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
- MAY 2, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. ONE SENTENCED TO DEATH, THREE FAMILY MEMBERS TO LIFE FOR MURDER
Saiful Alam was sentenced to death in absentia, while his parents and brother were sentenced to life imprisonment by the District and Sessions court in Sylhet, Bangladesh, in a double murder case.
- APRIL 28, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. THREE MEN TO DIE FOR RAPE, MURDER
three men were sentenced to death in Chandpur, Bangladesh, for the rape and murder of a woman at Hossainpur village.
- APRIL 19, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. ONE TO DIE AND TWO SENTENCED TO LIFE TERM FOR MURDER
Motahar Hossain was sentenced to death in absentia while two others were sentenced to life imprisonemtn by a court in Sherpur, Bangladesh, for murder.
- APRIL 16, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. 22 ON DEATH ROW FOR AWAMI LEADER KILLING
a Bangladesh court sentenced 22 people to death and six others to life in jail for killing Opposition lawmaker Ahsanullah Master. Ahsanullah, a senior member of Bangladesh’s main Opposition Awami League, and a young man were killed when a group of armed m
- APRIL 16, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. ONE TO DIE FOR MURDER
Dr Shamsul Huda of Kalavi union in Pirgacha, Bangladesh, was sentenced to death in Rangpur for the murder of a girl.
- APRIL 14, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. EP CALLS FOR END TO EXTRA-JUDICIAL EXECUTIONS
the EP adopted a resolution calling on the Bangladeshi government to bring an end the “Rapid Response Battalion” paramilitary operations against organised crime, which had been carrying out extra-judicial executions (more than “40 death in ambushes” a mon
- APRIL 12, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF WIFE
Abdul Kader was sentenced to death by a court in Laxmipur, Bangladesh, for the murder of his wife, 19-year old Peara Begum, at Charmartin village in the Ramgati district on September 4, 2000.
- APRIL 11, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. SIX PERSONS SENTENCED TO DEATH
six people were sentenced to death in Bangladesh, in three separate cases. Four men were sentenced to death in Dhaka for the murder of police officer Mizanur Rahman in January 2004.
- APRIL 10, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. ONE TO DIE AND FOUR TO GO TO JAIL FOR MURDER
Khokon Bepari, 26, was condemned to death by the Divisional Speedy Trial Tribunal of Barisal, Bangladesh, after being found guilty of murder.
- APRIL 9, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. THREE PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH
three people were sentenced to death in Narayanganj, Bangladesh, in two separate murder cases.
- APRIL 3, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN SENTENCED TO DIE FOR MURDER
a man named as Morshed was sentenced to death in Comilla, Bangladesh, for the murder of a rickshaw puller about six years previously.
- APRIL 3, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
the Acid Crime Control Tribunal in Sylhet, Bangladesh, sentenced to death in absentia Nasiruddin of Kuhaighar village in Zointapur for throwing acid at his fiancée and killing her.