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
- FEBRUARY 11, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING WIFE FOR DOWRY
a 35 year old man was awarded the death sentence for killing his wife for dowry
- FEBRUARY 7, 2008Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. 8 BANGLADESHIS ON DEATH ROW
the relatives of eight expatriate Bangladeshi workers sentenced to death by a
- FEBRUARY 6, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
a trial court in Rajshahi, Bangladesh, sentenced a man
a trial court in Rajshahi, Bangladesh, sentenced a man
- FEBRUARY 4, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. TWO YOUNG MEN TO HANG FOR MURDER IN CHITTAGONG
two young men are to walk the gallows for the murder of a money exchange trader
- JANUARY 24, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. 10 PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH IN POLICE-SLAUGHTERING CASE
ten people were sentenced to death for murdering four
- JANUARY 24, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
a young housewife and her lover were sentenced to death for the murder of her
a young housewife and her lover were sentenced to death for the murder of her
- JANUARY 23, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
in Bangladesh, a Dhaka court sentenced five people, including a woman
in Bangladesh, a Dhaka court sentenced five people, including a woman
- JANUARY 1, 2008BangladeshDEATH 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 18, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Bangladesh voted against the Resolution...
Bangladesh voted against the Resolution...
- NOVEMBER 26, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN TO GO TO GALLOWS FOR KILLING WIFE IN RAJSHAHI
at the Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal in Rajshahi,
- NOVEMBER 22, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: YOUNG MAN TO WALK GALLOWS FOR MURDER
a young man was awarded the death penalty in Bangladesh for the murder of a mobile shop operator in Pabna town for refusing tolls in March last year.
- NOVEMBER 15, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. FOUR GO TO GALLOWS FOR MURDER IN SIRAJGANJ
Judge ATM Mesbauddoula at a Speedy Trial Court in Rajshahi, Bangladesh, s
- NOVEMBER 8, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
ONE SENTENCED TO DEATH IN MURDER CASE
in Bangladesh, a Sirajganj court sentenced a man to death, four to life imprisonment and another to rigorous imprisonment for a year in a murder case.
- OCTOBER 31, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: HUSBAND SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE
a man was sentenced to death by a court in Dinajpur, Bangladesh, for murdering his wife for dowry seven years ago. Judge of the Women and Child Repression Prevention Tribunal Badsha Alamgir delivered the verdict in a crowded courtroom.
- OCTOBER 30, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
in Chapainawabganj, Bangladesh, District and Sessions Judge...
in Chapainawabganj, Bangladesh, District and Sessions Judge..
- OCTOBER 27, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. THREE BANGLADESHIS EXECUTED FOR ROBBERY, SEXUAL ASSAULT
three Bangladeshis were beheaded in Saudi Arabia after
- OCTOBER 2, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: MAN TO GO TO GALLOWS FOR KILLING WIFE IN PANCHAGARH
a court in Panchagarh, Bangladesh, sentenced a man to death for killing his wife about 12 years ago.
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
EX-DCC COMMISSIONER, FOUR OTHERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
a Dhaka Court in Bangladesh sentenced five people do death for killing Dhanmondi Sporting Club President Khairul Anwar Piaru in 2004.
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: SC LETS DEATH ROW PRISONERS APPEAL
the Bangladeshi Supreme Court granted applications by the condemned prisoners in the Bangabandhu murder case to appeal against their death sentences.
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
TWO PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH IN DOUBLE MURDER CASE
a court in Chuadanga, Bangladesh...
- AUGUST 20, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
JMB MAN GIVEN DEATH PENALTY FOR JAMALPUR KILLING
a Dhaka court sentenced a Majlish-e-Shura member of the Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh...
- AUGUST 19, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN SYLHET
in Sylhet, Bangladesh, Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge AKM Nasiruddin Mahmud sentenced a man to death for killing his wife.
- AUGUST 13, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: FOUR TO GO TO GALLOWS IN NARAIL DOUBLE MURDER CASE
at a District and Sessions court in Bangladesh, Judge M Abdul Majid sentenced four members of a family to death for murder.
- AUGUST 6, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESHI TO HANG IN MALAYSIA FOR MUDER
the Malaysian High Court sentenced a Bangladesh national, Shamim Reza Abdul Samad...
- AUGUST 2, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING HIS WIFE IN SATKHIRA
Judge Mohammad Mutajidur Rahman of the Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal in Satkhira, Bangladesh, convicted a man and awarded him capital punishment for killing his wife four years ago.
- AUGUST 1, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: TWO GET CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR KILLING HOUSEWIFE
Additional District and Sessions Judge Reza Tarique Ahmed awarded two men capital punishment for killing a housewife at Chachoir village in Sadar upazila, Bangladesh, seven years ago
- JULY 31, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. 2 SENTENCED TO DEATH IN CHITTAGONG
a divisional special court in Chittagong, Bangladesh, sentenced two people to death
- JULY 29, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING HIS WIFE IN LAXMIPUR
a special court in Laxmipur, Bangladesh, convicted a man and sentenced him to death for murdering his wife in 1999.
- JULY 26, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH IN CHUADANGA
Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge Motahar Hossain sentenced three men to death for of killing two women after raping them
- JULY 24, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. 12 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
twelve people were sentenced to death and eight to life imprisonment by a court in Chittagong, Bangladesh, in the sensational Jan-e-Alam murder case