The claim that soldiers are answerable only to court martial, and that a civilian-style tribunal has no jurisdiction over them, fails both on the text of the constitution and on the relevant statutes.
Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus yesterday said a new chapter has begun as the reform commissions have charted a course for a Bangladesh long aspired by its people.
Expanding the fundamental rights to include food, clothing, shelter, education, internet, and vote, the Constitution Reform Commission proposes replacing nationalism, socialism, and secularism with equality, human dignity, social justice and pluralism as fundamental principles of state policy.
In the ancient Greek society, eunomia outlined how things should be in an ideal society.
