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
- 1,311
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 1,311 news items on Bangladesh, from 1999 to today.
In Bangladesh capital punishment applies to a wide list of offences and is imposed both by the ordinary courts and by special tribunals, including the one for the crimes of the war of independence. The method is hanging.
Sentences are numerous and include trials with many defendants. The archive gathers sentences, executions and appeals.
Latest news
- FEBRUARY 8, 2010BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: ONE TO DIE FOR MURDER IN BOGRA
Judge Kazi Shahina Nigar of the Bogra First Additional Sessions Court in Bangladesh sentenced Joynal, 50, to death for killing neighbour Khoka Miah with a sharp weapon.
- FEBRUARY 4, 2010BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: DEAH SENTENCE FOR MURDERS
in Bangladesh, Bagerhat Additional District and Sessions...
- FEBRUARY 1, 2010BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: TWO SIBLINGS TO GO TO GALLOWS IN BOGRA MURDER CASE
Judge Kazi Shahina Nigar of the Bogra Additional District and Sessions Court-3 in Bangladesh sentenced Shahadat Hossain, 55, and his brother Abdul Khaleq, 50, both from Induil village in Adamdighi upazila, to death.
- JANUARY 28, 2010BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: 2 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING RU PROFESSOR YUNUS
at a court in Rajshahi, Bangladesh, Speedy Trial Court judge Manjurul Bafid awarded capital punishment to Sahidullah, alias Mahbub, from Naogaon, and Sarifullah, alias Tareque alias Abul Kalam, from Satkhira.
JANUARY 28, 2010BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 5 HANGED FOR KILLING BANGABANDHU
Bangladesh executed five former military officers for their role in the 1975 massacre of the
- JANUARY 27, 2010BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: DEATH PENALTY FOR MUTINEERS IN PROPOSED LAW
under a new law, the proposed Border Guard of Bangladesh (BGB) court will have the power to issue death sentences for mutiny.
- JANUARY 27, 2010BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE
a four-member bench of the apex appellate division of Bangladesh's Supreme Court, headed by Chief Justice Md Tafazzul Islam, rejected appeals by five men convicted of killing the country's founder Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in 1975.
- JANUARY 19, 2010BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH PRESIDENT REJECTS MUJIB KILLERS' MERCY PETITIONS
Bangladesh President Zillur Rahman rejected the mercy petitions of three of the five former army officers sentenced to death for killing Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in 1975.
- JANUARY 9, 2010BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: THREE ON DEATH ROW SEEK CLEMENCY
three of the five former Bangladesh Army officers sentenced to death for the 1975 murder of the country's founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman sought clemency from the president.
- JANUARY 8, 2010SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESHI WORKER TO HANG IN SINGAPORE FOR MURDER
High Court Judge Kan Ting Chiu of Singapore's High Court sentenced Bangladeshi construction worker Kamrul Hasan Abdul Quddus, 35, to death for murder.
- JANUARY 4, 2010BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: ONE TO DIE FOR KILLING CHILD
Judge AFM Mahbubul Haque of the Women and Children Repression Control Tribunal- 2 in Dhaka, Bangladesh, awarded the death sentence to Khaled Hasan for killing Saidul, 7, in April 2007.
- JANUARY 1, 2010BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Bangladesh applies the death penalty for such crimes as murder, sedition and drug-trafficking.
Bangladesh applies the death penalty for such crimes as murder, sedition and drug-trafficking.
- DECEMBER 31, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: DEATH FOR KILLING GIRL
in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Judge Rezaul Islam of the Speedy Trial Tribunal-4 sentenced Mohammad Manik to death for murder.
- DECEMBER 15, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: DRAFT BORDER GUARD LAW SUGGESTS CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
a draft law for the border security force containing provisions for the death sentence as the maximum punishment was submitted to the Bangladeshi Law Ministry.
- DECEMBER 7, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: MAN TO DIE FOR MURDER
Additional District and Sessions Judge Mahbubul Alam sentenced Abu Taher...
- DECEMBER 3, 2009BahrainDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESHI MAN FACES RARE EXECUTION
Amnesty International appealed to the King of Bahrain to stop the execution of a Bangladeshi man.
- NOVEMBER 30, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN SHERPUR
a court in Sherpur, Bangladesh, sentenced Sultan Ahmed, 35...
- NOVEMBER 25, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: SEVEN GET DEATH SENTENCE
seven people were awarded the death sentence by Additional District and Session Judge AKM Abul Kasnem for murderg a college student from Chandanpur village in Monohardi upazila, Bangladesh
- NOVEMBER 24, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: FIVE TO DIE FOR KILLING N'GANJ BUSINESSMAN
a court in Narayanganj, Bangladesh...
- NOVEMBER 24, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: MAN TO GO TO GALLOWS FOR KILLING WIFE IN BHOLA
at a court in Bhola, Bangladesh, Additional District and Sessions Judge Mahabub-Ul-Alam sentenced Abu Taher, 35, to death in absentia.
- NOVEMBER 22, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: AI URGES BANGLADESH TO COMMUTE DEATH SENTENCES
Amnesty International (AI) urged Bangladesh not to execute five former army officers sentenced to death for the assassination of Bangladesh's founder Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
- NOVEMBER 22, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: MAN TO GO TO GALLOWS FOR KILLING WIFE IN JESSORE
in Jessore, Bangladesh, District Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge Shamsur Rahman sentenced Ismail Hossain, 40, of Agrobhulot village in Sharsha upazila to death.
- NOVEMBER 19, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: DEATH SENTENCES FOR 1975 KILLING OF BANGLADESHI LEADER
the Bangladeshi Supreme Court rejected final appeals by five former soldiers sentenced to death in the 1975 killing of the country’s independence leader in a military coup
- NOVEMBER 18, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: 2 SENTENCED TO DEATH IN BARGUNA, KUSHTIA
two people in Bangladesh were sentenced to death by separate courts.
- NOVEMBER 16, 2009BahrainDEATH PENALTY
BAHRAIN: MAN LOSES A THIRD APPEAL
Bahrain's Cassation Court upheld the death penalty against Bangladeshi national Jassim Abdulmanan
- NOVEMBER 12, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: 3 TO DIE FOR MURDER
three cadres of the outlawed Purbo Banglar Communist Party were sentenced to death in Chuadanga, Bangladesh, for killing farmer Firoz Malitha in 1998.
- NOVEMBER 10, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: MAN TO GO TO GALLOWS IN KISHOREGANJ MURDER CASE
at a court in Kishoreganj, Bangladesh, Additional Sessions Judge Tabassum Islam sentenced M Islamuddin, 30, of Charparatala village in Pakundia upazila, to death in absentia
- NOVEMBER 8, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: HUSBAND, SISTER-IN-LAW TO DIE FOR MURDER
a husband and sister-in-law were sentenced to death by a court in Rajshahi, Bangaldesh, for poisoning Shulekha Khatun from Chuniapara village under Durgapur upazila of the district on February 28, 2004.
- NOVEMBER 8, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: MAN GOES TO GALLOWS FOR KILLING HIS WIFE IN SHERPUR
at a court in Sherpur, Bangladesh, District Additional and Sessions Judge Ratneshwar Bhattacharya convicted a man and sentenced him to death in absentia for killing his wife for dowry.
OCTOBER 14, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: FIVE TO DIE FOR KILLING CHILD IN MIRPUR
five people in Bangladesh were sentenced to death for killing a child in the Mirpur area