Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged Leader of the Opposition Khaleda Zia to seek apology for her audacious comments about the Constitution. On July 13 at her party’s mass hunger strike Khaleda had said the Constitution would be thrown away after BNP returned to power. “The opposition leader must withdraw her audacious comment; otherwise [...]

  Tuesday’s speech by the prime minister in the parliament made it amply clear that the caretaker government system will be abolished through a constitutional amendment most likely to be passed today. There are three aspects from which we intend to discuss the issue today, the rationale, the method of amendment, and our political culture. [...]

  The Awami League-led government placed the much-talked-about constitution amendment bill in parliament yesterday proposing some major changes, including scrapping of the provisions for caretaker government system. The bill was yesterday sent to the parliamentary standing committee on the law, justice and parliamentary affairs ministry for scrutiny. The committee will place a report in parliament [...]