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
- 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, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
UNITED 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 PENALTY
BANGLADESH. 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.
- MAY 25, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
a special tribunal, in Bangladesh, condemned two young men to death for killing a minor girl after rape.
a special tribunal, in Bangladesh, condemned two young men to death for killing a minor girl after rape.
- MAY 23, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. SIX PIRATES SENTENCED TO DEATH
six pirates were sentenced to death by the district and sessions court in Narayanganj, Bangladesh, for the murder of two crew members of a sand carrying trawler that was hijacked from the Buriganga River.
- MAY 21, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. TWO MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
a court in Narayanganj, Bangladesh, sentenced to death Humayun, 35, and Jasim, 32, and sentenced two others to life-term imprisonment after convicting them of murder.
- MAY 19, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. PROSECUTORS DEMAND DEATH FOR ISLAMIC MILITANTS
prosecutors called for the death penalty for two militant leaders accused of waging a bloody campaign to impose Islamic law in Bangladesh.
- MAY 18, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. SIX PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE AND MURDER
a court in Bogra, Bangladesh, sentenced six men to death for murdering a teenage girl after raping her at Prannathpur village in Adamdighi.
- MAY 10, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. FIVE PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE, MURDER
a Special Tribunal in Bogra, Bangladesh, sentenced five people to death for rape and murder.
- APRIL 23, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. 24 HANGED IN BANGLADESH IN LAST FOUR AND A HALF YEARS, OFFICIAL
a total of 24 people have been hanged in Bangladesh during the last four and a half years and 831 more are on death row, Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Moudud Ahmed said.
- APRIL 18, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE
a court in Patuakhali, Bangladesh, convicted Jahangir Shikder, 35, of Hajikhali village, Sadar, and sentenced him to death for killing his wife.
- APRIL 17, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE
Hasibul Hasan alias Loton, 40, was sentenced to death by the Tribunal on Women and Children Repression Prevention in Sarker, Bangladesh, after being found guilty of killing his wife.