The newly formed Bangladesh National Citizens Party (NCP) in August 2025 unveiled a sweeping political and economic vision for what it calls a Second Republic, a state built on equality, justice, and democracy following last year’s mass uprising that toppled the Awami League government.
At the core of the plan is a new constitution drafted through a constituent assembly. The proposed charter aims to abolish autocracy and dynastic rule, ensure checks and balances among branches of government, and constitutionally recognize the July Uprising and its martyrs.
The party pledges justice for crimes committed under the previous regime, including the July and Shapla massacres, disappearances, and extrajudicial killings. A restructured judiciary, with financial independence and digitalized court systems, would guarantee timely justice and reform colonial-era laws.
The NCP calls for clean governance, promising to end political interference in the bureaucracy, enforce merit-based recruitment, and adopt a Whistleblower Protection Act. It also plans to dissolve the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), install body cameras for all police on duty, and reform outdated policing laws.
In its economic platform, the NCP envisions a human-centric and welfare-oriented economy, promising unemployment benefits, child allowances, and universal healthcare. It vows to give Bangladesh Bank full autonomy, reform capital markets, and build independence in resource management.
Education, innovation, and gender equality form other pillars of the program. The NCP proposes higher pay for teachers, a revamped curriculum bridging all mediums, and large-scale investment in science, technology, and artificial intelligence research. Women would gain directly elected parliamentary seats, inheritance protections, fast-track rape tribunals, and extended maternity leave.
The vision extends to rural empowerment through elected village parliaments, climate resilience in coastal regions, and pro-Bangladesh diplomacy anchored in sovereignty, nonalignment, and solidarity with the Global South.
In short, the NCP’s 24-point platform sets out an ambitious roadmap for a post-authoritarian Bangladesh that seeks to blend democracy, welfare, and national dignity into a single political renewal.