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 19, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
in Bangladesh, Judge AMM Syed sentenced Ismail Hossain...
in Bangladesh, Judge AMM Syed sentenced Ismail Hossain...
- JUNE 19, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESHI ARMY OFFICER TO FACE DEATH PENALTY
a former Bangladesh army officer arrested in the United States...
- JUNE 18, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER IN RAJSHAHI
a Bangladeshi court convicted a man of killing his sister three years ago and awarded him the death penalty.
- JUNE 6, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH ONE CONDEMNED TO DEATH IN DINAJPUR FOR KILLING WIFE
a court in Bangladesh sentenced Ramjan Ali, 38, to death for killing his wife in 1999.
- JUNE 3, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH FOUR YOUNG MEN TO WALK GALLOWS FOR MURDER
four young men in Bangladesh are to walk the gallows for the murder of another young man in Uttara two years ago.
- MAY 30, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH HUSBAND TO DIE FOR KILLING WIFE IN PATUAKHALI
Abdul Khalek Gharami, 46, of Guabaria village in Galachipa Upazila, Bangladesh, was sentenced to death by District and Sessions Judge M Majnul Ahsan for killing his wife in 2005.
- APRIL 24, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. TWO MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DOUBLE MURDER IN NAOGAON
the district and sessions judge’s court in Bangladesh sentenced two men to death in absentia for a double murder at Biswaspur in Patnitala Upazila eleven years ago.
- APRIL 24, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. 4 SENTENCED TO DEATH, 7 TO LIFE TERM FOR MURDER IN CTG
a special court in Bangladesh sentenced four people to death and seven to life imprisonment for killing a businessman in 2003.
- APRIL 22, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN PABNA FOR KILLING WIFE
a tribunal in Pabna, Bangladesh, sentenced Hiru Sheikh...
- APRIL 11, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH ONE SENTENCED TO DEATH IN JHALAKATI
a man was sentenced to death in Jhalakati, Bangladesh.
- MARCH 30, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. SIX TOP ISLAMIC MILITANTS EXECUTED
six Islamic militant leaders accused of carrying out a deadly bomb attack in November 2005 in Bangladesh
- MARCH 29, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
TWO YOUNG MEN TO WALK GALLOWS FOR MURDER OF COLLEAGUE
a speedy trial tribunal court in Bangladesh sentenced two officials of the National Life Insurance Company to death for the murder of their colleague at Kaliganj last year.