Government of Bangladesh

Country name:                             Conventional long form: People's Republic of Bangladesh

                                                   Conventional short form: Bangladesh

 

Data code:                                  BG 

 

Government type:                        Republic 

 

Constitution:                            4 November 1972, effective 16 December 1972, suspended following 

                                              coup of 24 March 1982, restored 10 November 1986, amended many times 

 

 

Legal system:                              Based on English common law 

 

Suffrage:                                     18 years of age; universal 

 

Executive branch:                      Chief of state: President
                                                Head of government: The Elected Prime Minister
                                                Cabinet: Cabinet selected by the prime minister and appointed by 

                                                the president

 

 

Legislative branch:               National Parliament or Jatiya Sangsad (330 seats; 300 elected by popular vote 

                                                from single territorial constituencies, 30 seats reserved for women;

                                                members serve five-year terms) 

 

Judicial branch:                        Supreme Court, the Chief Justices and other judges are appointed 

                                               by the president 

 

Main Political parties:        

- Awami League or AL                                             Leader: Sheikh Hasina Wajed                                           - Bangladesh Nationalist Party or BNP                                              Leader: Khaleda Zia                                           - Jatiyo Party                                             Leader: Hussain Mohammad Ershad                                           - Liberal Democratic Party or LDP                                              Leader: Prof. Dr. A.Q.M. Badrudoza Chowdhury                                           - Jamaat-E-Islami                                              Leader: Motiur Rahman Nizami