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
- JUNE 8, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. THREE MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN DOUBLE MURDER CASE
a court in Barisal, Bangladesh, sentenced three people to death, two to life term in jail and three others to 10 years' imprisonment for double murder.
- JUNE 5, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
a 33-year-old man was executed in northern Mymensingh central jail one minute past Saturday midnight
a 33-year-old man was executed in northern Mymensingh central jail one minute past Saturday midnight
- JUNE 3, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. BROTHERS HANGED TOGETHER FOR TRIPLE MURDER
two Bangladeshi brothers walked to the gallows together and were hanged simultaneously for the murder of three people.
- MAY 25, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. HIGH COURT COMMUTES DEATH PENALTY OF TWO, ACQUITS TWO OTHERS
the High Court of Bangladesh, Dhaka, commuted the death penalties of Monir Hossain Liton and Abu Sayed, both in their early 20’s, into life imprisonment and acquitted teenagers Faisal Sharif Raju and Imran Hossain Sabuj who had previously been sentenced t
- MAY 24, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
a man named M. Mohsin was sentenced to death by a court in Chittagong, Bangladesh, for killing his uncle. Additional District and Sessions Judge Noor M Jahangir Sarker handed down the death sentence to Mohsin, 34, and fined him Tk 1,000.
- MAY 19, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
the Bangladesh High Court rejected appeal and confirmed the death sentence to three young men
the Bangladesh High Court rejected appeal and confirmed the death sentence to three young men awarded by the lower court for harrying to death a 10-year-old schoolgirl from Gaibandha in 2002.
- MAY 17, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
a court in Manikganj, Bangladesh, sentenced Kitab Ali to death for murder.
- MAY 11, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
a special court in Panchagarh, Bangladesh, sentenced to death Md Motaleb Hossain of Dimla
a special court in Panchagarh, Bangladesh, sentenced to death Md Motaleb Hossain of Dimla
- MAY 11, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. FOUR TO GO GALLOWS FOR RAPE AND MURDER
four people were condemned to death, two in absentia, by a special court in Bagerhat, Bangladesh, for violating three women and killing a male member of a family in the Sadar district in 2003.
- MAY 9, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN SENT TO GALLOWS FOR KILLING HIS WIFE
Shafiqul Islam Sony of Horidaspur village in Sadar, Bangladesh, was sentenced to death in absentia
- MAY 6, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN HANGED FOR POISONING WIFE
Kamal Hossain Hawlader, a man convicted of killing his teenage wife with poison after he failed to extract dowry payments from her family, was hanged at a jail in southern Bangladesh.
- MAY 4, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. TWO AWARDED DEATH PENALTY AND TWO OTHERS LIFE IMPRISONEMT FOR MURDER
two people were sentenced to death and two others to life imprisonment by a court in Kishoreganj, Bangladesh, after being convicted of murder.