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
- JANUARY 22, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A convict identified as Abdul Quader alias Kela Quader,...
A convict identified as Abdul Quader alias Kela Quader, 30, was sentenced to death for killing another prisoner in 1999
- JANUARY 15, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A 25-year-old Bangladeshi man received the death penalty...
A 25-year-old Bangladeshi man received the death penalty for maiming two people with acid, the first time the sentence has been given for such a crime, judicial sources said
- JANUARY 1, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty exists in Bangladesh as maximum punishment...
The death penalty exists in Bangladesh as maximum punishment for offences like murder, sedition, drug trafficking and acid throwing
- NOVEMBER 30, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A man whose name was reported as Mukul was condemned...
A man whose name was reported as Mukul was condemned to death for killing a policeman
- NOVEMBER 17, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court convicted two people, one in absentia, and...
A court convicted two people, one in absentia, and sentenced them to death for killing a housewife and her son during robbery in their house here in 2000
- NOVEMBER 12, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court awarded capital punishment to seven people...
A court awarded capital punishment to seven people in a murder case
- NOVEMBER 10, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A man was condemned to death by a court for killing...
A man was condemned to death by a court for killing his wife in 1993
- OCTOBER 28, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
District and Sessions Judge Bhabani Prosad Singh found...
District and Sessions Judge Bhabani Prosad Singh found Poritosh, 38, guilty of killing his wife Sunita Prova Rudra and daughter Nishi Rudra (4), and handed down the death penalty in a jam-packed court
- OCTOBER 23, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A man aged about 34 was sentenced to death for killing...
A man aged about 34 was sentenced to death for killing the elder sister of his divorced wife four years ago
- OCTOBER 9, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A special court sentenced to death all the four accused...
A special court sentenced to death all the four accused in the Mahima kidnap and rape case, setting another example of quick dispensation of justice
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Bangladesh condemned three men to death...
A court in Bangladesh condemned three men to death for the murder of a ten-year-old schoolgirl
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Bangladesh condemned an 18-year-old man...
A court in Bangladesh condemned an 18-year-old man to death for raping and killing an eight-year-old girl