, March 24 -- A parliamentary special committee on Tuesday agreed to recommend that the indemnity ordinance issued to provide legal protection to people including students who participated in the July mass uprising be adopted in full as a bill in Parliament.

Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed disclosed this while talking to reporters after the committee's first meeting at the Cabinet Room of the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban.

He said the committee unanimously supported the ordinance which grants indemnity to those involved in the uprising, describing them as 'brave fighters' whose legal protection is both a moral and state responsibility.

Following the meeting, Law Minister Asaduzzaman said the committee has also started reviewing 133 ordinances p...