Bangladesh
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
Data card
- Legal status
- Retentionist
- Executions recorded in 2026
- 0
- Executions recorded in 2025
- 0
- First news item in the archive
- JANUARY 1, 1999 · While in 1997 capital offenses were extended to include...
- News items in the archive
- 1,301
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Bangladesh is classified as Retentionist in the Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026. In 2026 the association recorded 0 executions in the country, against 0 the year before. The archive holds 1,301 news items on Bangladesh, from 1999 to today.
Latest news
- JANUARY 1, 2017BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Article 32 of the Constitution provides
Article 32 of the Constitution provides
DECEMBER 7, 2016BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS DEATH FOR 3 HUJI MILITANTS OVER 2004 GRENADE ATTACK ON UK ENVOY
Bangladesh's highest court upheld the death sentence handed down to a top militant and two of his followers
DECEMBER 5, 2016BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: GAZI IDRIS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR WAR CRIMES
International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) handed death sentence to Idris Ali Sardar alias Gazi Idris of Shariatpur
NOVEMBER 29, 2016BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 6 TO WALK GALLOWS FOR KILLING FACTORY WORKER IN NARSINGDI
A Narsingdi court sentenced six people to death for killing an ice factory worker in the district town in 2008.
NOVEMBER 22, 2016BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: TWO TO WALK GALLOWS FOR DOUBLE MURDER
Dhaka Speedy Trial Tribunal-4 sentenced two people to death for killing a woman and her domestic help in the city’s Jatrabari area in 2015.
NOVEMBER 16, 2016BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: COURT SENTENCES TWO TO DEATH FOR 2013 MURDER IN DHAKA'S PALLABI
A Dhaka court has sentenced two persons to death for the murder of a 22-year-old man.
- OCTOBER 25, 2016BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: FIVE GET DEATH SENTENCE OVER HABIGANJ FARMER MURDER
A court in Habiganj sentenced five people to death and 27 others to different terms of imprisonment for
- OCTOBER 24, 2016BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: TWO AHSANULLAH UNIVERSITY STUDENTS GET DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDERING CLASSMATE
A Dhaka court has ordered death sentence for two students of Ah
OCTOBER 16, 2016BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: JHALAKATHI JUDGE KILLER JMB MAN EXECUTED
JMB member Asadul Islam Arif, who was given death penalty in Jhalakathi judges Jagannath Pare and Sohel Ahmed killing case, has been hanged in Khulna district jail.
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2016BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: GAZIPUR COURT ORDERS DEATH SENTENCE FOR FIVE PERSONS IN 2008 MURDER
A Gazipur court found six people guilty in the 2008 murder of a man at the district’s Joydebpur.
SEPTEMBER 3, 2016BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: ISLAMIST MIR QUASEM ALI HANGED FOR 1971 WAR CRIMES
A leader and financial backer of the biggest Islamist party in Bangladesh was executed for war crimes committed during the war of independence from Pakistan in 1971.
AUGUST 30, 2016BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 11 GET DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING JUBO DAL ACTIVIST IN LAXIPUR
A Laxipur court ordered death penalty to 11 for murdering Maolana Babor, who was an activist of Laxipur Jubo Dal.
AUGUST 10, 2016BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: EX-MP SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR WAR CRIMES IN 1971
A special tribunal dealing with war crimes committed during Bangladesh's independence war
AUGUST 9, 2016BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 6 TO WALK GALLOWS FOR MURDERING IN CHANDPUR
A court in Chittagong convicted six people and sentenced them to death for killing a man in Kachua of
- JULY 28, 2016BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD FOR SIX MILITANTS
A Bangladesh court upheld the death sentence for six Islamist militants convicted over a suicide bombing in
JULY 19, 2016BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING JESSORE PHYSICIAN
A court in Jessore sentenced two persons to death in the sensational Dr Shafiqul Islam murder case.
JULY 12, 2016BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: TWO PEOPLE CONVICTED OF KILLING AN AUTORICKSHAW DRIVER HAVE BEEN HANGED
Md Shahidul and Saiful Islam walked the gallows a minute after midnight, jailor Mahubul Islam confirmed to bdnews24.com.
JULY 12, 2016BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: ONE HANGED FOR MURDER IN SYLHET JAIL
Death-row convict Maku Rabi Das was executed inside Sylhet Central Jail by hangman Raju who was
JULY 9, 2016BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: TWO TO WALK GALLOWS FOR KILLING MINOR BOY
A court in Bangladesh sentenced two persons to death for murdering a minor boy in Pirgachha upazila of the Rangpur district in 2011, reports BSS.
- JUNE 30, 2016BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: 10 TO WALK GALLOWS FOR 2006 MURDERS OF TRUCK DRIVER, ASSISTANT IN RANGPUR
The District and Sessions Judges Court of Rangpur sentenced 10 accused to death for the murder of a
- JUNE 29, 2016BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: ONE SENTENCED TO DEATH, THREE TO LIFE TERM FOR MURDER
A man was sentenced to death and three others were handed life term imprisonment for killing a woman in Bogra.
JUNE 25, 2016BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: COUPLE KILLER GETS DEATH SENTENCE IN MYMENSINGH
A Mymensingh court sentenced a youth to death for killing a couple in 2014.
- JUNE 15, 2016BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: SIX TO HANG FOR AHSANULLAH MASTER MURDER
The High Court upheld death penalty for six people and life term for two accused on charge of killing former
- JUNE 6, 2016BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING HUSBAND
A court in Bangladesh awarded death sentence to a woman for killing her husband.
- JUNE 6, 2016BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: SUPREME COURT JUDGEMENT CONFIRMS DEATH FOR JAMAAT MEDIA BARON
Bangladesh's Supreme Court released its judgement confirming capital punishment for a top Islamist leader
- JUNE 1, 2016BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: ONE SENTENCED TO DEATH, TWO TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR WAR CRIMES
A special tribunal sentenced a person to death while two others to life in prison for crimes committed during
- MAY 31, 2016BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: 6 MILITANTS SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER BANK ROBBERY
Six militants of banned outfits Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) and Ansarullah Bangla Team have
- MAY 21, 2016BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: FOUR SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING
A Gazipur court sentenced four to death for murdering a businessman in 2006. The verdict was handed
MAY 10, 2016BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: MATIUR RAHMAN NIZAMI HANGED
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami chief Matiur Rahman Nizami was hanged inside the Dhaka Central Jail after he was found guilty of genocide by International Crimes Tribunal.
- MAY 5, 2016BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE OF JAMAAT-E-ISLAMI HEAD
Bangladesh’s Supreme Court upheld the death sentence of top Islamist party leader Motiur Rahman Nizami