Dhaka, Aug. 29 -- The interim government's Advisory Council has given policy approval to the draft "Prevention, Remedies and Protection against Enforced Disappearance Ordinance, 2025," which introduces the death penalty and other stringent punishments for crimes of enforced disappearance.
The decision came at the council's 40th meeting, held Thursday morning at the Chief Adviser's Office in Tejgaon under the chairmanship of Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus.
Later, at a press briefing at the Foreign Service Academy, Chief Adviser's Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam briefed reporters on the meeting's outcomes.
Shafiqul Alam said the proposed law defines enforced disappearance as a continuing crime, prescribing capital punishment in sever...