A five-member panel of chairmen was nominated by Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmad on Monday to run the 4th session of the 13th Parliament in the absence of the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker.
The panel chairmen are BNP lawmakers Md Shahjahan (Noakhali-4), Sarwar Jamal Nizam (Chattogram-13) and Barrister Muhammad Nawshad Zamir (Panchagarh-1), Jamaat lawmaker Shahjahan Chowdhury (Chattogram-15) and BNP lawmaker Rasheda Begum Hira (Women Seat-3).
The Speaker announced their names at the beginning of the 4th session, which began around 3:30pm.
They will conduct the proceedings of Parliament in chronological order in the absence of the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker.
The panel of chairmen was nominated as per Rule 12 (1) of the Rules of Procedure of Parliament.
Rule 12 (1) stipulates: “At the commencement of each session, the Speaker shall nominate from amongst the Members of Parliament a panel of not more than five Chairmen, and arrange their names in an order of precedence, and in the absence of the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker, the person whose name is highest on the panel, from amongst those present at the sitting, shall take the Chair.”