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
- JULY 29, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Swapan Gazi, a 24 year old Bangladeshi, was sentenced...
Swapan Gazi, a 24 year old Bangladeshi, was sentenced to death by hanging for hurling acid on his nine-year-old wife, leaving her partially deaf and blind
- JULY 29, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Faisal Alam Ansari, 42, his brother Saiful Alam Ansari...
Faisal Alam Ansari, 42, his brother Saiful Alam Ansari and Rana Ahmed were sentenced to death by a court in Bangladesh for murdering business partner Humayun Kabir at Dhanmondi in 1999
- JULY 18, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Utaik al-Islam Khan, a Bangladeshi man convicted of...
Utaik al-Islam Khan, a Bangladeshi man convicted of murdering a Saudi national, was beheaded by the sword in the western region of Mecca
- JULY 17, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A Speedy Trial Court in Bangladesh sentenced to death...
A Speedy Trial Court in Bangladesh sentenced to death in absentia Shafiqur Rahman Tuhin for poisoning to death his mother-in-law and five other members of the family on 25 June 2002
- JULY 10, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Haji Giasuddin, 58, and Jamaluddin, 48, two Bangladeshi...
Haji Giasuddin, 58, and Jamaluddin, 48, two Bangladeshi men sentenced to death in 1994, were executed in the early hours of the day
- JULY 8, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Speedy Tribunal judge Sheikh Jahangir Hossain sentenced...
Speedy Tribunal judge Sheikh Jahangir Hossain sentenced Kamruzzaman Faruk to death for stabbing to death his wife Kamrun Nahar Laila in a Dhaka suburb in 2002, private Channel-I TV network reported
- JULY 8, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Judge Shahed Noor Uddin of the Speedy Trial Tribunal...
Judge Shahed Noor Uddin of the Speedy Trial Tribunal sentenced to death five men and also sentenced a man accused of abetting the murder to life in prison
- JULY 3, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A Bangladeshi court ordered Kamal Pasha to be hanged...
A Bangladeshi court ordered Kamal Pasha to be hanged for gunning down two brothers
- JULY 2, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Ripon, 20, was sentenced to death by the a Speedy Trial...
Ripon, 20, was sentenced to death by the a Speedy Trial Court in Bangladesh for the murder of his brother-in-law at Demra
- JUNE 30, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A young Bangladeshi, Shaju Mia, was sentenced to death...
A young Bangladeshi, Shaju Mia, was sentenced to death for murdering and raping a girl of nine
- JUNE 30, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The Special Tribunal for Prevention of Women and Children...
The Special Tribunal for Prevention of Women and Children Repression, Dhaka, Bangladesh, sentenced there people to death by hanging
- JUNE 30, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that Kola Mia, 25, was sentenced to...
It was reported that Kola Mia, 25, was sentenced to death by a District Court in Bangladesh for killing a neighbour after she refused to marry him