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 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
- JULY 30, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Bangladesh sentenced to death in absentia...
A court in Bangladesh sentenced to death in absentia M Abdul Majid and awarded life imprisonment to Hasan Ali, 45, Bhimpur UP chairman in the Mahadevpur and to Shamsul for the murder of businessman Azimuddin
- JULY 21, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Five men were sentenced to death, four in absentia,...
Five men were sentenced to death, four in absentia, by a District court in Dhaka, Bangladesh, after they were found guilty of murdering a father and his son at Keraniganj
- JULY 20, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Pabna, Bangladesh, sentenced to death Sobed...
A court in Pabna, Bangladesh, sentenced to death Sobed Ali for killing his wife
- JULY 19, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Seven men condemned to death by a district court in...
Seven men condemned to death by a district court in Bangladesh were acquitted the country's High Court in Dhaka
- JULY 12, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A Speedy Trial Tribunal in Dhaka, Bangladesh, sentenced...
A Speedy Trial Tribunal in Dhaka, Bangladesh, sentenced to death five people, four of which in absentia, and sentenced five others to life imprisonment after being convicted of stabbing to death Shipon, 35, at about midnight on February 19, 2001
- JUNE 20, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A man named Bipul was sentenced to death in absentia...
A man named Bipul was sentenced to death in absentia by a Speedy trial Tribunal in Dhaka, Bangladesh, for the murder of a neighbour in Kotiadi, Kishoreganj
- JUNE 11, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Rajshahi, Bangladesh, convicted Nurunnabi,...
A court in Rajshahi, Bangladesh, convicted Nurunnabi, 30, and sentenced him to death for killing his wife for dowry in 2003
- JUNE 10, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Hazrat Ali Bhuti, Liton Sarder and Md Kamal were sentenced...
Hazrat Ali Bhuti, Liton Sarder and Md Kamal were sentenced to death by a court in Dhaka, Bangladesh, for the murder of CID inspector Nazrul Islam
- JUNE 10, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A Speedy Trial Tribunal in Chittagong, Bangladesh,...
A Speedy Trial Tribunal in Chittagong, Bangladesh, sentenced five people to death and seven others to life imprisonment after convicting them of murdering Srikanta Rakkhit
- JUNE 3, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Following the introduction of Speedy Trial Tribunals...
Following the introduction of Speedy Trial Tribunals by the government, a total of 336 cases had been seen to resulting in 166 death sentences, Justice and Parliament Affairs Minister Barrister Moudud Ahmed said while addressing a seminar on the 'NGOs rol
- JUNE 1, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Ahsan Habib Titu was sentenced to death in absentia...
Ahsan Habib Titu was sentenced to death in absentia by a Speedy Trail Tribunal and seven others were sentenced to life imprisonment for killing a Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leader at Dewanganj in Jamalpur district in 1999