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
JANUARY 22, 2024BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 5 GET DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING WOMAN AFTER RAPE IN SHARIATPUR
A court sentenced five persons to death in Bangladesh for killing a woman after gang-raping her in Damudya upazila of Shariatpur in 2019.
NOVEMBER 30, 2023BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 7 SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER WAR CRIMES IN BAGERHAT
A tribunal has sentenced seven people to death for committing a series of crimes against humanity, including murder and rape, in Bagerhat during the 1971 Liberation War.
NOVEMBER 28, 2023BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING DAUGHTER IN SIRAJGANJ
A Sirajganj court on November 26, 2023 sentenced a young man to death for killing his daughter at Salanga upazila in the district in 2022.
NOVEMBER 27, 2023BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: YOUTH SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE, CHILD IN JHENIDAHA
Jhenidah court on November 27, 2023 sentenced a young man to death for killing his wife and child in 2016 at Shailkupa upazila in the district.
NOVEMBER 20, 2023BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 3 GET DEATH PENALTY, 2 LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR SMUGGLING GOLD IN JASHORE
A Jashore court has sentenced three people to death, two to life-term imprisonment for smuggling 624 bars of gold across the Jashore border in Sharsha.
NOVEMBER 16, 2023BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING MENTALLY CHALLENGED WOMAN AFTER RAPE
A court in Manikganj on November 15, 2023 sentenced a man to death on the charge of killing a mentally challenged woman after rape at Singair upazila in the district in 2019.
NOVEMBER 15, 2023BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE IN NATORE
A tribunal in Natore on November 15, 2023 convicted a man and sentenced him to death for killing his wife in 2018.
NOVEMBER 12, 2023BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: TWO GET DEATH FOR MURDERING HOUSEWIFE IN MANIKGANJ
A court in Bangladesh on November 8, 2023 handed down the death penalty to two people for murdering a housewife in Manikganj in 2020.
NOVEMBER 6, 2023BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 2 MEN GET DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING THEIR WIVES
Two men were handed the death penalty on October 30, 2023 in Natore and Sirajganj on charges of killing their wives.
NOVEMBER 2, 2023BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: TOP COURT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCES OF 7 MILITANTS TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR 2016 CAFE ATTACK
Bangladesh’s High Court on October 30, 2023 commuted the death sentences of seven Islamic militants to life in prison for their role in a 2016 attack on a cafe in the capital, Dhaka, that killed 20 people, mostly foreigners.
- OCTOBER 29, 2023BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: FIVE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR 2016 MURDER OF PREGNANT HABIGANJ HOUSEWIFE
A court in Bangladesh on October 26, 2023 sentenced five members of a family to death for the murder of Ayesha Akhtar in Habiganj’s Chunarughat.
OCTOBER 23, 2023BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: FATHER SENTENCED TO DEATH IN CHATTOGRAM FOR RAPING DAUGHTER
A Chattogram court on October 19, 2023 sentenced a father to death for raping his own daughter.