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Anwar Hussain . Vs. Bangladesh [10] widely known as 8th Amendment case is a famous judgment in the constitutional record of independence Bangladesh. This is the earliest judgment whereby the Supreme Court of Bangladesh as salient down an amendment to the constitution ready by the parliament.
Republic Bangla is a free-to-air Indian Bengali-language news channel, launched on 7 March 2021, by Arnab Goswami's Republic Media Network. The channel was announced with the slogan " Kotha Hobey Chokhe Chokh Rekhe " ( lit.
Emergency powers were increased in the second amendment. [50] Three emergency periods have been declared in Bangladesh's history, including in 1973, 1990 and 2007. Article 141 (B) and Article 141 (C) allows for the suspension of fundamental rights during an emergency period. [51] [52] The articles have been strongly criticized.
Students in Bangladesh began a quota reform movement in early June 2024 after the Bangladesh Supreme Court invalidated the government's 2018 circular regarding job quotas in the public sector. The movement escalated into a full-fledged mass uprising after the government carried out mass killings of protesters, known as July massacre , by the ...
As a result, on 2 July the BNP introduced the Constitution (Twelfth Amendment) Bill 1991. The Awami League also put forward its own constitutional amendment bill. A 15-member select committee was formed to resolve the differences. [2] The committee produced a unanimous report and placed it before the Parliament on 6 August for approval.
The Constitution establishes Bangladesh as a unitary parliamentary republic. Directly borrowing from the four tenets of Mujibism , the political ideology of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman , [ 1 ] the constitution states nationalism , socialism , democracy and secularism as its four fundamental principles.
Odhikar, a Bangladeshi human rights organisation alleged the law has primarily been exercised by businessmen and politicians. [9] [10] Bangladesh authorities blocked 54 news websites, including opposition party's web portal and Al Jazeera, a foreign broadcaster over security issues. [11]
The spirit of 1972 did not last long. In September 1973, only nine months after the constitution was created, parliament passed Act XXIV, also known as the Second Amendment Bill. Now, Article 26 no longer provided an absolute safeguard of "fundamental rights" but allowed them to be circumvented by amendments.