Dhaka, April 21 -- The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has proposed a partial change to Article 70 of the Constitution in a meeting with the National Consensus Commission.

It said the members of parliament should be allowed to vote against their party on any issue except the Money Bill, constitution amendment bill, vote of confidence and state security bill.

BNP Standing Committee member Salahuddin Ahmed came up with the statements while speaking to journalists following the second-day meeting with the Consensus Commission on the reform issue on Sunday.

"We have heard that almost everyone agrees on the trust and money bills in case of MPs in Article 70 of the Constitution."

"In the interest of running the state and ensuring the sta...