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The Constitution of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh

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Legislative and Parliamentary Affairs Division, Ministry of Law

Official legal text of the Bangladesh Constitution. Useful for tracing constitutional changes after the 1975 amendments.

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1975

BAKSAL: Formation and Collapse

In 1975, Bangladesh entered a decisive turning point: the transition toward BAKSAL, escalating political centralization, the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on 15 August, and the jail killings of 3 November. These events reshaped the state, party politics, and military-civil relations for decades.

2011

Fifteenth Amendment and Caretaker Abolition

Bangladesh’s Fifteenth Amendment in 2011 removed the constitutional caretaker-government arrangement that had structured several national elections after the 1990 transition. The change followed a Supreme Court judgment but became politically contentious as opposition parties argued that elections under party governments lacked neutrality.