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The 16th amendment of the constitution was passed by the parliament on 22 September 2014, which gave power to the Jatiya Sangsad to remove judges if allegations of incapability or misconduct against them are proved. [12] On 5 May 2016, the Supreme Court of Bangladesh declared the 16th Amendment illegal and contradictory to the Constitution. [13]
The government of Bangladesh is claimed to have been involved in direct and self-censorship after introducing Digital Security Act in 2018 which has been a subject of dispute between government and non-government organisations. In 2020, the enforcement agencies detained at least 20 journalists along with 60 other people under the law for ...
The Constitution of Bangladesh[a] is the supreme law of Bangladesh. It was adopted on November 4, 1972, and came into effect on December 16, 1972, marking the first anniversary of Bangladesh’s victory in its Liberation War in 1971. The Constitution establishes Bangladesh as a unitary parliamentary democracy, with commitments to nationalism ...
Human rights in Bangladesh are enshrined as fundamental rights in Part III of the Constitution of Bangladesh. However, constitutional and legal experts believe many of the country's laws require reform to enforce fundamental rights and reflect democratic values of the 21st century. During the period from 2009 to 2023 under the rule of the Awami ...
In 2011, the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's Awami League-led government abolished caretaker governments with the 15th constitutional amendment. [2] This amendment was opposed by the BNP and other parties. [3] According to Hasina, the courts could dissolve parliament. [4] According to Ershad in 2012, there was popular support for caretaker ...
The fundamental rights of the people of Bangladesh have been namely guaranteed in Part III (Article 26-47) of the constitution of Bangladesh. [1] [2] [3] But the protection of fundamental rights under the Constitution has been inconsistent and that is why, during the period from 2009 to 2023 under the rule of the Awami League-led government, 2,699 people were victims of extrajudicial killings ...
Strata title is a form of ownership and housing tenure devised for multi-level apartment blocks and horizontal subdivisions with shared areas. The word "strata" refers to apartments on different levels. Strata title was first introduced in 1961 in the state of New South Wales, Australia, to better cope with the legal ownership of apartment blocks.
Bangladesh had a large voter turnout in 2009 and 2018 of 80%. [18] Bangladesh scored 0.274 on the electoral democracy index in V-Dem Democracy Indices in 2023. [ 7 ] The political competition in Bangladesh is limited due to high barriers of entry requiring large amounts of resources, which left only a small segment of the population having the ...