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The Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution of Bangladesh was passed on 30 June 2011. [1] On 17 December 2024, it was declared illegal by the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. [2] [3] This amendment made some significant changes to the constitution: [4] [5]
The Fifteenth Amendment was passed on 30 June 2011 made some significant changes to the constitution. The amendment made following changes to the constitution: [11] Increased number of women reserve seats to 50 from existing 45. After article 7 it inserted articles 7(a) and 7(b) in a bid to end take over of power through extra-constitutional means.
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's resignation after weeks of violent protests, announced on Monday in a televised address by the army chief, has brought focus once more to the country's ...
The Bangladesh Armed Forces did not attempt any coups from Ershad's takeover in 1982 until the fall of the BNP government in 1996. [17] The Awami League in alliance with Jatiya Party won the June 1996 general election. [17] Ershad approved the participation in 1988 of the Bangladesh Army in United Nations Peacekeeping Operations for the first time.
DHAKA (Reuters) -The Bangladesh government has decided to impose a curfew across the country and deploy the army, BBC Bangla reported on Friday, citing Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's press ...
The night before long-time leader Sheikh Hasina abruptly fled Bangladesh amid deadly protests, her army chief held a meeting with his generals and decided that troops would not open fire on ...
However, on 17 December 2024, 15th amendment was declared illegal by the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Sheikh Hasina was the longest-serving prime minister in the country's history until her forced resignation on 5 August 2024, which left the position empty.
The 15 August 1975 Bangladesh coup d'état was a military coup launched by mid ranking army officers in Bangladesh on 15 August 1975. The officers planned to put an end to the socialist one-party state regime of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman with a nationalist democratic government led by Khandaker Mushtaque Ahmed.