Dhaka, Dec. 1 -- The government has published the gazette for the Enforced Disappearance Prevention and Redress Ordinance, 2025, which introduces provisions for the death penalty and life imprisonment for perpetrators of enforced disappearances.

The law also prescribes the same penalties for senior law enforcement officers or commanders who order or approve an act of enforced disappearance.

The law, justice and parliamentary affairs ministry published the gazette for the ordinance on Monday.

It provides for the establishment of Enforced Disappearance Prevention and Redress Tribunals at the district and divisional levels. Offences under this ordinance will be non-bailable.

The law states the whereabouts of arrested individuals may be k...