Dhaka, July 13 -- Political parties on Sunday reached a consensus over a proposal to change the emergency promulgation provision of the Constitution in a bid to prevent its misuse, according to a participant.

The agreement came on the 12th day of the second-round reform dialogue of the National Consensus Commission with the political parties at the Foreign Service Academy in Dhaka, UNB reports.

"A consensus has been reached on the emergency promulgation issue today," Saiful Huq, general secretary of Revolutionary Workers Party of Bangladesh (RWPB) told UNB after emerging from the discussion.

The Article 141(A) of the Constitution currently states that If the President is satisfied that a grave emergency exists in which the security or ...