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
- NOVEMBER 10, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Mohammad Ishaq, 36 year old betel leaf seller, was...
Mohammad Ishaq, 36 year old betel leaf seller, was sentenced to death by a District and Sessions court in Chittagong, Bangladesh, for the murder of a neighbour following an argumant over payment of Tk 20 at Banshkhali
- OCTOBER 30, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The Additional District and Sessions Court in Jessore,...
The Additional District and Sessions Court in Jessore, Bangladesh, sentenced five people to death by hanging for killing a man after abducting him
- OCTOBER 29, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A Speedy Trial Court in Dhaka, Bangladesh, sentenced...
A Speedy Trial Court in Dhaka, Bangladesh, sentenced to death Saidul, 20, Adel, 22, and Badiul after convicting them of murder
- OCTOBER 29, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
"The Bangladeshi government has, to some extend, come...
"The Bangladeshi government has, to some extend, come out of the legacy of the British colonial judicial system as a total of 183 sensational cases have been settled under the landmark law "Speedy Trial Act" and 274 criminals sentenced to death in one and
- OCTOBER 27, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Dhaka, Bangladesh, sentenced a man named...
A court in Dhaka, Bangladesh, sentenced a man named only as Borhanuddin to death in absentia for killing his father in 1998
- OCTOBER 27, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Abdul Khaleque was sentenced to death by a special...
Abdul Khaleque was sentenced to death by a special tribunal court in Bangladesh for killing his wife
- OCTOBER 26, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Abdus Salam, a Bangladeshi police constable, was sentenced...
Abdus Salam, a Bangladeshi police constable, was sentenced to death in absentia for shooting dead a female cook at his camp who refused his advances
- OCTOBER 23, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The Speedy Trial Tribunal of Chittagong, Bangladesh,...
The Speedy Trial Tribunal of Chittagong, Bangladesh, sentenced to death Mohammed Akram Hossain, alias Ripon, and Jamal Hossain on charges of killing a teenage girl after raping her
- OCTOBER 23, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A Women and Children Repression Control Tribunal in...
A Women and Children Repression Control Tribunal in Chittagong, Bangladesh, sentenced Mohammed Sekender to death for killing his wife for dowry in 1997
- OCTOBER 19, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Sylhet, Bangladesh, sentenced to death Bodruzzaman...
A court in Sylhet, Bangladesh, sentenced to death Bodruzzaman Bodor, 22, and gave life imprisonment to five others, after convicting them of murder
- OCTOBER 15, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Habigani, Bangladesh, sentenced to death...
A court in Habigani, Bangladesh, sentenced to death Somed Ali of Berma for killing his wife Angura Begum, 22, following a quarrel with her over Somed's extra marital affairs with his cousin
- OCTOBER 15, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Ataur Rahman Mridha, 30, Anwar Hossain, 29 and Kamal,...
Ataur Rahman Mridha, 30, Anwar Hossain, 29 and Kamal, 28 were sentenced to death by a Speedy Trial Court for killing businessman Zaman, 27, on December 16, 2001