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1973 The Constitution (First Amendment) Act 1973 was passed making prosecution and punishment of any person accused of 'genocide, crimes against humanity or war crimes and other crimes under international law' allowed.
Google | 1973 The Constitution (Second Amendment) Act 1973 was passed allowing suspension of some fundamental rights of citizens in an emergency.
Google | 1974 The Constitution (Third Amendment) Act 1974 was passed with a view to giving effect to an agreement between Bangladesh and India in respect of exchange of certain enclaves and fixation of boundary lines between India and Bangladesh.
Google | 1979 The Constitution (Fifth Amendment) Act 1979 was passed which provided that all amendments, additions, modifications, substitutions and omissions made in the constitution during the period between 15 August 1975 and 9 April 1979 (both days inclusive) by any Proclamation or Proclamation Order of the Martial Law Authorities had been validly made and would not be called in question in or before any court or tribunal or authority on any ground whatsoever.
Google | 1986 The Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act 1986 was passed which provided that all proclamations, proclamation orders, Chief Martial Law Administrator's Orders, Martial Law Regulations, Martial Law Orders, Martial Law Instructions, ordinances and other laws made during the period between 24 March 1982 and 11 November 1986 (both days inclusive) had been validly made and would not be called in question in or before any court or tribunal or authority on any ground whatsoever.
Google | 1988 The Constitution (Eighth Amendment) Act 1988 was passed which declared Islam as the state religion, decentralized the judiciary by setting up six permanent benches of the High Court Division outside Dhaka, amended the word 'Bengali' into 'Bangla' and 'Dacca' into 'Dhaka' and prohibited acceptance of any title, honours, award or decoration from any foreign state by any citizen of Bangladesh without the prior approval of the president.
Google | 1990 The Constitution (Tenth Amendment) Act 1990 was passed providing for reservation of thirty seats for the next 10 years in the Jatiya Sangsad exclusively for women members, to be elected by the members of the Sangsad.
Google | 2004 The Constitution (Fourteenth Amendment) Act 2004 was passed to reserve 45 seats for female MPs.
Google | 2011 Bangladesh Parliament rewrote the constitution and rescinded a 15-year-old requirement that general elections be overseen by nonpartisan caretaker governments, a move the opposition says could allow incumbents to rig the votes.
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