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
- AUGUST 31, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Bangladesh convicted Abdus Salam, 27, Nazrul...
A court in Bangladesh convicted Abdus Salam, 27, Nazrul Islam, 25, and Selim, 25, in absentia and condemned them to death for murder
- AUGUST 25, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Hafizur Rahman, a 36 year old Bangladeshi man convicted...
Hafizur Rahman, a 36 year old Bangladeshi man convicted of killing his wife and two sons, was condemned to death for the triple-murder
- AUGUST 23, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A District and Sessions court in Bangladesh sentenced...
A District and Sessions court in Bangladesh sentenced to death Ali Hossain, 22 and his younger brother Babu, for murder
- AUGUST 23, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Bangladesh sentenced nine people to death,...
A court in Bangladesh sentenced nine people to death, including three brothers, after convicting them of killing a 42-year-old man
- AUGUST 20, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Two brothers, Sagar and Swapan, were sentenced to death...
Two brothers, Sagar and Swapan, were sentenced to death in Bangladesh, the latter in absentia, for shooting dead a man inside mosque
- AUGUST 11, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Firoj, 32, was sentenced to death by a court in Bangladesh...
Firoj, 32, was sentenced to death by a court in Bangladesh for killing his cousin
- AUGUST 10, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Deepak Chakrawarty, a 30 year old Bangladeshi, was...
Deepak Chakrawarty, a 30 year old Bangladeshi, was sentenced to death after being convicted of killing his younger brother, Ripon Chakrawarty, 24, with an axe on 2 February 2002 following an argument
- AUGUST 10, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Mollah Mamun, a young Bangladeshi man, was sentenced...
Mollah Mamun, a young Bangladeshi man, was sentenced to death by the Additional Metropolitan Session Court and three others were awarded life-term imprisonment yesterday for stabbing to death Masum on 31 July 2000
- AUGUST 3, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Four young men were sentenced to death in Bangladesh...
Four young men were sentenced to death in Bangladesh for the rape and murder of Hasina Banu, 15, in 1999
- AUGUST 2, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Bangladesh convicted Mofizuddin, 53, and...
A court in Bangladesh convicted Mofizuddin, 53, and Abdus Samad Dewan, 45, and sentenced them to death for killing an aborigine man
- JULY 31, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A district court in Bangladesh sentenced two men to...
A district court in Bangladesh sentenced two men to death and two others to life imprisonment in absentia for the kidnap and murder of a boy at Dhamrai in 1995
- JULY 30, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that Bahauddin Sikder, "a young man",...
It was reported that Bahauddin Sikder, "a young man", was awarded capital punishment for torturing his wife to death at Bhonga in Mehendiganj, Bangladesh, "about three years ago"