The Constitutional Reform Commission has started to exchange views with stakeholders to reform the Constitution.
The discussion with various human rights organisations and civil society members began at the cabinet room of the parliament building on Monday, the commission said in a statement.
A total of 31 participants from 16 organisations attended the discussion on the first day.
The organisations who took part in the meeting are: Bangladesh Adivasi Forum, Association for Land Reform and Development, or ALRD; Bangladesh National Women Lawyers' Association, or BNWLA; River and Delta Research Centre, Women with Disabilities Development Foundation, Campaign for Popular Education, Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association, or BELA; Bangladesh Islamic Law Research and Legal Aid Centre, Human Rights Support Society, Ain o Salish Kendra, Change Initiative, Banchte Shekha, Consumers Association of Bangladesh, or CAB, Hindu Religious Welfare Trust, and Bangladesh Intellectual Movement, or BIM.
The panel's chairman Ali Riaz, accompanied by other members of the commission such as Sumaiya Khair, Imran Siddiqui, Muhammad Ekramul Haque, Sharif Bhuiyan, M Moin Alam Ferozi, and Firoz Ahmed joined the meeting.
The commission will hold meetings with civil society individuals and organisations in the next few days.
—bdnews24.com
