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
OCTOBER 19, 2023BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE
A court in Chuadanga on October 5, 2023 sentenced a man to death on the charge of killing his wife in Alamdanga upazila of the district.
OCTOBER 17, 2023BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 2 GET DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING THEIR WIVES
Courts in Shariatpur and Natore handed death penalties to two men on October 10, 2023 for killing their wives back in 2021 and 2013, respectively.
OCTOBER 3, 2023BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 3 SENTENCED TO DEATH IN RAJBARI SCHOOL STUDENT MURDER
A court in Rajbari on September 27, 2023 sentenced three people to death in the murder case of fourth-grade student Rifad, 12, after abduction in the district.
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: TWO GET DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING WOMAN AFTER RAPE
A court in Faridpur on September 25, 2023 sentenced two people to death on the charge of killing a woman after rape at Sadar upazila in 2017.
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING CHILD AFTER RAPE
A court in Narayanganj on September 25, 2023 sentenced a man to death on the charge of killing a child after rape at Araihazar upazila in 2021.
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 5 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE, MURDER IN CTG
A Chattogram court on August 28, 2023 sentenced five people to death for killing a schoolgirl after rape in Sandwip in 2015.
SEPTEMBER 14, 2023BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: FOUR INCLUDING WIFE GET DEATH IN EXPATRIATE MURDER
A court in Cumilla on August 30, 2023 sentenced four people, including a woman, to death for the murder of her expatriate husband in Chandina upazila.
SEPTEMBER 12, 2023BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: MAN GETS DEATH FOR BURNING WIFE TO DEATH
A court in Jamalpur, Bangladesh, on August 17, 2023 awarded a man death sentence for burning his wife to death in Dewanganj upazila.
SEPTEMBER 11, 2023BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 3 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING EASY-BIKE DRIVER
A court in Bangladesh on August 30, 2023 sentenced three people to death for killing an easybike driver in Damurhuda upazila of Chuadanga.
AUGUST 14, 2023BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE IN SYLHET
A Sylhet court on August 6, 2023 sentenced a man to death and fined him Tk10,000 for killing his wife in Gowainghat upazila of the district in 2021.
AUGUST 2, 2023BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 4 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING MAN 22 YEARS AGO
A Syllhet Divisional Special Judge Court on July 24, 2023 sentenced four people to death for killing a man in Gowainghat upazila in Sylhet 22 years ago.
AUGUST 1, 2023BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH HANGS TWO CONVICTS IN 2006 MURDER OF RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY’S PROF TAHER
The Rajshahi Central Jail authorities on July 27, 2023 hanged two death row convicts in the 2006 murder of Professor S Taher Ahmed, a teacher of Rajshahi University’s geology and mining department.