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
- MARCH 1, 2001BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Motaleb Hawlader was hanged in the Jessore prison,...
Motaleb Hawlader was hanged in the Jessore prison, in Barisal district, for killing his wife
- FEBRUARY 4, 2001BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Thousands of supporters of Islamic religious leaders...
Thousands of supporters of Islamic religious leaders took to the streets in Dhaka carrying sticks and flags to protest against the High Court verdict against the fatwa
- JANUARY 1, 2001BangladeshDEATH 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, 2001BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
In a landmark judgment, the Bangladesh High Court,...
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 made a punishable off
- JANUARY 1, 2001BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Bangladesh had no extradition treaty with any country...
Bangladesh had no extradition treaty with any country except Thailand
- JANUARY 1, 2001BangladeshDEATH 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, 2001BangladeshDEATH 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, 2001BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A survey by the U
A survey by the U
- JANUARY 1, 2001BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
In 1997 capital offenses were extended to include skyjacking...
In 1997 capital offenses were extended to include skyjacking and sabotage
- JANUARY 1, 2001BangladeshDEATH 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
- DECEMBER 18, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Top leaders of the ruling Awami League demanded the...
Top leaders of the ruling Awami League demanded the quick execution of the death sentences awarded to all the 15 convicts for killing Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his family members
- DECEMBER 14, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Judges Mohammad Ruhul Amin and A
Judges Mohammad Ruhul Amin and A
- NOVEMBER 16, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A dawn-to-dusk token hunger strike demanding an end...
A dawn-to-dusk token hunger strike demanding an end to selling acid in the open market was observed in Narayanganj by the Jona Kayek-O-Tarun Sangha, a social organisation against the misuse of acid
- NOVEMBER 15, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Gias Uddin, 20, was condemned to death for killing...
Gias Uddin, 20, was condemned to death for killing his brother Sabur Mia, 27, on July 20, 2000 during an altercation
- NOVEMBER 14, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Over 200 people, most of them women and children, fell...
Over 200 people, most of them women and children, fell to victim to acid-throwing across the country during the first 10 months of 2000 according to an estimate of the Bangladesh Human Rights Commission (BHRC)
- NOVEMBER 6, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The Additional Judge of the District and Session Court,...
The Additional Judge of the District and Session Court, Comilla Khan Md Abdul Mannan, sentenced Dulal, son of late Tajir Mia and Bulbul, son of Karamat Ali to death for the murder of advocate Mahiuddin Sharif on August 17, 1997
- OCTOBER 9, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Hatem Ali was sentenced to death in absentia for stabbing...
Hatem Ali was sentenced to death in absentia for stabbing to death, in 1997, a woman who had turned down his proposal of marriage
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Dulal Mia, 35, was sentenced to death by a special...
Dulal Mia, 35, was sentenced to death by a special court that deals with Woman and Child Repression after being found guilty of murdering his wife in 1997
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Mahbub Hashem Jewel, 24, a nephew of Capt (retd) Kismat...
Mahbub Hashem Jewel, 24, a nephew of Capt (retd) Kismat Hashem, a fugitive from the death sentence in the Bangabandhu murder Case, was sentenced to death for killing an engineer
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A man named Alamgir was sentenced to death by the district...
A man named Alamgir was sentenced to death by the district court for raping and then poisoning to death his sister-in-law aged 9 years
- AUGUST 29, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Bangladeshi authorities asked Pakistan to ascertain...
Bangladeshi authorities asked Pakistan to ascertain the whereabouts of two of the killers of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
- AUGUST 17, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The Bangladesh Chhatra League began its fast unto death...
The Bangladesh Chhatra League began its fast unto death program at the Central Shaheed Minar demanding the execution of the verdict in the Bangabandhu murder case
- AUGUST 15, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Thousands of people paid homage to Bangabandhu Sheikh...
Thousands of people paid homage to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on the 25th anniversary of his death
- AUGUST 1, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The Jahangirnagar University unit of pro-Awami Chhatra...
The Jahangirnagar University unit of pro-Awami Chhatra League formed a 30-minute human chain on the Dhaka-Aricha highway demanding the execution of the killers of Bangabandhu
- JULY 5, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Billal Hossain, 35, was given the death penalty for...
Billal Hossain, 35, was given the death penalty for murdering his wife in 1997
- JULY 5, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Two men found guilty of killing a minor were condemned...
Two men found guilty of killing a minor were condemned to death
- JUNE 28, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The death reference of Bangabandhu murder case came...
The death reference of Bangabandhu murder case came up for hearing in the Supreme Court
- JUNE 27, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A Radkhantapur man [identified only as] Tazemul was...
A Radkhantapur man [identified only as] Tazemul was given the death penalty for burning his pregnant wife to death
- JUNE 25, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A man, Zahid [no first name given] of Nazirhat village...
A man, Zahid [no first name given] of Nazirhat village in Sonandanga upazila, was condemned to death for strangling his wife Rahima and daughter Reshma to death, on September 5, 1997
- JUNE 1, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The Additional District and Sessions Judge, Shamsul...
The Additional District and Sessions Judge, Shamsul Arefin condemned to death Ershad Ali Sikder, a notorious terrorist, for the killing of a murder witness