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The interim government has identified 246 more reform proposals as “ready for immediate implementation”, Shafiqul Alam, press secretary to the chief adviser, told reporters yesterday.

Earlier, 121 proposals were designated for urgent implementation. An additional 246 have now been added to that list, bringing the total to 367.

“Thirty-seven of those have already been implemented,” Shafiqul said after the 38th meeting of the advisory council, chaired by Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus, at the Foreign Service Academy in Dhaka yesterday.

Of those implemented were the amendment of the International Crimes Tribunal Act and the issuance of guidelines on election observation and media policy, as per the Election Reform Commission’s proposals; the appointment of Supreme Court judges and the establishment of ‘information desks’ in courts, according to the Judiciary Reform Commission’s recommendations; the creation of a legal framework to ensure witness protection and protection for crime victims, and the organisation of gender-sensitive training for all relevant service providers, as per the Women’s Affairs Reform Commission’s suggestions, among others.

The proposals were given by the 10 reform commissions formed by the interim government, excluding the Constitution Reform Commission.

Of the 246 newly prioritised proposals, 82 were from the Labour Reform Commission; 71 from the Women’s Affairs Reform Commission; 37 from the Local Government

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