Dhaka, Dec. 5 -- The Council of Advisers on Thursday approved a series of major ordinances, including the Police Commission Ordinance 2025, in a move the interim government says is intended to modernise law enforcement, strengthen accountability mechanisms, and widen electoral participation ahead of the next national election.

The decisions were made at the council's weekly meeting at the Chief Adviser's Office in Tejgaon, chaired by Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus.

Briefing reporters at the Foreign Service Academy in the afternoon, Environment, Forest and Climate Change Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan said the newly approved Police Commission Ordinance will establish a five-member statutory Police Commission responsible for recommendi...