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
- JULY 16, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. GOVERNMENT TO BUILD PRISON FOR CONDEMNED AS DEATH-ROW NUMBERS ROCKET
Bangladesh would build a new jail for death-row inmates after a crackdown on violent crime doubled the number of condemned prisoners in three years, officials said.
- JULY 14, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. HIGH NUMBER OF "SPEEDY" COURT DEATH SENTENCES RAISES CONCERN IN BANGLADESH
Judge Shahed Nooruddin has sentenced 114 people to death in under three years, according to official figures. The judge presides over one of nine fast-track courts introduced in November 2002 as part of a government initiative to crack down on crime, a ma
- JULY 14, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. FOUR FAMILY MEMBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
four members of a family were sentenced to death by hanging after a court found them guilty of killing their neighbour in a dispute over grass eaten by his cow.
- JULY 12, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. 15 PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR FIVE MURDERS IN LOUHAJANG
fifteen people were sentenced to death in Dhaka, nine of which in absentia, for the murder of five people at Bagra bazaar in the Louhajang district in 2001.
JULY 12, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH. FIVE MEN TO HANG FOR MURDER OF SCHOOLGIRL WHO REJECTED MARRIAGE OFFER
suitor Imarul, who uses one name, and four other men were sentenced to hang after being convicted of killing a 14 year old girl whose family spurned his offer of marriage. After the family accepted an offer from another man, Imarul and his accomplices bro
- JULY 10, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH AND 18 OTHERS TO LIFE FOR MURDER
a court in Naogaon, sentenced to death Awami League leader Dr Nurul Islam, 72, for the murder of Hashem Reza Chowdhury, a former chairman of the Badalgachhi region, following an argument on June 3, 1994.
JULY 10, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBAHRAIN. TWO BANGLADESHI NATIONALS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
two people were sentenced to death for the murder of a Bahraini housewife, Latifa Abdulla Abdulaziz.
- JULY 7, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
a court in Sherpur, sentenced Israfil, 27, of Dohalia village in Nalitabari to death by hanging for murder.
- JULY 7, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN SENTENCED TO HANG FOR RAPE
the district court in Manikganj, sentenced Refaj Uddin, 34, to death in absentia for raping a minor girl leading to her death.
- JULY 7, 2005PakistanDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. COURT SENTENCES TWO PAKISTANIS TO DEATH FOR SMUGGLING HEROIN
a lower court in Dhaka sentenced to death two Pakistani nationals, Rais Khan of Karachi and Alekjan of Peshwar after finding them guilty of smuggling 24 kg of heroin into the country on September 20, 1999.
- JULY 5, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. FIVE PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
a Speedy Trial Tribunal in Natore, Bangladesh, sentenced five men to death by hanging in the Maju murder case.
JULY 2, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH. DHAKA PLANS SPECIAL JAIL FOR DEATH ROW PRISONERS
it was reported that Bangladesh was planning a special jail for prisoners on the death row.