Dhaka, Nov. 23 -- Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed on Saturday said the July Revolution did not propose to overturn the constitution; rather, it sought to "purify our engagement with it" by reinstating transparency, accountability and responsiveness at the heart of public life.

Speaking at the Bay of Bengal Conversation 2025, at Hotel Sonargaon here, he said the civic awakening of July 2024 compelled Bangladesh to "revisit the very grammar of its constitutional life," reminding every organ of the State that the rule of law is not a bureaucratic ritual but "the moral architecture that secures legitimacy."

Organized by the Centre for Governance Studies, the event was presided over by its president Zillur Rahman. Foreign Affairs Adviser Md ...