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
- MARCH 14, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Kalu Mia alias Kaosar, 28, Quddus Ali, 30, Hajrat Ali,...
Kalu Mia alias Kaosar, 28, Quddus Ali, 30, Hajrat Ali, 32, Zulhash, 35 and Firoze Mia, 33 were sentenced to death by a court in Narayanganj, Bangladesh, after being convicted of killing Abdul Awal over a land dispute
- MARCH 9, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Abdul Motaleb was executed by hanging at midnight in...
Abdul Motaleb was executed by hanging at midnight in Comilla Central Jail, Bangladesh
- MARCH 3, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Habiganj, Bangladesh, sentenced to death...
A court in Habiganj, Bangladesh, sentenced to death Nibarsha, 45, after convicting him of for killing his wife
- MARCH 1, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Four men including three brothers were sentenced to...
Four men including three brothers were sentenced to death for stabbing to death Harun Gazi, 28, at Kholisha in the Patuakhali area of Banlgadesh, "approximately a year ago"
- FEBRUARY 29, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Bangladesh sentenced to death in absentia...
A court in Bangladesh sentenced to death in absentia Salauddin Akhter for killing his sister-in-law
- FEBRUARY 27, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Chapainawabganj, Bangladesh, sentenced to...
A court in Chapainawabganj, Bangladesh, sentenced to death Hazrat Ali after convicting him of killing and raping a girl
- FEBRUARY 18, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Tangail, Bangladesh, condemned Badsha Mia...
A court in Tangail, Bangladesh, condemned Badsha Mia to death in absentia for killing his mother
- FEBRUARY 18, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Naogaon, Bangladesh, sentenced two people,...
A court in Naogaon, Bangladesh, sentenced two people, including an Indian national, to death and awarded life imprisonment to two others for murder
- FEBRUARY 17, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Narayanganj, Bangladesh, sentenced four...
A court in Narayanganj, Bangladesh, sentenced four people to death and five to 10 years rigorous imprisonment for the murder of Ashraful Haque Mollah, a pro-government student leader
- FEBRUARY 11, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A Speedy Trial Tribunal in Dhaka, Bangladesh, convicted...
A Speedy Trial Tribunal in Dhaka, Bangladesh, convicted eight people, sentencing six of them to death and and two others to life imprisonment for killing th former chairman of Bakhil Union Parisad
- FEBRUARY 10, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A speedy trial court in Dhaka, Bangladesh, sentenced...
A speedy trial court in Dhaka, Bangladesh, sentenced six people to death and four to life imprisonment for the murder of police officer Konokuzzaman in the capital
- FEBRUARY 10, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Fast-track courts in Bangladesh had sentenced some...
Fast-track courts in Bangladesh had sentenced some 100 people to death in two years but not a single hanging was carried out due to delays in the appeals system, a law ministry spokesman said