The changes also include display of the portraits of the president and the prime minister at government offices and enhancement of the retirement age of Supreme Court judges, chairman and members of the Public Service Commission and the comptroller and auditor general.

If the bill is passed by parliament, the retirement age of the Supreme Court judges will rise to 67 from 65, PSC chairman's and members' to 65 from 62 and auditor general's to 65 from 60.

The government has already withdrawn the bill from parliament placed there on March 17 and will place it in tomorrow's session incorporating the retirement age provisions adopted later.

The bill, approved by the cabinet at a meeting with prime minister Khaleda Zia in the chair, will be sent to the president for his approval as the bill involves new spending.

"After the formalities for financial allocation and the president's approval, the bill will be placed in parliament on April 28," Law Minister Moudud Ahmed said.

He said six of the nine changes were discussed in the parliamentary standing committee on the law ministry and the bill would be sent to the same committee after placing in parliament for scrutiny of the new changes.

The constitutional amendment bill is expected to be passed in the second week of next month when the Jatiya Sangsad meets again.

The bill also proposes to automatically dissolve all elected local bodies on completion of the five-year tenure to clear way for regular elections every five years and quickly swear-in lawmakers-elect.