BNP declines responsibility
BNP declines responsibility

Top leaders of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) are concerned that removing the president Mohammed Shahabuddin could trigger a constitutional crisis. They fear that if BNP calls for a ban on the Awami League or any political party, the current interim government would be exempt from...

Entrepreneurs targeted by resentment
Entrepreneurs targeted by resentment

The Bangladesh Bank or the Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) cannot appoint a receiver to any business entity on its own. If a receiver needs to be appointed, it requires a lengthy process. However, in recent days, several media outlets have reported that receivers have been appointed to 10...

Perpetrators of July-August violence will be excluded from constitutional reform process: Prof Ali Riaz
Perpetrators of July-August violence will be excluded from constitutional reform process: Prof Ali Riaz

Head of the Constitution Reform Commission, Professor Ali Riaz, on Sunday said individuals, organizations, institutions or parties who were actively involved in the killings during the July-August student uprising will not be included in the constitutional reform process. In a written address at...

Dr Kamal Hossain suggests updating Constitution
Dr Kamal Hossain suggests updating Constitution

Eminent jurist and Constitution expert Dr Kamal Hossain on Saturday suggested updating the countrys Constitution. He made the suggestion when a delegation of the Constitution Reform Commission, led by its head Professor Ali Riaz, paid a courtesy call on him at his Motijheel office in the...

Constitution has become a piece of refuse: Dr. A.N.M. Ehsanul Haque Milon
Constitution has become a piece of refuse: Dr. A.N.M. Ehsanul Haque Milon

Former Education Minister Dr. A. N. M. Ehsanul Hoque Milan said, The way the Constitution of Bangladesh has been tampered with, it has now become a piece of refuse. He made this remark during a roundtable discussion at the National Press Club on Saturday afternoon. The focal topic of the...

Jamaat too files review plea for restoration of caretaker govt system
Jamaat too files review plea for restoration of caretaker govt system

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has filed a plea seeking a review of the Supreme Court judgment that declared illegal the 13th amendment to the Constitution that had introduced the caretaker government (CG) system. Jamaat counsel Advocate Mohammad Shisier Manir said Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General...