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
- MARCH 3, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A man named as Sumon was sentenced to death in absentia...
A man named as Sumon was sentenced to death in absentia and eight others to life term imprisonment in a double murder case
- FEBRUARY 27, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
MP Monirul Haq Chowdhury brought a resolution seeking...
MP Monirul Haq Chowdhury brought a resolution seeking capital punishment for peddling in phensidyl and other drugs but later withdrew it saying that he retracted it only because he was a treasury-bench lawmaker
- FEBRUARY 24, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
An EU Parliamentary delegation began a fact-finding...
An EU Parliamentary delegation began a fact-finding mission on the human rights situation in Bangladesh
- FEBRUARY 23, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A special court convicted Abdul Aziz Bishu, 25, and...
A special court convicted Abdul Aziz Bishu, 25, and condemned him to death for killing his wife for dowry in 1998
- FEBRUARY 22, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Rafiq Mollah was sentenced to death in Bangladesh for...
Rafiq Mollah was sentenced to death in Bangladesh for beating his wife Sadar upazila to death over a family feud on February 8, 1994
- FEBRUARY 20, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A special court Noakhali, Bangladesh, condemned a youth...
A special court Noakhali, Bangladesh, condemned a youth to death and sentenced another to life term in jail for throwing acid on a teenage girl in 1999
- FEBRUARY 6, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Four people were sentenced to death and four others...
Four people were sentenced to death and four others sentenced to life imprisonment in the Murder Case of Gopal Krishna Muhuri
- FEBRUARY 5, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A Bangladeshi man identified as Sagar was sentenced...
A Bangladeshi man identified as Sagar was sentenced to death for murdering his wife Salma Khatun, 24, with a hammer on January 21, 1999
- FEBRUARY 3, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Osman Ali, a 42-year-old man of Bangladeshi origin,...
Osman Ali, a 42-year-old man of Bangladeshi origin, was sentenced to death in absentia for killing his wife in 1995
- JANUARY 28, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The High Court confirmed the death sentence on Ershad...
The High Court confirmed the death sentence on Ershad Ali Sikder, awarded to him by the lower court in the murder case of Khaled Hossain
- JANUARY 27, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Mainuddin Manik was sentenced to death for killing...
Mainuddin Manik was sentenced to death for killing a college student
- JANUARY 22, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A Bangladeshi man was sentenced to hang for burning...
A Bangladeshi man was sentenced to hang for burning a woman with acid, in the second death penalty handed down for the crime this month