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
- SEPTEMBER 7, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Khulna, Bangladesh, sentenced Adhir Kumar...
A court in Khulna, Bangladesh, sentenced Adhir Kumar Biswas to death after convicting him of killing his wife Gita Rani for dowry at Doba village in the country's Rupsa district on May 16, 2000
- SEPTEMBER 2, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Two former policemen convicted of the rape and killing...
Two former policemen convicted of the rape and killing of a teenager were executed by hanging in a north Bangladesh jail
- AUGUST 31, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Bangladesh sentenced to death Mohammad Aziz,...
A court in Bangladesh sentenced to death Mohammad Aziz, 30, for rape and murder
- AUGUST 30, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court Bangladesh sentenced 10 people to death for...
A court Bangladesh sentenced 10 people to death for shooting dead five politicians at a 1999 political rally, which has been scarred by years of political violence
- AUGUST 29, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Chittagong, Bangladesh, sentenced six people...
A court in Chittagong, Bangladesh, sentenced six people to death for the murder of a Buddhist monk, Gyan Jyoti Mohasthobir
- AUGUST 25, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
a man named Abdul Islam was hanged in Bangladesh for murder
a man named Abdul Islam was hanged in Bangladesh for murder
- AUGUST 21, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
a man named Alal Uddin Alal was hanged in Bangladesh for murder
a man named Alal Uddin Alal was hanged in Bangladesh for murder
- AUGUST 18, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
a man named Mukul was hanged in Bangladesh for murder
a man named Mukul was hanged in Bangladesh for murder
- AUGUST 16, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
a man named Golam Mortuza was hanged in Bangladesh for murder
a man named Golam Mortuza was hanged in Bangladesh for murder
- AUGUST 10, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
a man named Rezaul Haq Raja was hanged in Bangladesh for murder
a man named Rezaul Haq Raja was hanged in Bangladesh for murder
- AUGUST 8, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
four men were sentenced to death, two in absentia, for the rape and murder of a teenage girl at Godagari, Bangladesh.
four men were sentenced to death, two in absentia, for the rape and murder of a teenage girl at Godagari, Bangladesh.
- AUGUST 5, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Rahim Akon, 38, was sentenced to death and Shahjahan...
Rahim Akon, 38, was sentenced to death and Shahjahan Raree, 42, to life imprisonment by a court in Bangladesh for the murder of a neighbour