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 28, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A special court in Rajshahi sentenced Shariful Haq...
A special court in Rajshahi sentenced Shariful Haq Koial to death for his attempt to burn his wife to death in 2003
- MAY 25, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The district court in Sirajganj sentenced to death...
The district court in Sirajganj sentenced to death Kazimuddin alias Kazi and Habibur Rahman alias Hobi for the murder of their brother in law Shamima Aziz, sixteen others were given life imprisonment
- MAY 25, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Joseph, 30, and Masud alias Masum, 32, were sentenced...
Joseph, 30, and Masud alias Masum, 32, were sentenced to death by a Speedy Trial Court in Dhaka, Bangladesh, for the murder of a man at Lalmatia
- MAY 19, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The Bangladesh High Court rejected appeal and confirmed...
The Bangladesh High Court rejected appeal and confirmed the death sentence to three young men awarded by the lower court for harrying to death a 10-year-old schoolgirl from Gaibandha in 2002
- MAY 18, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A Speedy Trail Tribunal in Sylhet, Bangladesh, sentenced...
A Speedy Trail Tribunal in Sylhet, Bangladesh, sentenced to death Sujan Mia and Jasim Uddin, after convicting them of murdering Dr
- MAY 18, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Rahmat Ali alias Shukur, 27, was sentenced to death...
Rahmat Ali alias Shukur, 27, was sentenced to death for the murder of an elderly woman at Chandiber para village in Bhairab, Bangladesh, on May 16, 2003
- MAY 10, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Ershad Shikder was hanged till death in Khulna jail,...
Ershad Shikder was hanged till death in Khulna jail, Bangladesh, at one minute past midnight between May 10 and 11
- MAY 6, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A Speedy Trial Tribunal in Bangladesh sentenced to...
A Speedy Trial Tribunal in Bangladesh sentenced to death Kurush Miah and Wasiur Rahman and sentenced 10 others to life imprisonment for murder
- MAY 2, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Cook Alauddin Munshi, 30, caretaker Mehdi Mamun Rana,...
Cook Alauddin Munshi, 30, caretaker Mehdi Mamun Rana, 28, and to hired killers Nasiruddin, 26 and Emdadul Haq, 27 were sentenced to death by a Speedy Trial Tribunal in Dhaka, Bangladesh for the murder of Sultana Khan Panni, 70-year old wife of former depu
- APRIL 30, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Pabna, Bangladesh, sentenced Dulal Hossain...
A court in Pabna, Bangladesh, sentenced Dulal Hossain to death for killing his wife
- APRIL 27, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The Speedy Trial Tribunal in Barisal, Bangladesh, sentenced...
The Speedy Trial Tribunal in Barisal, Bangladesh, sentenced Sultan Hawlader, a 35 year old resident of Bhabanipur village in Babuganj, to death and sentenced four of his family members to life imprisonment after convicting them of murder
- APRIL 27, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Seikh Abdul Muyeed and his first wife Monwara Begum...
Seikh Abdul Muyeed and his first wife Monwara Begum were sentenced to death by the District court in Madaripur, Bangladesh, for killing Muyeed's second wife, Bela Begum, 20 for dowry
- APRIL 24, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Habiganj, Bangladesh, sentenced Moram Ali...
A court in Habiganj, Bangladesh, sentenced Moram Ali to death in absentia and five others to life imprisonment for killing a man in 1997
- APRIL 22, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A Bangladeshi court sentenced a mother and her two...
A Bangladeshi court sentenced a mother and her two sons to death for killing the elder son's wife over a dowry dispute
- APRIL 12, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The speedy trial tribunal in Barisal, Bangladesh, sentenced...
The speedy trial tribunal in Barisal, Bangladesh, sentenced eight people to death, six of them in absentia, after convicting them of murder
- APRIL 12, 2004BangladeshDEATH 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.
- APRIL 11, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The additional district and sessions judge of Bagerhat,...
The additional district and sessions judge of Bagerhat, Bangladesh, sentenced to death Anisur Rahman Sheikh, 35, for killing his 21-day old baby son at Pingoria village in the Kachua district in October 1998
- APRIL 11, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Rashed and Joynul Haq alias Ripon were sentenced to...
Rashed and Joynul Haq alias Ripon were sentenced to death and three others to life imprisonment after being convicted by the Second Additional Metropolitan Sessions Court in Dhaka, Bangladesh, of killing Amirul Islam
- APRIL 11, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
In the first case, Judge AR Masud of the Speedy Trial...
In the first case, Judge AR Masud of the Speedy Trial Tribunal in Dhaka, Bangladesh, passed the death penalty on Mohammed Kamruzzaman alias Ratan and Mohammed Moshiur Rahman alias Nasim for killing their employer Iqramul Islam Bhuiyan alias Nipun, a busin
- APRIL 10, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Arshad Hawlader, 30, was sentenced to death by an additional...
Arshad Hawlader, 30, was sentenced to death by an additional district and sessions court in Barisal, Bangladesh, after being found guilty of killing his wife
- APRIL 6, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Kuhlna, Bangladesh, sentenced Silvester...
A court in Kuhlna, Bangladesh, sentenced Silvester Roy to death for killing his wife
- MARCH 31, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A special court in Barisal, Bangladesh, sentenced Kamal...
A special court in Barisal, Bangladesh, sentenced Kamal Sarder, 38, to death for murder
- MARCH 30, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Mohammad Idris Mia, 35, was sentenced to death and...
Mohammad Idris Mia, 35, was sentenced to death and nine others to various terms imprisonment by a Speedy Trial Tribunal in Chittagong, Bangladesh, after they were convicted of murder
- MARCH 30, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Dhaka, Bangladesh, sentenced Tofael Ahmed...
A court in Dhaka, Bangladesh, sentenced Tofael Ahmed Joshep, 35, and Tariq Sayeef alias Mamun, 30, to death and four others to life imprisonment for shooting an activist of the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), the student wing of the Bangladesh Nationalist
- MARCH 30, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Tangail, Bangladesh, sentenced nine people...
A court in Tangail, Bangladesh, sentenced nine people to death and one man to life imprisonment after convicting them of murder
- MARCH 29, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Ilyas Sheikh, 30, was sentenced to death in absentia...
Ilyas Sheikh, 30, was sentenced to death in absentia by a court in Bagerhat, Bangladesh, for killing his elder brother at Chandipur in the Moralganj district
- MARCH 24, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Sylhet, Bangladesh, sentenced Fazal Khan...
A court in Sylhet, Bangladesh, sentenced Fazal Khan to death and two brothers, Arshod and Waris Khan, to life imprisonment for murder case
- MARCH 20, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Slalhuddin Tipu and Abdul Jabber Labu were sentenced...
Slalhuddin Tipu and Abdul Jabber Labu were sentenced to death and five others were awarded life imprisonment by a speedy trial tribunal in Chittagong, Banlgadesh, for the murder of Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader Kamaluddin
- MARCH 18, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Aysha Akhtar, a 35 year old female and her brother-in-law...
Aysha Akhtar, a 35 year old female and her brother-in-law Shahidul Islam, 30, were sentenced to death by a court in Dhaka, Bangladesh for killing her two minor boys to eliminate witnesses to their illicit affair
- MARCH 18, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Jamal Hossain alias Jamal Shikder, 35, was sentenced...
Jamal Hossain alias Jamal Shikder, 35, was sentenced to death in absentia by a court in Narayanganj, Bangladesh, after being found guilty of strangulating his wife Nazma Begum to death on December 25, 2000 following a family feud