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
- JUNE 3, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The Women and Children Repression Control Court sentenced...
The Women and Children Repression Control Court sentenced Habibur Rahman Mina, a 32 year old Bangladeshi, was sentenced to death for throwing acid on his ex-wife
- JUNE 1, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Belayet Hossain was sentenced to death for murder after...
Belayet Hossain was sentenced to death for murder after being convicted of raping and murdering Amena Begum Lucky on August 29, 2000
- MAY 31, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Three brothers, Mithu, Ramjan and Tipu Ali, were sentenced...
Three brothers, Mithu, Ramjan and Tipu Ali, were sentenced to death by the Additional District and Sessions Court in Bangladesh after being convicted of murder
- MAY 30, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The Speedy Trial Tribunal in Dhaka, Bangladesh, sentenced...
The Speedy Trial Tribunal in Dhaka, Bangladesh, sentenced to death Saidur Rahman Shahid and Kala Jahangir after convicting them of killing Habibur Rahman Mondol, a 44-year-old lawyer, out of political rivalry, on August 20, 2000
- MAY 21, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A speedy trial court in Barisal, Bangladesh, condemned...
A speedy trial court in Barisal, Bangladesh, condemned to death Mamun Peyada and sentenced 16 others to life imprisonment for murder
- MAY 14, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A special court in Bangladesh sentenced to death 16...
A special court in Bangladesh sentenced to death 16 people for a grisly double murder in 2000 in which the victims' bodies were hacked to pieces
- MAY 14, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Yusuf Ali, 40, was sentenced to death in absentia by...
Yusuf Ali, 40, was sentenced to death in absentia by the Additional District and Sessions Court for his involvement in the murder of former MP Rabiul Awal Khan Kiron on April 28, 1986
- MAY 14, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Shah Ali Kazol and Morshed Rashidul Hasan Titu were...
Shah Ali Kazol and Morshed Rashidul Hasan Titu were sentenced to death after being convicted of killing a college student
- MAY 13, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A man named as Farizulla was sentenced to death by...
A man named as Farizulla was sentenced to death by District and Sessions Court for killing his wife in 1998
- MAY 12, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Two brothers and their brother-in-law were sentenced...
Two brothers and their brother-in-law were sentenced to death by a district court for throwing acid on a housewife in south Surma in November 2002
- MAY 12, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Two people were sentenced to death and another to life...
Two people were sentenced to death and another to life imprisonment for killing a young businessman in Bangladesh in 1999
- MAY 6, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
An Additional District and Sessions Court in Bangladesh...
An Additional District and Sessions Court in Bangladesh sentenced two youths to hang and sentenced two others to one year rigorous imprisonment for murder
- APRIL 28, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Babul Mia was condemned to death by a court in Bangladesh...
Babul Mia was condemned to death by a court in Bangladesh for killing his younger brother in 2001
- APRIL 27, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Three people were sentenced to death for the murder...
Three people were sentenced to death for the murder of a man named Mozammel Ali on September 6, 1996
- APRIL 21, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Three men named as Sohel Dewan, Billal and Manik were...
Three men named as Sohel Dewan, Billal and Manik were sentenced to death for murdering Badsha Mia, a businessman, on 8 August 2002
- APRIL 9, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Sadek Hossain, 42, was sentenced to death by the Acid...
Sadek Hossain, 42, was sentenced to death by the Acid Crime Prevention Tribunal in Dhaka for throwing acid on on Sudhir Ranjan Ghotok, a senior advocate of Dhaka district court
- APRIL 3, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
An Additional District and Sessions court convicted...
An Additional District and Sessions court convicted four people and condemned them to death for throwing acid on two sisters in 2000
- APRIL 2, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court sentenced to death a Bangladeshi mother who...
A court sentenced to death a Bangladeshi mother who murdered her two children in an apparent human sacrifice
- MARCH 24, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Five people were sentenced to death in two separate...
Five people were sentenced to death in two separate murder cases in Bangladesh, the Independent reported
- MARCH 23, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Abdul Latif Khokon, 25, was sentenced to death by an...
Abdul Latif Khokon, 25, was sentenced to death by an Additional District and Sessions court in Bangladesh following a conviction for rape and murder
- MARCH 19, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Five people were sentenced to death in two separate...
Five people were sentenced to death in two separate murder cases by fast-track tribunals in Dhaka under the Woman and Child Repression Prevention Act
- MARCH 8, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Akhteruzzaman Shohag, 34, and Alam alias Khokan, 51,...
Akhteruzzaman Shohag, 34, and Alam alias Khokan, 51, were sentenced to death by a District and Sessions Court for murder
- MARCH 3, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A man named as Sumon was sentenced to death in absentia...
A man named as Sumon was sentenced to death in absentia and eight others to life term imprisonment in a double murder case
- FEBRUARY 27, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
MP Monirul Haq Chowdhury brought a resolution seeking...
MP Monirul Haq Chowdhury brought a resolution seeking capital punishment for peddling in phensidyl and other drugs but later withdrew it saying that he retracted it only because he was a treasury-bench lawmaker
- FEBRUARY 24, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
An EU Parliamentary delegation began a fact-finding...
An EU Parliamentary delegation began a fact-finding mission on the human rights situation in Bangladesh
- FEBRUARY 23, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A special court convicted Abdul Aziz Bishu, 25, and...
A special court convicted Abdul Aziz Bishu, 25, and condemned him to death for killing his wife for dowry in 1998
- FEBRUARY 22, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Rafiq Mollah was sentenced to death in Bangladesh for...
Rafiq Mollah was sentenced to death in Bangladesh for beating his wife Sadar upazila to death over a family feud on February 8, 1994
- FEBRUARY 20, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A special court Noakhali, Bangladesh, condemned a youth...
A special court Noakhali, Bangladesh, condemned a youth to death and sentenced another to life term in jail for throwing acid on a teenage girl in 1999
- FEBRUARY 6, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Four people were sentenced to death and four others...
Four people were sentenced to death and four others sentenced to life imprisonment in the Murder Case of Gopal Krishna Muhuri
- FEBRUARY 5, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A Bangladeshi man identified as Sagar was sentenced...
A Bangladeshi man identified as Sagar was sentenced to death for murdering his wife Salma Khatun, 24, with a hammer on January 21, 1999