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 28, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A special court in Rajshahi sentenced Shariful Haq...
A special court in Rajshahi sentenced Shariful Haq Koial to death for his attempt to burn his wife to death in 2003
- MAY 25, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The district court in Sirajganj sentenced to death...
The district court in Sirajganj sentenced to death Kazimuddin alias Kazi and Habibur Rahman alias Hobi for the murder of their brother in law Shamima Aziz, sixteen others were given life imprisonment
- MAY 25, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Joseph, 30, and Masud alias Masum, 32, were sentenced...
Joseph, 30, and Masud alias Masum, 32, were sentenced to death by a Speedy Trial Court in Dhaka, Bangladesh, for the murder of a man at Lalmatia
- MAY 19, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The Bangladesh High Court rejected appeal and confirmed...
The Bangladesh High Court rejected appeal and confirmed the death sentence to three young men awarded by the lower court for harrying to death a 10-year-old schoolgirl from Gaibandha in 2002
- MAY 18, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A Speedy Trail Tribunal in Sylhet, Bangladesh, sentenced...
A Speedy Trail Tribunal in Sylhet, Bangladesh, sentenced to death Sujan Mia and Jasim Uddin, after convicting them of murdering Dr
- MAY 18, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Rahmat Ali alias Shukur, 27, was sentenced to death...
Rahmat Ali alias Shukur, 27, was sentenced to death for the murder of an elderly woman at Chandiber para village in Bhairab, Bangladesh, on May 16, 2003
- MAY 10, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Ershad Shikder was hanged till death in Khulna jail,...
Ershad Shikder was hanged till death in Khulna jail, Bangladesh, at one minute past midnight between May 10 and 11
- MAY 6, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A Speedy Trial Tribunal in Bangladesh sentenced to...
A Speedy Trial Tribunal in Bangladesh sentenced to death Kurush Miah and Wasiur Rahman and sentenced 10 others to life imprisonment for murder
- MAY 2, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Cook Alauddin Munshi, 30, caretaker Mehdi Mamun Rana,...
Cook Alauddin Munshi, 30, caretaker Mehdi Mamun Rana, 28, and to hired killers Nasiruddin, 26 and Emdadul Haq, 27 were sentenced to death by a Speedy Trial Tribunal in Dhaka, Bangladesh for the murder of Sultana Khan Panni, 70-year old wife of former depu
- APRIL 30, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Pabna, Bangladesh, sentenced Dulal Hossain...
A court in Pabna, Bangladesh, sentenced Dulal Hossain to death for killing his wife
- APRIL 27, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The Speedy Trial Tribunal in Barisal, Bangladesh, sentenced...
The Speedy Trial Tribunal in Barisal, Bangladesh, sentenced Sultan Hawlader, a 35 year old resident of Bhabanipur village in Babuganj, to death and sentenced four of his family members to life imprisonment after convicting them of murder
- APRIL 27, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Seikh Abdul Muyeed and his first wife Monwara Begum...
Seikh Abdul Muyeed and his first wife Monwara Begum were sentenced to death by the District court in Madaripur, Bangladesh, for killing Muyeed's second wife, Bela Begum, 20 for dowry