The Bangladesh cabinet today approved the draft Border Guards Bangladesh Act 2010 which has provisions for a maximum punishment of death penalty for acts of mutiny ,arson and killling. <br/><br/>Briefing reporters in Dhaka after the cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the Prime Minister’s Press Secretary said the cabinet endorsed the draft act which was scrutinized by a high-powered six-member committee with the Prime minister's advisers HT Imam and Mashiur Rahman among the members. <br/><br/>The draft act when passed by the parliament will replace the current Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) Order of 1972 and Bangladesh Rifles (Special Provision) Ordinance 1976. According to the new law the Bangladesh Rifles will be renamed as Border Guards Bangladesh. <br/><br/>It also includes a provision for death penalty for mutiny while the existing maximum penalty under the existing BDR law is seven years imprisonment. <br/><br/>The new act also proposes to put in place a complete new command structure for the border force. The Bangladesh government initiated steps to formulate the new act after the bloody Bangladesh Rifles mutiny on Feb 25-26 2009 in which 74 people were killed including 57 army officers deputed to the border force.