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 6, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Police in Dhaka arrested a man condemned to death in...
Police in Dhaka arrested a man condemned to death in absentia for killing two people, from the capital's Gulshan area
- MARCH 30, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Bangladesh sentenced a young man to death...
A court in Bangladesh sentenced a young man to death by hanging in absentia for violating a girl
- MARCH 30, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Five young men were sentenced to death for raping and...
Five young men were sentenced to death for raping and stabbing to death a young woman in Bangladesh
- MARCH 13, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Bangladesh, under pressure to clamp down on escalating...
Bangladesh, under pressure to clamp down on escalating violence against women, introduced a law making acid attacks punishable by death
- MARCH 8, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Nearly 50 Bangladeshi women, victims of acid attacks...
Nearly 50 Bangladeshi women, victims of acid attacks by jilted lovers or family foes, led a rally through the streets of Dhaka to mark International Women's Day, openly displaying their scars
- MARCH 7, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
[opposition] Awami League presidium member Abdul Jalil...
[opposition] Awami League presidium member Abdul Jalil urged the pro-independence forces to unite to resist those who were unleashing heinous crimes like killings, repression, rape, atrocities and looting of the people's property across the country
- MARCH 6, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Hundreds of Bangladeshi women took to the streets in...
Hundreds of Bangladeshi women took to the streets in Dhaka in a silent protest against spiralling numbers of sexual attacks, calling for rapists to be punished by death
- FEBRUARY 17, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Bangladesh gave the death penalty to a man...
A court in Bangladesh gave the death penalty to a man in absentia on a charge of killing his wife
- FEBRUARY 5, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Bangladesh, alarmed by the growing use of corrosive...
Bangladesh, alarmed by the growing use of corrosive acid to disfigure and sometimes kill young women, proposed tough new laws that set death as the maximum penalty
- JANUARY 31, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Bangladesh condemned a man to death for...
A court in Bangladesh condemned a man to death for killing his wife
- JANUARY 20, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Rangpur gave the death penalty to Moksed...
A court in Rangpur gave the death penalty to Moksed Ali and a life term to his accomplice Akramul Hossain on charges of rape and murder
- JANUARY 10, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Dinajpur gave the death penalty to a man...
A court in Dinajpur gave the death penalty to a man for throwing acid on a teen-aged girl in Hakimpur upazila, which left the girl blind
- JANUARY 1, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
At least 19 people were sentenced to death for murder...
At least 19 people were sentenced to death for murder in Bangladesh, but no execution was reported in 1999
- JANUARY 1, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Bangladesh had no extradition treaty with any country...
Bangladesh had no extradition treaty with any country except Thailand
- JANUARY 1, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
On February 7, 2000, court officials confirmed that...
On February 7, 2000, court officials confirmed that more than 100 death penalty cases were awaiting confirmation
- JANUARY 1, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
In 1997 capital offenses were extended to include...
In 1997 capital offenses were extended to include skyjacking and sabotage
- JANUARY 1, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Under the previous government of the Bangladesh Nationalist...
Under the previous government of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), increasing efforts were made to protect human rights
- JANUARY 1, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
On January 1, 2001, in a landmark judgment, the Bangladesh...
On January 1, 2001, in a landmark judgment, the Bangladesh High Court, comprising Justice Najmun Ara Sultana, the first woman judge in the country's history, declared fatwa as illegal and also ruled that a fatwa given by any unauthorised person must be ma
- JANUARY 1, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
One of the most important capital case is the trial...
One of the most important capital case is the trial of those accused of involvement in Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's assassination that began in March 1997
- JANUARY 1, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
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- OCTOBER 7, 2001BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A young man was convicted and condemned to death for...
A young man was convicted and condemned to death for killing his wife in 1999
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2001BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Jessore meted out capital punishment to...
A court in Jessore meted out capital punishment to a housewife found guilty of killing her husband
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2001BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A young man, Rakimuddin Rakib, was sentenced to death...
A young man, Rakimuddin Rakib, was sentenced to death by the special court on Women and Child Repression for throwing acid on a housewife and her son
- AUGUST 26, 2001BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Abdus Sattar was sentenced to death and six others...
Abdus Sattar was sentenced to death and six others to life imprisonment for murdering Masud Ahmed, son of former MP Samsuddin Ahmed Eshaq
- JULY 25, 2001BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The High Court confirmed the death sentence given to...
The High Court confirmed the death sentence given to three policemen for rape and murder
- MAY 28, 2001BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The High Court confirmed the death sentence of three...
The High Court confirmed the death sentence of three policemen convicted of the rape and killing of a 14-year-old girl in 1995
- MAY 4, 2001BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The Acid Survivors Foundation said that more than 400...
The Acid Survivors Foundation said that more than 400 acid attack incidents were reported during the last two years but only nine people were sentenced to death while 25 were given life imprisonment
- APRIL 30, 2001BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A High Court in Bangladesh ruled that two army officers...
A High Court in Bangladesh ruled that two army officers Captain Abdul Majed and a non-commissioned officer, Risalder Moslemuddin, should hang, along with 10 sentenced earlier, for killing Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (see 2000)
- MARCH 29, 2001BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The issue of Fatwa is the cause of major turmoil in...
The issue of Fatwa is the cause of major turmoil in Bangladesh after two High Court judges, on January 1, declared it illegal
- MARCH 14, 2001BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Firoze Mia was executed by hanging in the Dhaka's Central...
Firoze Mia was executed by hanging in the Dhaka's Central Jail