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
- 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
- AUGUST 5, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
a man named Moslem was hanged in Bangladesh for murder
a man named Moslem was hanged in Bangladesh for murder
- AUGUST 4, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
a special court in Chittagong, Bangladesh, convicted four Chhatra League leaders and sentenced two of them to death
a special court in Chittagong, Bangladesh, convicted four Chhatra League leaders and sentenced two of them to death
- AUGUST 2, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Abdul Bashir was executed by hanging in Mymensingh's...
Abdul Bashir was executed by hanging in Mymensingh's central jail, Bangladesh, in the early hours of the morning