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
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. ONE SENT TO GALLOWS, FIVE GET LIFE TERM FOR MURDER
a District Speedy Trial Tribunal in Bagerhat, Bangladesh, sentenced Bahadur Bepari to death and five others, including a woman, to life imprisonment for murder.
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MUSLIM JOURNALIST FACES DEATH PENALTY FOR PRINTING PRO-ISRAEL ARTICLES
a court in Bangladesh was scheduled to try a Muslim journalist for writing articles favourable to Israel.
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2006Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. BANGLADESHI BEHEADED FOR MURDER
Saudi Arabia beheaded a Bangladeshi man convicted of murdering an Egyptian, the Interior Ministry said.
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. NINE PERSONS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN BRAHMANBARIA AND KISHOREGANJ
eight men were sentenced to death in Chittagong, Bangladesh, for a triple murder committed in Brahmanbaria on August 10, 2005.
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. TWO MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN JHALAKATI FOR MURDER
police constable Abdul Majid Hawlader, 50, and his brother-in-law Babul Mallik, 40, were sentenced to death by a court in Jhalakati, Bangladesh, after being found guilty of murder.
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TRAFFICKING WOMEN
a court in Jessore, Bangladesh, sentenced Moslemuddin Molla, 45, to death in absentia for people trafficking.
- SEPTEMBER 1, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD FOR MILITANTS
a Bangladeshi court upheld the death sentence handed down three months previously against seven Islamist militants over the killing of two judges in a bomb attack in 2005.
- AUGUST 31, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. SIX AWARDED DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDER OF COUPLE
a court in Moulvibazar, Bangladesh...
- AUGUST 30, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN WRONGLY SENTENCED TO DEATH RELEASED AFTER TWO YEARS
a Bangladesh court overturned the sentence of Shah Alam Babu, a man who was wrongfully convicted of murder and condemned to death. Delivering its verdict, the High Court also ordered the trial judge in the case to be stripped of his judicial powers.
- AUGUST 30, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. SIX MEN TO WALK GALLOWS FOR MURDER
six men were sentenced to death for murder by a Speedy Trial Tribunal in Barisal, Bangladesh.
- AUGUST 25, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. 21 TO DIE FOR MURDER OF RULING PARTY MEMBER
a Bangladeshi court sentenced 21 people to death for the 2004 killing of a member of Prime Minister Khaleda Zia's ruling party.
- AUGUST 23, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF DAUGHTER
a court in Comilla, Bangladesh, convicted Abdul Khalek and sentenced him to death for killing his daughter on August 17, 2003.