Simply put, a two-house parliament provides for better checks and balances, through more discussions and debates. A bicameral parliament, one of the novel constitutional reform proposals, has two ...

The Bangladesh Jatiya Hindu Mohajote has demanded reserved seats and a separate election system for the minority community in all elections, including parliamentary and local government polls. At a ...

The Bangladesh student and people’s uprising of July and August last year overthrew the government of Sheikh Hasina, who had ...

The parliament on Monday witnessed a heated exchange of words as the lower house convened for the first time after the ...

Mamata had several times pressed for the change in the state’s name, arguing that there was no point in adding the word 'West' to the name ...

Ahead of the budget session of the Indian parliament an all-party meeting was held at the Parliament Annexe building in New Delhi The meeting was ...

Bangladesh’s Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus is now giving the country a chance to march forward with democracy, equality, justice and tolerance. Let’s make the most of it, says the writer.

DHAKA: Bangladesh's Constitution Reform Commission ... the commission recommended the formation of a bicameral parliament with a lower house named the National Assembly and an upper house named ...

The Constitution Reform Commission submitted a report recommending the replacement of Bangladesh's principles ... Proposed changes include a bicameral parliament and a two-term limit for the ...

A group of members of parliament of the United Kingdom has withdrawn a report into Bangladesh after complaints that it was biased in favour of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina's government, reports ...

The commission suggested the lower house be based on majority representation ... Under the existing provisions, the parliament on its own can amend the constitution with a two-thirds majority.

Include equality, human dignity, social justice, pluralism, and democracy in the preamble; remove nationalism, socialism, and secularism. Create a bicameral parliament with a National Assembly and ...