DEATH PENALTY FOR JAMALPUR KILLING
a Dhaka court sentenced a Majlish-e-Shura member of the Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh...
- AUGUST 19, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN SYLHET
in Sylhet, Bangladesh, Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge AKM Nasiruddin Mahmud sentenced a man to death for killing his wife.
- AUGUST 13, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: FOUR TO GO TO GALLOWS IN NARAIL DOUBLE MURDER CASE
at a District and Sessions court in Bangladesh, Judge M Abdul Majid sentenced four members of a family to death for murder.
- AUGUST 6, 2007MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESHI TO HANG IN MALAYSIA FOR MUDER
the Malaysian High Court sentenced a Bangladesh national, Shamim Reza Abdul Samad...