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
- APRIL 4, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE
a Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal in Brahmanbaria, Bangladesh, convicted ‘Bulbul of Jhautali’ and sentenced him to death for killing his wife.
- MARCH 30, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH BY A COURT IN DHAKA FOR MURDER
three people were sentenced to death in Dhaka, Bangladesh, for raping and murdering a woman. The court also fined the three convicts - Nazrul Islam, 29, Mozibor Rahman, 23 and Habibur Rahman (absconding) - Tk 10,000 each.
- MARCH 28, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE
Hossain Ali Mondol was sentenced to death by a court in Khulna, Bangladesh, for strangulating his wife Morjina to death in Dumuria on July 28 in 2003.
- MARCH 21, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH, 11 OTHERS TO LIFE, FOR MURDER OF JOURNALIST
the Divisional Speedy Trial Tribunal in Chittagong, Bangladesh, sentenced M. Siraj a man to death and 11 others to life imprisonment for the murder of journalist Kamal Hossain.
- MARCH 20, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
Imran Ali was condemned to death by a court in Thakurgaon, Bangladesh, for killing a man in 2004.
- MARCH 19, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. EIGHT PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
an Additional District and Sessions Court in Bangladesh sentenced eight people to death for killing an NGO official.
- MARCH 17, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING HIS WIFE
Sultan Miah, 35, was sentenced to death by a special tribunal in Netrokona, Bangladesh, for killing his wife for dowry in the country’s Mohonganj district.
- MARCH 14, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. DEATH PENALTY MAXIMUM PUNISHMENT: ANTI-TERRORISM LAW PLACED IN CABINET
a tough new Bangladeshi antiterrorism law providing capital punishment for acts of terrorism was placed with the cabinet and discussed in detail, pending endorsement.
- MARCH 13, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
a court in Narsindi, Bangladesh, sentenced Abdul Hamid, 24, to death and Fazlu Mia, 28, to life imprisonment after convicting them of murder.
- MARCH 8, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. ONE TO GO TO GALLOWS, 11 SERVE LIFE TERM IN JAIL FOR MURDER
the Additional District and Sessions Court in Sylhet, Bangladesh, sentenced Somjid Ali Kotoi to death and 11 others to life for murdering one Alauddin.
- FEBRUARY 28, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. 22 MILITANTS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BOMBINGS
a court in Bangladesh sentenced 21 people to death in connection with a wave of coordinated bombings on August 17, 2005.
- FEBRUARY 27, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. FIVE PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH IN DOUBLE MURDER CASE
five people were sentenced to death, in Bagladesh, in a double murder case involving the deaths of a grandmother and her grandchild at Kamrangir Char, near Dhaka