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 9, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE
Mollah Mostafa Kamal, Judge of the Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal in Rangpur, Bangladesh, sentenced to death Akinoor Rahman alias Akibul after conviocting him of killing his wife.
- AUGUST 8, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
three people were sentenced to death, one in absentia, by a court in Satkhira, Bangladesh, for killing a UP member at Baikari village, Sadar district.
- AUGUST 8, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. TWO YOUNG MEN SENT TO THE GALLOWS
the district court of Munshinganj, Bangladesh, sentenced to death Monir Hossain, 26, for the murder of his elder brother in Nayagaon, Sadar, on August 1, 2005.
JULY 31, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH. ELEVEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
eleven persons, including two young women, were sentenced to death for the murder of a business tycoon of old Dhaka city, Mohamed Alam.
- JULY 30, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN TO GO GALLOWS FOR MURDER
Kudrat Ullah, 25, and his accomplice Mohammad Yahya, 30, were sentenced to death by a District and Sessions court in Sylhet, Bangladesh, for the murder of a neighbour in a dispute in Sripur in 2003.
- JULY 25, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. 2 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING GIRL
the Women and Children Repression Control Tribunal sentenced Siddiqur Rahman and Sumon alias Megha, both from Aukpara village near Dhaka, to death for killing and raping their neighbour Rahima Khatun, 18, on October 12, 2000.
- JULY 24, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. FIVE PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
five men were sentenced to death, four of them in absentia, by a Speedy Trial Court in Sylhet, Bangladesh, after being found guilty of killing a member of the Islampur union at Chhatak.
- JULY 24, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. FIVE PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
five men were sentenced to death, four of them in absentia, by a Speedy Trial Court in Sylhet, Bangladesh, after being found guilty of killing a member of the Islampur union at Chhatak.
- JULY 19, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN TO DIE FOR KILLING HIS WIFE
Jalaluddin, 28, of Amtali , was condemned to death by a court in Pirojpur, for killing his newlywed wife.
- JULY 17, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. THREE PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
Mohammad Kaosar, 50, his wife Rasheda Begum, 40, and his brother Manik Miah, 35, were condemned to death by a speedy trial tribunal in Chittagong, after they were convicted of murder.
- JULY 17, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. SIX PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
it was reported that six “underground terrorists”, Khalilur Rahman alias Kazal, Zakir Hossain, Asaduzzaman Mintu, Badiuzzaman Litu, Hafizur Rahman and Masud Hossain were sentenced to death, the latter three in absentia, by a court in Bagerhat, for the mur
- JULY 17, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. THREE SIBLINGS ARE TO GO GALLOWS, TWO TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT
Kazi Mohammad Panna, Kazi Mohammad Anna and Kazi Mohammad Manna, aged 28 to 35, were sentenced to death and their two younger brothers, Kazi Mohammad Shahin, 24, and Kazi Mohammad Tuhin, 26, to life imprisonment by a court in Jessore, for severing the ar