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
- 1,310
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 1,310 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
- OCTOBER 15, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. HUSBAND AND MOTHER-IN-LAW SENTENCED TO DEATH IN MURDER OF WOMAN
a Speedy Trial Tribunal in Dhaka, Bangladesh, sentenced to death Shafiqul Alam Shafi and his mother Feroza Begum for killing his pregnant wife Tania Akhter Lucky after the latter refused to pay dowry
- OCTOBER 11, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
the Speedy Trial Tribunal of Dhaka, Bangladesh, sentenced to death Zalal Ahmed alias Zillu and Maksudur Rahman alias Biplob and awarded life imprisonment to Parash for the murder of Swapan Goshwami, a teacher at the Government Laboratory School of Dhanmon
- OCTOBER 1, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. COURT STAYS EXECUTION OF MILITANTS
Bangladesh's Supreme Court ordered a stay of execution for seven Islamist militants sentenced to death for bomb attacks that killed at least 30 people in 2005, said Fazlul Karim, secretary of the Supreme Court.
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. ONE SENT TO GALLOWS, FIVE GET LIFE TERM FOR MURDER
a District Speedy Trial Tribunal in Bagerhat, Bangladesh, sentenced Bahadur Bepari to death and five others, including a woman, to life imprisonment for murder.
SEPTEMBER 26, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH. MUSLIM JOURNALIST FACES DEATH PENALTY FOR PRINTING PRO-ISRAEL ARTICLES
a court in Bangladesh was scheduled to try a Muslim journalist for writing articles favourable to Israel.
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. NINE PERSONS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN BRAHMANBARIA AND KISHOREGANJ
eight men were sentenced to death in Chittagong, Bangladesh, for a triple murder committed in Brahmanbaria on August 10, 2005.
SEPTEMBER 19, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA. BANGLADESHI BEHEADED FOR MURDER
Saudi Arabia beheaded a Bangladeshi man convicted of murdering an Egyptian, the Interior Ministry said.
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. TWO MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN JHALAKATI FOR MURDER
police constable Abdul Majid Hawlader, 50, and his brother-in-law Babul Mallik, 40, were sentenced to death by a court in Jhalakati, Bangladesh, after being found guilty of murder.
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TRAFFICKING WOMEN
a court in Jessore, Bangladesh, sentenced Moslemuddin Molla, 45, to death in absentia for people trafficking.
- SEPTEMBER 1, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD FOR MILITANTS
a Bangladeshi court upheld the death sentence handed down three months previously against seven Islamist militants over the killing of two judges in a bomb attack in 2005.
- AUGUST 31, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. SIX AWARDED DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDER OF COUPLE
a court in Moulvibazar, Bangladesh...
- AUGUST 30, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN WRONGLY SENTENCED TO DEATH RELEASED AFTER TWO YEARS
a Bangladesh court overturned the sentence of Shah Alam Babu, a man who was wrongfully convicted of murder and condemned to death. Delivering its verdict, the High Court also ordered the trial judge in the case to be stripped of his judicial powers.
- AUGUST 30, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. SIX MEN TO WALK GALLOWS FOR MURDER
six men were sentenced to death for murder by a Speedy Trial Tribunal in Barisal, Bangladesh.
- AUGUST 25, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. 21 TO DIE FOR MURDER OF RULING PARTY MEMBER
a Bangladeshi court sentenced 21 people to death for the 2004 killing of a member of Prime Minister Khaleda Zia's ruling party.
- AUGUST 23, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF DAUGHTER
a court in Comilla, Bangladesh, convicted Abdul Khalek and sentenced him to death for killing his daughter on August 17, 2003.
- AUGUST 23, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. HUSBAND TO WALK GALLOWS FOR KILLING WIFE
a District and Session’s court in Kushtia, Bangladesh...
- AUGUST 15, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. DHAKA BOMBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
three Islamists were sentenced to death and five others jailed for life for a series of bombings in Bangladesh.
- AUGUST 9, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING
a special tribunal in Jessore, Bangladesh, sentenced to death Anar Ali, 30, after finding him guilty of trafficking humans.
- AUGUST 8, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DIVIDING HEROIN
Sohrab Hossain, in his early 30’s, was sentenced to death and three female accomplices were awarded life imprisonment by a court in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
- AUGUST 6, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. TWO MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
Abu Bakkar Siddique, 28, and Afsar Ali, 29, were sentenced to death by a court in Satkhira...
- AUGUST 1, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. THREE MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
the Additional District and Sessions court in Jhenidah, Bangladesh, sentenced three men to death and four others to life imprisonment for the murder of a man over land dispute in Kulbaria, Harinakunda district.
- JULY 31, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. FOUR MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE, MURDER
a Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal in Rajshahi, Bangladesh, sentenced four people to death, including two brothers, for the murder of fellow-villager Jarina Khatun, 18, killed after being gang raped on April 4, 1999.
- JULY 27, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. EIGHT TO GO TO GALLOWS FOR KILLING UP CHAIRMAN IN KHULNA
a court in Khulna, Bangladesh, convicted eight people and sentenced them to death for killing the chairman of the Surkhali union of Botiaghata district, Mostafa Habib in 1999.
- JULY 18, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. FOUR DEATH SENTENCES CONFIRMED IN MUHURI MURDER CASE
the High Court Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh confirmed the death sentence of four convicts in the Gopal Krishna Muhuri murder case.
- JULY 10, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD ON FIVE FOR RAPE, MURDER
the High Court Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh confirmed the death sentence awarded to five of the six people condemned for the murder of Shazneen Tasnim Rahman.
- JULY 9, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. HIGH COURT COMMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE OF 14 YEAR OLD
the High Court in Dhaka, Bangladesh, annulled the death sentence awarded to 14-year-old M. Raushan Mondol by the Nari-O-Shishu Adalot, Jhenidah, for rape and murder, rendering the death sentence as void.
- JULY 3, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. FIVE MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
five men were sentenced to death in absentia in Narayanganj, Bangladesh, for the murder of local law and order committee adviser at Fatullah.
- JUNE 29, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPING TEENAGE GIRL
Mominul Islam was sentenced to death in Rangpur, Bangladesh...
JUNE 20, 2006United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTYUNITED ARAB EMIRATES. COURT COMMUTES DEATH BY STONING SENTENCE
a United Arab Emirates appeal court commuted to imprisonment a sentence of death by stoning handed down by a lower court against a Bangladeshi convicted of adultery. The court ordered Shaheen Abdel Rahman jailed for a year and then deported to his home co
MAY 29, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH. COURT ORDERS SEVEN MILITANTS TO HANG
a Bangladesh court sentenced seven top Islamist militants to death for killing two judges in a bomb attack in southern Jhalakati town in 2005.