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
- MARCH 28, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH HC CONFIRMS DEATH SENTENCE OF A CONSTABLE
the Bangladesh High Court confirmed the death penalty awarded in absentia to a police constable by the district court for shooting down a maidservant 11 years ago.
- MARCH 27, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH TWO TO WALK GALLOWS FOR HEROIN DEAL
heroin dealers Shyam Dulal Dev Nath (35) and Saiful Islam (30) were sentenced to death by the Mirpur District Court, in Bangladesh.
- MARCH 22, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
6 JMB MILITANTS WALK GALLOWS APR 13-19
six condemned Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) militants will be executed between April 13 and 19 for killing two judges in Jhalakathi in a suicide bomb attack in November 2005.
- MARCH 18, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH IN NAOGAON
a court sentenced two brothers to death in a murder case in Bangladesh.
- MARCH 7, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
YOUNG MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
the Divisional Speedy Trial Tribunal Court, in Bangladesh...
- MARCH 5, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
SUJAN MURDER CASE: HC SET ASIDE DEATH SENTENCE OF ONE PERSON
as the state counsel failed to prove the murder charges, the High Court set aside a verdict awarded by the Speedy Trial Tribunal on March 17 2004 in Dhaka.
- MARCH 4, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH PRESIDENT REJECTS MERCY PETITIONS OF SIX MILITANTS
Bangladesh President Iajuddin Ahmed has rejected the mercy petitions of six of the seven top militants of the banned Jamaatul Mujaheedin Bangladesh (JMB) facing the gallows for killing two judges in November 2005.
- FEBRUARY 28, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. ARMY OFFICER, TWO OTHERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
a special court in Rajshahi, Bangladesh, sentenced three people, including an army captain, to death for
- FEBRUARY 28, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
HUSBAND TO WALK GALLOWS FOR KILLING WIFE
the divisional speedy trial tribunal sentenced to death Sirajul Islam Siraj, 40, for killing his wife three years ago for her dowry.
- FEBRUARY 19, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
THREE TO GO TO GALLOWS IN JHENIDAH MURDER CASE
a court convicted three people and sentenced them to death in a murder case.
- FEBRUARY 19, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH MILITANT FACES DEATH PENALTY
a Bangladesh militant convicted in a deadly bombing campaign faces the death penalty after the Supreme Court refused to review his case.
- FEBRUARY 6, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
HUSBAND, TWO OTHERS TO WALK GALLOWS FOR KILLING WIFE
the special tribunal court handed down the death penalty to husband Abdul Majid, his father Sanwar Molla and brother Kashem Mollah.