President Abdul Hamid will attend the parliament at 3pm on Thursday to witness the presentation of the national budget for fiscal 2021-22, his office said.
The budget session ( 13th session) of the 11th Jatiya Sangsad began Wednesday( June 2) under the shadow the Covid-19 pandemic with a limited number of MPs.
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The president called the session, exercising the power bestowed upon him by Article 72 (1) of the Constitution .
The national budget, the country’s 50th and also the 21st by the incumbent Awami League-led government will be placed in parliament on Thursday (3 June).
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Business Advisory Committee on parliament will finalise the duration and other activities of the budget session while Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal will deliver his budget speech at 3 pm, for the third time in a row.
A limited number of MPs , required to fulfil quorum in the House, will be asked to attend the session on a rotation basis, sources at the Parliament Secretariat said.