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
- APRIL 24, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Habiganj, Bangladesh, sentenced Moram Ali...
A court in Habiganj, Bangladesh, sentenced Moram Ali to death in absentia and five others to life imprisonment for killing a man in 1997
- APRIL 22, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A Bangladeshi court sentenced a mother and her two...
A Bangladeshi court sentenced a mother and her two sons to death for killing the elder son's wife over a dowry dispute
- APRIL 12, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The speedy trial tribunal in Barisal, Bangladesh, sentenced...
The speedy trial tribunal in Barisal, Bangladesh, sentenced eight people to death, six of them in absentia, after convicting them of murder
- APRIL 12, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Bangladesh applies the death penalty for such crimes as murder, sedition and drug-trafficking.
Bangladesh applies the death penalty for such crimes as murder, sedition and drug-trafficking.
- APRIL 11, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The additional district and sessions judge of Bagerhat,...
The additional district and sessions judge of Bagerhat, Bangladesh, sentenced to death Anisur Rahman Sheikh, 35, for killing his 21-day old baby son at Pingoria village in the Kachua district in October 1998
- APRIL 11, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Rashed and Joynul Haq alias Ripon were sentenced to...
Rashed and Joynul Haq alias Ripon were sentenced to death and three others to life imprisonment after being convicted by the Second Additional Metropolitan Sessions Court in Dhaka, Bangladesh, of killing Amirul Islam
- APRIL 11, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
In the first case, Judge AR Masud of the Speedy Trial...
In the first case, Judge AR Masud of the Speedy Trial Tribunal in Dhaka, Bangladesh, passed the death penalty on Mohammed Kamruzzaman alias Ratan and Mohammed Moshiur Rahman alias Nasim for killing their employer Iqramul Islam Bhuiyan alias Nipun, a busin
- APRIL 10, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Arshad Hawlader, 30, was sentenced to death by an additional...
Arshad Hawlader, 30, was sentenced to death by an additional district and sessions court in Barisal, Bangladesh, after being found guilty of killing his wife
- APRIL 6, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Kuhlna, Bangladesh, sentenced Silvester...
A court in Kuhlna, Bangladesh, sentenced Silvester Roy to death for killing his wife
- MARCH 31, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A special court in Barisal, Bangladesh, sentenced Kamal...
A special court in Barisal, Bangladesh, sentenced Kamal Sarder, 38, to death for murder
- MARCH 30, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Mohammad Idris Mia, 35, was sentenced to death and...
Mohammad Idris Mia, 35, was sentenced to death and nine others to various terms imprisonment by a Speedy Trial Tribunal in Chittagong, Bangladesh, after they were convicted of murder
- MARCH 30, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Dhaka, Bangladesh, sentenced Tofael Ahmed...
A court in Dhaka, Bangladesh, sentenced Tofael Ahmed Joshep, 35, and Tariq Sayeef alias Mamun, 30, to death and four others to life imprisonment for shooting an activist of the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), the student wing of the Bangladesh Nationalist