Bangladesh eyes shakeup of key institutions after PM Hasina's exit

Two-term limit and restrictions on police use of force among proposals

20250116 Muhammad Yunus and Bangladesh Parliament House

A reform commission appointed by Bangladesh's interim leader, Muhammad Yunus, has proposed splitting the unicameral legislature into an upper and lower house.

MASUM BILLAH, Contributing writer

DHAKA -- Bangladesh should limit future leaders to a maximum of two terms, slap restrictions on police use of force and create separate houses of parliament to divide lawmaking powers.

Those are among the recommendations from a reform panel tasked with overhauling the troubled country's key institutions in the wake of a bloody uprising last summer that ousted then-Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

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