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 23, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. HUSBAND TO WALK GALLOWS FOR KILLING WIFE
a District and Session’s court in Kushtia, Bangladesh...
- AUGUST 15, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. DHAKA BOMBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
three Islamists were sentenced to death and five others jailed for life for a series of bombings in Bangladesh.
- AUGUST 9, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING
a special tribunal in Jessore, Bangladesh, sentenced to death Anar Ali, 30, after finding him guilty of trafficking humans.
- AUGUST 8, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DIVIDING HEROIN
Sohrab Hossain, in his early 30’s, was sentenced to death and three female accomplices were awarded life imprisonment by a court in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
- AUGUST 6, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. TWO MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
Abu Bakkar Siddique, 28, and Afsar Ali, 29, were sentenced to death by a court in Satkhira...
- AUGUST 1, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. THREE MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
the Additional District and Sessions court in Jhenidah, Bangladesh, sentenced three men to death and four others to life imprisonment for the murder of a man over land dispute in Kulbaria, Harinakunda district.
- JULY 31, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. FOUR MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE, MURDER
a Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal in Rajshahi, Bangladesh, sentenced four people to death, including two brothers, for the murder of fellow-villager Jarina Khatun, 18, killed after being gang raped on April 4, 1999.
- JULY 27, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. EIGHT TO GO TO GALLOWS FOR KILLING UP CHAIRMAN IN KHULNA
a court in Khulna, Bangladesh, convicted eight people and sentenced them to death for killing the chairman of the Surkhali union of Botiaghata district, Mostafa Habib in 1999.
- JULY 18, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. FOUR DEATH SENTENCES CONFIRMED IN MUHURI MURDER CASE
the High Court Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh confirmed the death sentence of four convicts in the Gopal Krishna Muhuri murder case.
- JULY 10, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD ON FIVE FOR RAPE, MURDER
the High Court Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh confirmed the death sentence awarded to five of the six people condemned for the murder of Shazneen Tasnim Rahman.
- JULY 9, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. HIGH COURT COMMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE OF 14 YEAR OLD
the High Court in Dhaka, Bangladesh, annulled the death sentence awarded to 14-year-old M. Raushan Mondol by the Nari-O-Shishu Adalot, Jhenidah, for rape and murder, rendering the death sentence as void.
- JULY 3, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. FIVE MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
five men were sentenced to death in absentia in Narayanganj, Bangladesh, for the murder of local law and order committee adviser at Fatullah.