Reform Commission Reports of Bangladesh

This repository hosts recent Bangladeshi Reform Commission reports (converted into Markdown format) for public access and review.
The goal is to make these important documents easier to read, search, analyze and share.

Reform Commissions

• Constitutional Reform Commission^*
• Judiciary Reform Commission^†A
• Electoral System Reform Commission^†
• Anti-Corruption Reform Commission^†
• Police Reform Commission^†
• Public Administration Reform Commission^‡
• Local Government Reform Commission^#
• Health Affairs Reform Commission^#
• Women's Affairs Reform Commission^#
• Labour Rights Reform Commission^#
• Media Reform Commission^#

Legend

• * — Directly involved in the project.
• † — Project formally sanctioned by the respective commission.
• ‡ — Project formally sanctioned, but the final documents were not submitted or handed over.
• # — Declined the request to participate in this project.
• A — Abridged

Note on Formatting

The page formatting and divisions in these Markdown files may not match the book or PDF copies users have in hand.
The original documents exist in multiple variants (e.g., initial draft copy, copy sent to press, press-edited copy, Bangladesh Government Press printed copy, Aditto Prokash printed copy).
The text is effectively the same, with only minor variations, but structure and pagination may differ.

Recommended Viewer

GitHub is not the recommended viewer for these files, as it does not support inline styling, which leaves certain stylistic elements unrendered.
For the best experience, open the files in Visual Studio Code with the following extensions:

• Markdown All in One by Yu Zhang
• Markdown Preview Enhanced by Yiyi Wang

If you prefer a GitHub-style preview, you may use:

• GitHub Markdown Preview by Matt Bierner

Keybindings for VS Code

• Open Preview:
  • Windows/Linux: Ctrl + Shift + V
  • macOS: ⌘ + ⇧ + V
• Open Preview to the Side:
  • Windows/Linux: Ctrl + K V
  • macOS: ⌘ + K V

Alternatively:

• Right-click the editor tab and select Open Preview.
• Use the Command Palette (Ctrl + Shift + P or ⌘ + ⇧ + P) and run Markdown: Open Preview to the Side command.

If you prefer a lighter solution, ghostwriter from KDE is for you.

And if you have too much money lying around, choose (arguably) the best option, Typora from Typora.

Purpose

• To make the reports publicly accessible
• To enable text-based analysis
• To support research and review

Acknowledgements

Ali Riaz
Political Scientist & Writer
Distinguished Professor, Illinois State University
Head, Constitutional Reform Commission
Vice-Chairman, National Consensus Commission

For personally taking the initiative to make this project possible and bringing these documents into a publicly accessible and analyzable format through his unwavering enthusiasm and commitment.

License

The reports are official government publications. This repository only provides them in Markdown for research, analyze and public interest purposes.
Check original sources for official documents.