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
- 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
- MAY 23, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The Central Command Council of Bangladesh Muktijoddha...
The Central Command Council of Bangladesh Muktijoddha Sangsad organized a rally to demand immediate implementation of the verdict in the Bangabandhu murder case
- MAY 15, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Judge Mohammad Aftabuddin meted out the death sentence...
Judge Mohammad Aftabuddin meted out the death sentence toEnayet Hossain Injufor beating to death Matin Sheikh of Bhattopratim village in Sadar upazila on February 4, 1996
- MAY 14, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The District and Sessions Judge Mohammad Anwarul Huq...
The District and Sessions Judge Mohammad Anwarul Huq condemned 12 people to death, and four others to rigorous imprisonment for life for the murder of eight people in a dispute over a six decimal piece of land in the Jorakhali village of Matlab thana in 1
- MAY 7, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Abul Kashem was sentenced to death by hanging for human...
Abul Kashem was sentenced to death by hanging for human trafficking
- MAY 4, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A High Court Division Bench overturned the death sentence...
A High Court Division Bench overturned the death sentence meted out to Babul Hossain and his mother Sufia Khatun by the Women and Children Repression Prevention (Special Provisions) Court of Chandpur
- MAY 4, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Rezaul Jalal, 40, was condemned to death
Rezaul Jalal, 40, was condemned to death
- MAY 3, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Saiful Alam, of Chandrapara village in Barahatta upazila,...
Saiful Alam, of Chandrapara village in Barahatta upazila, was sentenced to death by District and Sessions Judge Ishtiaq Hossain for the murder of a college student, [identified only as] Manik, at the Mohonganj railway station on April 14, 1999
- APRIL 26, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Bangladesh voted against the resolution on the death...
Bangladesh voted against the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 26 (no
- APRIL 26, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A High Court Division Bench confirmed the death sentence...
A High Court Division Bench confirmed the death sentence imposed on Provat Chandra Haldar for killing his wife Swapna Sarkar for dowry on June 1, 1996, after only four days of marriage
- APRIL 25, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Judges Ruhal Amin and Abdul Matin, two High Court judges...
Judges Ruhal Amin and Abdul Matin, two High Court judges have refused to hear the Bangabandhu controversial case
- APRIL 24, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Home Minister Mohammad Nasim renewed his plea that...
Home Minister Mohammad Nasim renewed his plea that the Supreme Court verdict in Bangabandhu murder case be executed within the year
- APRIL 23, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Leaders and activists of the Bangladesh Chhatra League...
Leaders and activists of the Bangladesh Chhatra League observed a hunger strike on the premises of the Shaheed Minar in the town demanding immediate execution of the verdict in Bangabandhu murder case
- APRIL 23, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
State Minister for Communications Anisul Huq Chowdhury...
State Minister for Communications Anisul Huq Chowdhury led a stick procession demanding implementation of the verdict in Bangabandhu murder case
- APRIL 21, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, addressing the inaugural...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, addressing the inaugural ceremony of the Advocates' Conference 2000, said that the people wanted due punishment for the killers of his father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the judiciary would have to fulfill the expectations of t
- APRIL 20, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The opposition BNP leaders bitterly criticized the...
The opposition BNP leaders bitterly criticized the AL leaders and ministers for their remarks against judges over the delay in the execution of the court verdict in Bangabandhu murder case
- APRIL 18, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Top leaders of the ruling Awami League (AL) including...
Top leaders of the ruling Awami League (AL) including some influential ministers criticised the higher judiciary for delaying the process of execution of the death sentences of the killers of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
- APRIL 3, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said a draft extradition...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said a draft extradition treaty had been sent to Washington following discussion with US President Bill Clinton during his visit to Bangladesh on 20th March
- APRIL 2, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Extradition April 2, 2000: a high level meeting reviewed...
Extradition April 2, 2000: a high level meeting reviewed the process of bringing back the killers of Bangbandhu hiding in different countries
- MARCH 13, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court condemned Aiyub Ali, 27, to death for strangling...
A court condemned Aiyub Ali, 27, to death for strangling Munirul Islam of Arpara village in Bagha thana on December 16, 1997
- FEBRUARY 14, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Additional District and Sessions Judge of Bhola, Mia...
Additional District and Sessions Judge of Bhola, Mia Mohammad Sharif Hossain convicted Saiful Islam and his second wife Fazilatunessa for murder and sentenced them to death by hanging