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 14, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A speedy trial court in Bangladesh sentenced Minto...
A speedy trial court in Bangladesh sentenced Minto Ghose to death for killing his neighbour Nilkanta Sur, 35, on 12 December 2001
- OCTOBER 11, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Chanchal Hossain was sentenced to death by a court...
Chanchal Hossain was sentenced to death by a court in Bangladesh for hacking to death his brother's wife Afroza Akhtar,30, at Dakkhin Sarabaria in Singair upazila on January 2, 2002
- OCTOBER 4, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The Additional District and Sessions Judge Court in...
The Additional District and Sessions Judge Court in Sylhet, Bangladesh, sentenced six people to death and one to life imprisonment in two separate murder cases
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Monsef Ali and his cousin Mobarrak Ali of Sukhbilash...
Monsef Ali and his cousin Mobarrak Ali of Sukhbilash village in Rangunia, Bangladesh, were sentenced to death by an Additional District and Sessions Court, together with four others, who were sentenced to life imprisonment, for killing two neighbours in R
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Bangladesh convicted Rabi Munda, 37, and...
A court in Bangladesh convicted Rabi Munda, 37, and sentenced him to death by hanging for killing his colleague
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Shamsul Alam was sentenced to death by an Additional...
Shamsul Alam was sentenced to death by an Additional District and Sessions Judge Court in Bangladesh for killing his wife
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Jahangir Hossain Bhuiyan was sentenced to death in...
Jahangir Hossain Bhuiyan was sentenced to death in absentia by the District and Sessions Court in Chandpur, Bangladesh, for killing his two sisters by throwing them into the Meghna river
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Rajab Ali, 22, and Abdus Salam, 23, were sentenced...
Rajab Ali, 22, and Abdus Salam, 23, were sentenced to death by hanging for the rape of an eight year old girl which resulted in her death
- SEPTEMBER 7, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
An Additional District and Sessions in Bangladesh convicted...
An Additional District and Sessions in Bangladesh convicted four people, sentencing Abdul Malek to death and his brother Shahadat and nephews Bakul and Mukul to life term rigorous imprisonment for killing a member of their family
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The Woman and Child Repression Prevention Tribunal,...
The Woman and Child Repression Prevention Tribunal, Bangladesh, convicted Lokman Sarder of killing his wife for dowry and sentenced him to death by hanging
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Shubhash Rajbanshi, 27, and Bimal Rajbanshi, 26, of...
Shubhash Rajbanshi, 27, and Bimal Rajbanshi, 26, of Katigram village in Sadar were sentenced them to death for killing a schoolboy
- SEPTEMBER 2, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The Special Tribunal on Women and Children Repression...
The Special Tribunal on Women and Children Repression in Dhaka, Bangladesh, sentenced six people, including two women, to death by hanging for the April 23, 1998, rape and murder of Shazneen Tasnim Rahman