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
- NOVEMBER 30, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH IN MURDER CASE IN JHENIDAH
a court in Jhenidah, Bangladesh, sentenced two people to death in absentia for killing a co-villager in 2000.
- NOVEMBER 24, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: 3 TO FACE GALLOWS FOR KILLING 3 BDR MEN
a court in Thakurgaon, Bangladesh, convicted three people and sentenced them to death for killing three BDR members in 2004.
- NOVEMBER 16, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: ONE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF BOY IN COMILLA
Judge M Shafiqul Kari of the Speedy Trial Tribunal in Chittagong, Bangladesh, sentenced a man to death for killing an eight-year-old boy in Comilla in 2007.
- NOVEMBER 10, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: ONE TO GO TO GALLOWS FOR KILLING WIFE IN NOAKHALI
a tribunal in Noakhali, Bangladesh, sentenced a man to death for killing his wife three years ago.
- NOVEMBER 3, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
a special court in Patuakhali, Bangladesh, sentenced two people to death and 19 others to life term imprisonment in the sensational Jasim murder case
a special court in Patuakhali, Bangladesh, sentenced two people to death and 19 others to life term imprisonment in the sensational Jasim murder case
- OCTOBER 30, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
two young men in their early 20s were sentenced to death in Kushtia, Bangladesh, for the murder of another young man in a rivalry to win the heart of a girl at Daulatpur in 2006.
two young men in their early 20s were sentenced to death in Kushtia, Bangladesh, for the murder of another young man in a rivalry to win the heart of a girl at Daulatpur in 2006.
- OCTOBER 30, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
a court in Bagerhat, Bangladesh, sentenced a man to death for killing his sister’s mother-in-law.
a court in Bagerhat, Bangladesh, sentenced a man to death for killing his sister’s mother-in-law.
- OCTOBER 29, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
a court in Chuadanga, Bangladesh, sentenced three 'extremists' to death in a sensational 1996 murder
a court in Chuadanga, Bangladesh, sentenced three 'extremists' to death in a sensational 1996 murder
- OCTOBER 27, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
a court in Rajbari, Bangladesh, sentenced three people to death and eight others to life term imprisonment in a triple murder case
a court in Rajbari, Bangladesh, sentenced three people to death and eight others to life term imprisonment in a triple murder case
- OCTOBER 27, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
a court in Dhaka, Bangladesh, sentenced four people to death for the murder of six people, including four children, at a residence at Pallabi of the city
a court in Dhaka, Bangladesh, sentenced four people to death for the murder of six people, including four children, at a residence at Pallabi of the city
- OCTOBER 25, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: ONE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING IN BARISAL
a trial court in Barisal, Bangladesh, awarded the death sentence to Abdur Razzak Matubbar...
- OCTOBER 21, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: ONE AWARDED DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING NEIGHBOUR IN BARISAL
a man was awarded the death penalty by a court in Barisal, Bangladesh, for killing his neighbour at Barajalia in Hizla upazila.
- OCTOBER 21, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: FOUR SENTENCED TO DEATH, TWO TO LIFE, FOR KILLING IN JHENIDAH
a court in Jhenidah, Bangladesh, sentenced four people to death and two others to life imprisonment in a murder case.
- OCTOBER 14, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE IN TANGAIL
a special court in Tangail, Bangladesh, sentenced a man to death for killing his wife for her dowry about six years ago.
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE, TWO CHILDREN IN NILPHAMARI
a court in Nilphamari, Bangladesh, sentenced a man to death for killing his wife and two children in 2005.
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: FOUR TO GO TO GALLOWS IN MURDER CASE IN BHOLA
a special tribunal in Bhola, Bangladesh, sentenced four people to death for killing a housewife.
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: ONE TO GO TO GALLOWS IN MURDER CASE IN DINAJPUR
a special tribunal in Dinajpur, Bangladesh, sentenced a man to death for killing his wife.
- SEPTEMBER 15, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: MAN TO GO TO GALLOWS FOR KILLING BNP LEADER IN CHUADANGA
at a court in Chuadanga, Bangladesh, Additional Sessions Judge Motahar Hossaina convicted a regional leader of an outlawed party and sentenced him to death for killing BNP leader Nur Ali in 2005.
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: TWO AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE IN CTG FOR MURDER
a special court in Chittagong, Bangladesh, found a young man and one of his accomplices guilty of killing his wife after rape nine years ago and sentenced them to death.
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING IN FENI
a court in Feni, Bangladesh, sentenced two people to death and another to three years rigorous imprisonment for killing a young woman after raping her in 1998.
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: MAN GETS DEATH FOR RAPE AND MURDER
a sessions court in Siwan, Bangladesh, awarded the death sentence to a man in a four-year-old rape and murder case.
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. THREE TO GO TO GALLOWS IN MURDER CASE IN BAGERHAT
a court in Bagerhat, Bangladesh, sentenced three people to death in the Enamul murder ca
- AUGUST 20, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: ONE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE IN BARISAL
a Bhola court in Bangladesh sentenced a person to death for killing his wife two years ago.
- AUGUST 20, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: TWO TO WALK GALLOWS IN BAGERHAT, GAZIPUR
two men were sentenced to death in separate cases by two courts in Bagerhat and Gazipur districts in Bangladesh
- AUGUST 19, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: 7 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERS
a special court in Narsingdi district in Bangladesh handed down death sentences to seven people for the murder of six people of a family.
- AUGUST 13, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: MAN AWARDED DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING WIFE IN BHOLA
a court in Bangladesh sentenced a man to death and also fined him Tk 25,000 for killing his wife two years ago.
- AUGUST 12, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: MAN AWARDED DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING WIFE IN GAZIPUR
a court in Gazipur, Bangladesh, sentenced a man to death for killing his wife six years ago
- AUGUST 5, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: HC UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY OF 9 ‘OUTLAWS’
the Bangladeshi High Court upheld the death sentences given by a trial court to nine cadres of a banned outfit for killing Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) president Kazi Aref Ahmed and four other party leaders in Kushtia nine years ago.
- JULY 28, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: THREE GO TO GALLOWS IN DINAJPUR MURDER CASE
a court in Dinajpur, Bangladesh, sentenced three people to death for killing a young girl after raping her.
- JULY 28, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING STUDENT IN NOAKHALI
a court in Noakhali, Bangladesh, convicted a young man and sentenced him to death for killing a madrasa student in 2007.