9-member commission to reform constitution announced

The government has announced the full list of the commission to accomplish constitutional reforms comprising nine members.

The Cabinet Division issued a notification in this regard on Monday. 

According to the notification, Professor Ali Riaz will lead the Constitutional Reform Commission. 

The other members include Professor Sumaiya Khair and Professor Muhammad Ekramul Haque from the Law Department of Dhaka University, Barrister Imran Siddique, Supreme Court lawyer Sharif Bhuiyan, Barrister Moin Alam Firozi, writer Firoz Ahmed, human rights activist Md Mustain Billah, and student representative and special assistant to the chief adviser Md Mahfuz Alam.

The commission will start work from October 6 and will submit a report in this regard to the chief adviser within the next 90 days.