Govt considering reducing life imprisonment term: Home Adviser | News Flash

DHAKA, Sept 14, 2025 (BSS) - Home Adviser Lieutenant General (Retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury today said the government is considering reducing the life imprisonment term to a reasonable period from 30 years aimed at releasing older prisoners. "According to the Penal Code of 1860, the term of life imprisonment in Bangladesh is currently 30 years. We are considering reducing the years to a reasonable period. But nothing has yet been finalized to this end," he said. The Home Adviser said this while speaking to journalists after coming out of the Core Committee meeting on law and order at the Home Ministry in Bangladesh Secretariat here. He said that considering age, the term of life imprisonment for women can be...