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
- JANUARY 29, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A Special Court in Dhaka, Bangladesh, convicted 11...
A Special Court in Dhaka, Bangladesh, convicted 11 people for murder, sentencing seven of them to death and giving life imprisonment to four others
- JANUARY 25, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A District and Sessions court in Bagerhat, Bangladesh,...
A District and Sessions court in Bagerhat, Bangladesh, sentenced to death nine people for the murder of Munirul Islam, 30, in 1995
- JANUARY 22, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Sunamganj, Bangladesh, sentenced Taleb Uddin...
A court in Sunamganj, Bangladesh, sentenced Taleb Uddin to death by hanging and two others to life imprisonment for murder
- JANUARY 21, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Naogaon, Bangladesh, sentenced Quamruzzaman...
A court in Naogaon, Bangladesh, sentenced Quamruzzaman and Afsar Ali to death and three others to life, two years and six years imprisonment for killing a co-villager
- JANUARY 19, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Hanif Hawlader, 27, of Damudarkati village in Uzirpur,...
Hanif Hawlader, 27, of Damudarkati village in Uzirpur, Bangladesh, was sentenced to death by a court in Barisal, Bangladesh, for killing his wife for dowry
- JANUARY 17, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Narayanganj, Bangladesh, sentenced to death...
A court in Narayanganj, Bangladesh, sentenced to death Akhter Hossain, 26, after convicting him of raping and killing eight year old Mina Akhter Monu of Dewli Chowrapara in Bandar in 1997 as she went to the Shitalakhya river to take a bath
- JANUARY 13, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Jhenidah, Bangladesh, sentenced to death...
A court in Jhenidah, Bangladesh, sentenced to death Mohammad Rawshan Ali for killing a minor after raping her at Kabirpur village in the Shailakupa region on October 15, 1999
- JANUARY 11, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
US Ambassador Harry K Thomas expressed concern at the...
US Ambassador Harry K Thomas expressed concern at the death sentence issued by a Dhaka court to Faisal Alam Ansary, a Bangladesh born US citizen, saying his trial had not been fair and impartial
- JANUARY 11, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Nagar Hossain Bagha, 35, was sentenced to death by...
Nagar Hossain Bagha, 35, was sentenced to death by a court in Barisal, Bangladesh, aftre being found guilty of killing his wife, Solema Begum, 25
- JANUARY 5, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Tofazzal Hossain was sentenced to death by a district...
Tofazzal Hossain was sentenced to death by a district and additional sessions court in Bangladesh for killing his wife on January 31, 1998
- DECEMBER 23, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A Speedy Trial Court in Dhaka, Bangladesh, sentenced...
A Speedy Trial Court in Dhaka, Bangladesh, sentenced five people to death and two others to life imprisonment for killing two brothers, Mizanur Rahman and Ziaur Rahman, in the city's Mirpur Shewrapara district on November 1, 2001
- DECEMBER 9, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The Speedy Trial Court in Chittagong, Bangladesh, sentenced...
The Speedy Trial Court in Chittagong, Bangladesh, sentenced five people to death, including four Bangladesh Chhatra League activists, and nine others to life imprisonment for the abduction and murder Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader Nurul Islam