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
- FEBRUARY 13, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE
the Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal in Rajbari, Bangladesh, sentenced to death Shafiqul Islam, 26, after finding him guilty of killing his wife.
- FEBRUARY 7, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. FATHER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF MINOR DAUGHTERS
Abdul Mannan, 35, was sentenced to death by a court in Chapainawabganj, Bangladesh, for strangulating to death his two minor daughters after losing a legal battle to his neighbour.
- FEBRUARY 7, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE AND MURDER
a court in Natore, Bangladesh, sentenced Nohen Mondol to death for killing a woman after raping her. The Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal acquitted two others involved in the case as their guilt was not proved.
- FEBRUARY 6, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. SIX PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH IN TWO SEPARATE CASES
the Meherpur district court, Bangladesh, sentenced Rustam, Rahman and Enamul to death for the murder of a trader in Ghangni.
- JANUARY 30, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. FIVE PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
a court in Narayanganj, Bangladesh, sentenced five people to death
- JANUARY 29, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH AND TWO OTHERS TO LIFE FOR MURDER OF TRADER
the Speedy Trial Tribunal of Rajshahi, Bangladesh, sentenced Akter Hossain, 40, to death and Dulal and Anwar, both 35, to life imprisonment for the murder of cloth trader Afsar Ali.
- JANUARY 27, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. FUGITIVE SENTENCED TO DEATH ARRESTED IN MUNSHIGANJ
Faruq, a fugitive who had been sentenced to death on July 12, 2005, was arrested near his home in Bagra village in Bangladesh’s Srinagar district
- JANUARY 18, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. LAW ENFORCERS ACCUSED OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL KILLINGS
Bangladeshi security forces committed serious abuses in 2005 including extra-judicial killings and torture of detainees, Human Rights Watch said in its annual report.
- JANUARY 6, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN EXECUTED FOR MURDER OF WIFE
it was reported that Rouf Mollah, a man sentenced to death for killing his wife, was to be executed at Jessore central jail, Bangladesh, at 1 minute past midnight.
- JANUARY 1, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Bangladesh applies the death penalty for such crimes as murder, sedition and drug-trafficking.
Bangladesh applies the death penalty for such crimes as murder, sedition and drug-trafficking.
- DECEMBER 27, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Bangladesh's government said it planned sweeping anti-terror legislation
Bangladesh's government said it planned sweeping anti-terror legislation
- NOVEMBER 28, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. NINE SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER DHAKA MURDERS
a court in Bangladesh sentenced nine people to death for the grisly murders of a businessman and his son. In March 2005, the mutilated bodies of Shamsul Alam, a clothes merchant, and his son, Russel, were found in a forest near the capital, Dhaka. Only on