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
- 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
- FEBRUARY 3, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Osman Ali, a 42-year-old man of Bangladeshi origin,...
Osman Ali, a 42-year-old man of Bangladeshi origin, was sentenced to death in absentia for killing his wife in 1995
- JANUARY 28, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The High Court confirmed the death sentence on Ershad...
The High Court confirmed the death sentence on Ershad Ali Sikder, awarded to him by the lower court in the murder case of Khaled Hossain
- JANUARY 27, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Mainuddin Manik was sentenced to death for killing...
Mainuddin Manik was sentenced to death for killing a college student
- JANUARY 22, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A Bangladeshi man was sentenced to hang for burning...
A Bangladeshi man was sentenced to hang for burning a woman with acid, in the second death penalty handed down for the crime this month
- JANUARY 22, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A convict identified as Abdul Quader alias Kela Quader,...
A convict identified as Abdul Quader alias Kela Quader, 30, was sentenced to death for killing another prisoner in 1999
- JANUARY 15, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A 25-year-old Bangladeshi man received the death penalty...
A 25-year-old Bangladeshi man received the death penalty for maiming two people with acid, the first time the sentence has been given for such a crime, judicial sources said
- JANUARY 1, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty exists in Bangladesh as maximum punishment...
The death penalty exists in Bangladesh as maximum punishment for offences like murder, sedition, drug trafficking and acid throwing
- NOVEMBER 30, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A man whose name was reported as Mukul was condemned...
A man whose name was reported as Mukul was condemned to death for killing a policeman
- NOVEMBER 17, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court convicted two people, one in absentia, and...
A court convicted two people, one in absentia, and sentenced them to death for killing a housewife and her son during robbery in their house here in 2000
- NOVEMBER 12, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court awarded capital punishment to seven people...
A court awarded capital punishment to seven people in a murder case