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 28, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
a court in Narayanganj, Bangladesh, sentenced six men to death
a court in Narayanganj, Bangladesh, sentenced six men to death
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Pabna, Bangladesh, sentenced to death Faraz...
A court in Pabna, Bangladesh, sentenced to death Faraz Ali of Ilshimari village in Iswardi after convicting him of killing his wife
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Sabuj, 28, and Habib were sentenced to death in Bangladesh,...
Sabuj, 28, and Habib were sentenced to death in Bangladesh, the latter in absentia, after being convicted of shooting down a neighbour out of enmity at Azampur, Uttara
- SEPTEMBER 15, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Officials said the execution of Amritlal Burman, a...
Officials said the execution of Amritlal Burman, a third Bangladeshi policeman convicted of the rape and murder of a 14-year-old girl in 1995, was fixed for September 29
- SEPTEMBER 7, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Khulna, Bangladesh, sentenced Adhir Kumar...
A court in Khulna, Bangladesh, sentenced Adhir Kumar Biswas to death after convicting him of killing his wife Gita Rani for dowry at Doba village in the country's Rupsa district on May 16, 2000
- SEPTEMBER 2, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Two former policemen convicted of the rape and killing...
Two former policemen convicted of the rape and killing of a teenager were executed by hanging in a north Bangladesh jail
- AUGUST 31, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Bangladesh sentenced to death Mohammad Aziz,...
A court in Bangladesh sentenced to death Mohammad Aziz, 30, for rape and murder
- AUGUST 30, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court Bangladesh sentenced 10 people to death for...
A court Bangladesh sentenced 10 people to death for shooting dead five politicians at a 1999 political rally, which has been scarred by years of political violence
- AUGUST 29, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Chittagong, Bangladesh, sentenced six people...
A court in Chittagong, Bangladesh, sentenced six people to death for the murder of a Buddhist monk, Gyan Jyoti Mohasthobir
- AUGUST 25, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
a man named Abdul Islam was hanged in Bangladesh for murder
a man named Abdul Islam was hanged in Bangladesh for murder
- AUGUST 21, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
a man named Alal Uddin Alal was hanged in Bangladesh for murder
a man named Alal Uddin Alal was hanged in Bangladesh for murder
- AUGUST 18, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
a man named Mukul was hanged in Bangladesh for murder
a man named Mukul was hanged in Bangladesh for murder
- AUGUST 16, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
a man named Golam Mortuza was hanged in Bangladesh for murder
a man named Golam Mortuza was hanged in Bangladesh for murder
- AUGUST 10, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
a man named Rezaul Haq Raja was hanged in Bangladesh for murder
a man named Rezaul Haq Raja was hanged in Bangladesh for murder
- AUGUST 8, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
four men were sentenced to death, two in absentia, for the rape and murder of a teenage girl at Godagari, Bangladesh.
four men were sentenced to death, two in absentia, for the rape and murder of a teenage girl at Godagari, Bangladesh.
- AUGUST 5, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Rahim Akon, 38, was sentenced to death and Shahjahan...
Rahim Akon, 38, was sentenced to death and Shahjahan Raree, 42, to life imprisonment by a court in Bangladesh for the murder of a neighbour
- AUGUST 5, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
a man named Moslem was hanged in Bangladesh for murder
a man named Moslem was hanged in Bangladesh for murder
- AUGUST 4, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
a special court in Chittagong, Bangladesh, convicted four Chhatra League leaders and sentenced two of them to death
a special court in Chittagong, Bangladesh, convicted four Chhatra League leaders and sentenced two of them to death
- AUGUST 2, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Abdul Bashir was executed by hanging in Mymensingh's...
Abdul Bashir was executed by hanging in Mymensingh's central jail, Bangladesh, in the early hours of the morning
- JULY 30, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Bangladesh sentenced to death in absentia...
A court in Bangladesh sentenced to death in absentia M Abdul Majid and awarded life imprisonment to Hasan Ali, 45, Bhimpur UP chairman in the Mahadevpur and to Shamsul for the murder of businessman Azimuddin
- JULY 21, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Five men were sentenced to death, four in absentia,...
Five men were sentenced to death, four in absentia, by a District court in Dhaka, Bangladesh, after they were found guilty of murdering a father and his son at Keraniganj
- JULY 20, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Pabna, Bangladesh, sentenced to death Sobed...
A court in Pabna, Bangladesh, sentenced to death Sobed Ali for killing his wife
- JULY 19, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Seven men condemned to death by a district court in...
Seven men condemned to death by a district court in Bangladesh were acquitted the country's High Court in Dhaka
- JULY 12, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A Speedy Trial Tribunal in Dhaka, Bangladesh, sentenced...
A Speedy Trial Tribunal in Dhaka, Bangladesh, sentenced to death five people, four of which in absentia, and sentenced five others to life imprisonment after being convicted of stabbing to death Shipon, 35, at about midnight on February 19, 2001
- JUNE 20, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A man named Bipul was sentenced to death in absentia...
A man named Bipul was sentenced to death in absentia by a Speedy trial Tribunal in Dhaka, Bangladesh, for the murder of a neighbour in Kotiadi, Kishoreganj
- JUNE 11, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Rajshahi, Bangladesh, convicted Nurunnabi,...
A court in Rajshahi, Bangladesh, convicted Nurunnabi, 30, and sentenced him to death for killing his wife for dowry in 2003
- JUNE 10, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Hazrat Ali Bhuti, Liton Sarder and Md Kamal were sentenced...
Hazrat Ali Bhuti, Liton Sarder and Md Kamal were sentenced to death by a court in Dhaka, Bangladesh, for the murder of CID inspector Nazrul Islam
- JUNE 10, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A Speedy Trial Tribunal in Chittagong, Bangladesh,...
A Speedy Trial Tribunal in Chittagong, Bangladesh, sentenced five people to death and seven others to life imprisonment after convicting them of murdering Srikanta Rakkhit
- JUNE 3, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Following the introduction of Speedy Trial Tribunals...
Following the introduction of Speedy Trial Tribunals by the government, a total of 336 cases had been seen to resulting in 166 death sentences, Justice and Parliament Affairs Minister Barrister Moudud Ahmed said while addressing a seminar on the 'NGOs rol
- JUNE 1, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Ahsan Habib Titu was sentenced to death in absentia...
Ahsan Habib Titu was sentenced to death in absentia by a Speedy Trail Tribunal and seven others were sentenced to life imprisonment for killing a Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leader at Dewanganj in Jamalpur district in 1999