Bangladesh’s High Court will rule Tuesday on a petition challenging Article 70 of the constitution and seeking to halt the Aug. 20 presidential election schedule.
Bangladesh’s government has released a draft law proposing the death penalty or life imprisonment for the gravest cases of enforced disappearance, including cases in which a victim dies.
A government-commissioned review says Bangladesh’s long-term electricity contracts signed without competition are adding billions of dollars a year to power costs, squeezing households and threatening industrial competitiveness.
