President signs 16th amendment bill Breaking
News Desk: President Abdul Hamid has given consent to the 16th constitution amendment bill that empowers the parliament to remove Supreme Court judges for misbehaviour and incapacity.
The approval came five days after the parliament unanimously passed the amendment bill, according to the Parliament Secretariat.
On September 17, the parliament passed the bill rejecting all calls for soliciting public opinion and bringing some changes to the bill.
Today, the BNP-led 20-party alliance enforced the hartal protesting the 16th constitutional amendment.
The passage was bizarre, though, in that the opposition and the ruling alliance MPs, who themselves had moved the motions for soliciting public view and incorporating some changes, also voted in favour of the bill.
Twenty-two lawmakers belong...