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
SEPTEMBER 3, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH. 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.
- JULY 23, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: FOUR TO WALK GALLOWS FOR DOUBLE MURDER IN RAJSHAHI
a court in Rajshahi, Bangladesh, condemned four people to death for raping and killing a woman and her daughter in 2006.
- JULY 23, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
Mohammad Nurul Huda, a judge of the Bangladeshi Divisional Speedy Trial Tribunal Court, handed down the death penalty to Jahangir Alam Khokan, 40, of Faridpur, Rashidul Islam Sagar, 30, of Munshiganj and Kaiyum, 36, of Rajbari district. Kaiyum was tried i
- JULY 21, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: HC COMMUTES AZAM REZA'S DEATH SENTENCE
the Bangladeshi High Court commuted the death sentence of Azam Reza to a life term imprisonment in the murder of Jayanti Reza, Azam's wife.
- JULY 21, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: FOUR TO GO TO GALLOWS FOR KILLING HOUSEWIFE IN CHUADANGA
a special tribunal in Chuadanga, Bangladesh, sentenced four family members to death in a murder case. Bablu, his parents Abdus Sattar and Khadiza Begum and brother Bakul, of Joyrampur Mallikpara in Damurhuda upazila were also fined them Tk 20,000 each.
- JULY 2, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
a tribunal in Satkhira, Bangladesh...
a tribunal in Satkhira, Bangladesh...
- JULY 1, 2008Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
three overseas Filipino workers...
three overseas Filipino workers...
JUNE 4, 2008BahrainDEATH PENALTYBAHRAIN. BANGLADESHI EXECUTED FOR MURDER
a Bangladeshi murderer was executed by firing squad in Bahrain early in the morning, the Public Prosecution
- MAY 29, 2008BahrainDEATH PENALTY
BAHRAIN: EXECUTION OF BANGLADESHI MAN IN BAHRAIN ‘FAST TRACKED’
Bahrain reportedly decided to speed up the execution of a Bangladeshi man convicted of murder.
- MAY 28, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: SEVEN GET DEATH FOR KILLING STUDENT
a court in southwestern Jhenidah district town in Bangladesh sentenced seven people...
- MAY 27, 2008United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: BANGLADESHI WHO AXED INDIAN TO DEATH GETS DEATH PENALTY
a Bangladeshi farm worker who axed his Indian colleague to death in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates...
- MAY 22, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH FOUR SENTENCED TO DEATH IN PROFESSOR TAHER MURDER CASE
four people in Bangladesh were sentenced to death for the murder of Professor Sheikh Taher Ahmed.
- MAY 21, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Additional District and Sessions Judge's Court in Chapainawabganj...
Additional District and Sessions Judge's Court in Chapainawabganj...
- MAY 20, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
a Bagerhat court, in Bangladesh...
a Bagerhat court, in Bangladesh...
- MAY 19, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH GOVERNMENT OKAYS TOUGH ANTI-TERRORISM LAW
Bangladesh's government approved a tough anti-terrorism ordinance which has a provision for the death sentence as the maximum penalty for those convicted of terrorism, officials said.
- MAY 17, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA BEHEADS BANGLADESHI CONVICTED OF MURDER
Saudi authorities beheaded a Bangladeshi man convicted of killing a Saudi citizen over a money
- MAY 15, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. TWO AWARDED DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDER
two young men are to walk the gallows for the murder of Ibrahim Zaman, senior secretary
MAY 12, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH. HUSBAND AWARDED DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING WIFE IN CHANDPUR
in Chandpur, Bangladesh, a man was sentenced to death in absentia for killing his young wife
- MAY 7, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE, DAUGHTERS IN C’NAWABGANJ
a court sentenced a man to death for killing his wife and two daughters for dowry at Dadanchak village in Shibganj upazila, Bangladesh, in 2001.
- MAY 7, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR STRANGLING SECOND WIFE
a peasant aged about 45 was sentenced to death for strangling his second wife at Gopinathpur in sadar upazila, Bangladesh, two years ago
- MAY 7, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH IN LALBAGH SEVEN-MURDER CASE
a special tribunal court in Dhaka, Bangladesh, sentenced two men to death, eight to life terms and one to 10 years imprisonment in the sensational seven-murder case in Lalbagh in the city 8 years ago.
- APRIL 28, 2008BahrainDEATH PENALTY
BAHRAIN: FINAL APPEAL REJECTED
a Bangladeshi cook will be executed in Bahrain after the Cassation Court...