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
- NOVEMBER 10, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Mohammad Ishaq, 36 year old betel leaf seller, was...
Mohammad Ishaq, 36 year old betel leaf seller, was sentenced to death by a District and Sessions court in Chittagong, Bangladesh, for the murder of a neighbour following an argumant over payment of Tk 20 at Banshkhali
- OCTOBER 30, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The Additional District and Sessions Court in Jessore,...
The Additional District and Sessions Court in Jessore, Bangladesh, sentenced five people to death by hanging for killing a man after abducting him
- OCTOBER 29, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A Speedy Trial Court in Dhaka, Bangladesh, sentenced...
A Speedy Trial Court in Dhaka, Bangladesh, sentenced to death Saidul, 20, Adel, 22, and Badiul after convicting them of murder
- OCTOBER 29, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
"The Bangladeshi government has, to some extend, come...
"The Bangladeshi government has, to some extend, come out of the legacy of the British colonial judicial system as a total of 183 sensational cases have been settled under the landmark law "Speedy Trial Act" and 274 criminals sentenced to death in one and
- OCTOBER 27, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Dhaka, Bangladesh, sentenced a man named...
A court in Dhaka, Bangladesh, sentenced a man named only as Borhanuddin to death in absentia for killing his father in 1998
- OCTOBER 27, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Abdul Khaleque was sentenced to death by a special...
Abdul Khaleque was sentenced to death by a special tribunal court in Bangladesh for killing his wife
- OCTOBER 26, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Abdus Salam, a Bangladeshi police constable, was sentenced...
Abdus Salam, a Bangladeshi police constable, was sentenced to death in absentia for shooting dead a female cook at his camp who refused his advances
- OCTOBER 23, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The Speedy Trial Tribunal of Chittagong, Bangladesh,...
The Speedy Trial Tribunal of Chittagong, Bangladesh, sentenced to death Mohammed Akram Hossain, alias Ripon, and Jamal Hossain on charges of killing a teenage girl after raping her
- OCTOBER 23, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A Women and Children Repression Control Tribunal in...
A Women and Children Repression Control Tribunal in Chittagong, Bangladesh, sentenced Mohammed Sekender to death for killing his wife for dowry in 1997
- OCTOBER 19, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Sylhet, Bangladesh, sentenced to death Bodruzzaman...
A court in Sylhet, Bangladesh, sentenced to death Bodruzzaman Bodor, 22, and gave life imprisonment to five others, after convicting them of murder
- OCTOBER 15, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Habigani, Bangladesh, sentenced to death...
A court in Habigani, Bangladesh, sentenced to death Somed Ali of Berma for killing his wife Angura Begum, 22, following a quarrel with her over Somed's extra marital affairs with his cousin
- OCTOBER 15, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Ataur Rahman Mridha, 30, Anwar Hossain, 29 and Kamal,...
Ataur Rahman Mridha, 30, Anwar Hossain, 29 and Kamal, 28 were sentenced to death by a Speedy Trial Court for killing businessman Zaman, 27, on December 16, 2001
- OCTOBER 14, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A speedy trial court in Bangladesh sentenced Minto...
A speedy trial court in Bangladesh sentenced Minto Ghose to death for killing his neighbour Nilkanta Sur, 35, on 12 December 2001
- OCTOBER 11, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Chanchal Hossain was sentenced to death by a court...
Chanchal Hossain was sentenced to death by a court in Bangladesh for hacking to death his brother's wife Afroza Akhtar,30, at Dakkhin Sarabaria in Singair upazila on January 2, 2002
- OCTOBER 4, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The Additional District and Sessions Judge Court in...
The Additional District and Sessions Judge Court in Sylhet, Bangladesh, sentenced six people to death and one to life imprisonment in two separate murder cases
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Monsef Ali and his cousin Mobarrak Ali of Sukhbilash...
Monsef Ali and his cousin Mobarrak Ali of Sukhbilash village in Rangunia, Bangladesh, were sentenced to death by an Additional District and Sessions Court, together with four others, who were sentenced to life imprisonment, for killing two neighbours in R
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Bangladesh convicted Rabi Munda, 37, and...
A court in Bangladesh convicted Rabi Munda, 37, and sentenced him to death by hanging for killing his colleague
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Shamsul Alam was sentenced to death by an Additional...
Shamsul Alam was sentenced to death by an Additional District and Sessions Judge Court in Bangladesh for killing his wife
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Jahangir Hossain Bhuiyan was sentenced to death in...
Jahangir Hossain Bhuiyan was sentenced to death in absentia by the District and Sessions Court in Chandpur, Bangladesh, for killing his two sisters by throwing them into the Meghna river
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Rajab Ali, 22, and Abdus Salam, 23, were sentenced...
Rajab Ali, 22, and Abdus Salam, 23, were sentenced to death by hanging for the rape of an eight year old girl which resulted in her death
- SEPTEMBER 7, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
An Additional District and Sessions in Bangladesh convicted...
An Additional District and Sessions in Bangladesh convicted four people, sentencing Abdul Malek to death and his brother Shahadat and nephews Bakul and Mukul to life term rigorous imprisonment for killing a member of their family
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The Woman and Child Repression Prevention Tribunal,...
The Woman and Child Repression Prevention Tribunal, Bangladesh, convicted Lokman Sarder of killing his wife for dowry and sentenced him to death by hanging
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Shubhash Rajbanshi, 27, and Bimal Rajbanshi, 26, of...
Shubhash Rajbanshi, 27, and Bimal Rajbanshi, 26, of Katigram village in Sadar were sentenced them to death for killing a schoolboy
- SEPTEMBER 2, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The Special Tribunal on Women and Children Repression...
The Special Tribunal on Women and Children Repression in Dhaka, Bangladesh, sentenced six people, including two women, to death by hanging for the April 23, 1998, rape and murder of Shazneen Tasnim Rahman
- AUGUST 31, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Bangladesh convicted Abdus Salam, 27, Nazrul...
A court in Bangladesh convicted Abdus Salam, 27, Nazrul Islam, 25, and Selim, 25, in absentia and condemned them to death for murder
- AUGUST 25, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Hafizur Rahman, a 36 year old Bangladeshi man convicted...
Hafizur Rahman, a 36 year old Bangladeshi man convicted of killing his wife and two sons, was condemned to death for the triple-murder
- AUGUST 23, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A District and Sessions court in Bangladesh sentenced...
A District and Sessions court in Bangladesh sentenced to death Ali Hossain, 22 and his younger brother Babu, for murder
- AUGUST 23, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Bangladesh sentenced nine people to death,...
A court in Bangladesh sentenced nine people to death, including three brothers, after convicting them of killing a 42-year-old man
- AUGUST 20, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Two brothers, Sagar and Swapan, were sentenced to death...
Two brothers, Sagar and Swapan, were sentenced to death in Bangladesh, the latter in absentia, for shooting dead a man inside mosque
- AUGUST 11, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Firoj, 32, was sentenced to death by a court in Bangladesh...
Firoj, 32, was sentenced to death by a court in Bangladesh for killing his cousin