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
- MAY 11, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. FOUR TO GO GALLOWS FOR RAPE AND MURDER
four people were condemned to death, two in absentia, by a special court in Bagerhat, Bangladesh, for violating three women and killing a male member of a family in the Sadar district in 2003.
- MAY 9, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN SENT TO GALLOWS FOR KILLING HIS WIFE
Shafiqul Islam Sony of Horidaspur village in Sadar, Bangladesh, was sentenced to death in absentia
MAY 6, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH. MAN HANGED FOR POISONING WIFE
Kamal Hossain Hawlader, a man convicted of killing his teenage wife with poison after he failed to extract dowry payments from her family, was hanged at a jail in southern Bangladesh.
- MAY 4, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. TWO AWARDED DEATH PENALTY AND TWO OTHERS LIFE IMPRISONEMT FOR MURDER
two people were sentenced to death and two others to life imprisonment by a court in Kishoreganj, Bangladesh, after being convicted of murder.
- MAY 2, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. ONE SENTENCED TO DEATH, THREE FAMILY MEMBERS TO LIFE FOR MURDER
Saiful Alam was sentenced to death in absentia, while his parents and brother were sentenced to life imprisonment by the District and Sessions court in Sylhet, Bangladesh, in a double murder case.
- APRIL 28, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. THREE MEN TO DIE FOR RAPE, MURDER
three men were sentenced to death in Chandpur, Bangladesh, for the rape and murder of a woman at Hossainpur village.
- APRIL 19, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. ONE TO DIE AND TWO SENTENCED TO LIFE TERM FOR MURDER
Motahar Hossain was sentenced to death in absentia while two others were sentenced to life imprisonemtn by a court in Sherpur, Bangladesh, for murder.
- APRIL 16, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. ONE TO DIE FOR MURDER
Dr Shamsul Huda of Kalavi union in Pirgacha, Bangladesh, was sentenced to death in Rangpur for the murder of a girl.
APRIL 16, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH. 22 ON DEATH ROW FOR AWAMI LEADER KILLING
a Bangladesh court sentenced 22 people to death and six others to life in jail for killing Opposition lawmaker Ahsanullah Master. Ahsanullah, a senior member of Bangladesh’s main Opposition Awami League, and a young man were killed when a group of armed m
- APRIL 14, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. EP CALLS FOR END TO EXTRA-JUDICIAL EXECUTIONS
the EP adopted a resolution calling on the Bangladeshi government to bring an end the “Rapid Response Battalion” paramilitary operations against organised crime, which had been carrying out extra-judicial executions (more than “40 death in ambushes” a mon
- APRIL 12, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF WIFE
Abdul Kader was sentenced to death by a court in Laxmipur, Bangladesh, for the murder of his wife, 19-year old Peara Begum, at Charmartin village in the Ramgati district on September 4, 2000.
APRIL 11, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH. SIX PERSONS SENTENCED TO DEATH
six people were sentenced to death in Bangladesh, in three separate cases. Four men were sentenced to death in Dhaka for the murder of police officer Mizanur Rahman in January 2004.
- APRIL 10, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. ONE TO DIE AND FOUR TO GO TO JAIL FOR MURDER
Khokon Bepari, 26, was condemned to death by the Divisional Speedy Trial Tribunal of Barisal, Bangladesh, after being found guilty of murder.
- APRIL 9, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. THREE PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH
three people were sentenced to death in Narayanganj, Bangladesh, in two separate murder cases.
- APRIL 3, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN SENTENCED TO DIE FOR MURDER
a man named as Morshed was sentenced to death in Comilla, Bangladesh, for the murder of a rickshaw puller about six years previously.
- APRIL 3, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
the Acid Crime Control Tribunal in Sylhet, Bangladesh, sentenced to death in absentia Nasiruddin of Kuhaighar village in Zointapur for throwing acid at his fiancée and killing her.
- MARCH 28, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. FOUR MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN KHULNA FOR MURDER
four men were sentenced to death in Khulna, Bangladesh, for murdering a policeman in a bomb attack.
- MARCH 23, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. TWO MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
Rafiqul Islam alias Bhola, 35, and Abul Khashem, 50, were sentenced to death
- MARCH 20, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. THREE PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
Muhibur Rahman, Billal Ahmed and Abdul Latif were sentenced to death by a court in Sylhet, Bangladesh, for killing a day-labourer in the Jaintapur district.
- MARCH 16, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. LAWYERS APPEAL DEATH CONVICTION, CITING NAME MIX-UP
a Bangladeshi with the same nickname as a murder suspect was mistakenly tried and sentenced to death for a crime he did not commit, his lawyers told a court.
- MARCH 15, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
two men named as Arman and Telu were sentenced to death in absentia
two men named as Arman and Telu were sentenced to death in absentia
- MARCH 7, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. THREE PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
three men were sentenced to death for shooting down two people in the Sherpur district of Bangladesh during a gang attack.
- MARCH 6, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. THREE MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
an Additional district and sessions court in Bangladesh sentenced Abdul Hamid, Zahid Hasan and Hafizul to death for the murder of a motor cyclist.
- MARCH 2, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE
Mahtabuddin Ahmed, a rickshaw-puller, was sentenced to death by a court in Pirojpur, Bangladesh for killing his wife.
- MARCH 1, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE
a special court in Comilla, Bangladesh, convicted Enam Hossain alias Emam and condemned him to death for killing his wife for dowry.
- FEBRUARY 27, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Shailen, Azmal Gazi and Helal Sharif were sentenced to death by a District Court in Bangladesh for murder.
Shailen, Azmal Gazi and Helal Sharif were sentenced to death by a District Court in Bangladesh for murder.
- FEBRUARY 24, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
the District Women and Child Repression Prevention Tribunal in Jessore...
the District Women and Child Repression Prevention Tribunal in Jessore, Bangladesh, sentenced Tariqul Islam, 21, to death for raping and killing a minor.
- FEBRUARY 22, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Zamal Gazi, Kawsar and Khabir Gazi of Kalibari village in Amtali, Bangladesh, were sentenced to death
Zamal Gazi, Kawsar and Khabir Gazi of Kalibari village in Amtali, Bangladesh, were sentenced to death
- FEBRUARY 17, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
eleven people were convicted and sentenced to death by a district court in Comilla, Bangladesh
eleven people were convicted and sentenced to death by a district court in Comilla, Bangladesh
- FEBRUARY 16, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Mohammad Alamgir was sentenced to death by a district court in Bangladesh
Mohammad Alamgir was sentenced to death by a district court in Bangladesh