The maiden session of the 12th Parliament will go into session on Tuesday at 3pm. President Mohammed Shahabuddin will address the first session. Earlier, he convened the first parliament session of 2024 exercising the power bestowed upon him as per the Article 72 (1) of the Constitution. The President's speech has already been approved in the cabinet. The current parliament was formed through January 7 national election. Make the business of parliament meaningful: PM Hasina tells independent MPs Out of 299 seats, AL won 223, JP 11, Bangladesh Workers Party, Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD), and Bangladesh Kalyan Party one each, and independent candidates 62 seats. 58 of the independent candidates were ruling party leaders. At the beginning of the sitting, the Speaker and deputy speaker of the House will be elected and they will be sworn in by the president. BNP relies on ‘other force’ to go to power: PM Hasina tells British parliamentary team Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury and Shamsul Haque Tuku will continue in their post as Speaker and Deputy Leader of the House as the AL parliamentary party in a meeting has already nominated them for this post. The president, who addresses the first parliamentary session of a new year, will give a speech on the first day of the session. The Business Advisory Committee of the new parliament will be formed with the new speaker as its head. Neither parliament nor current govt was formed with people’s mandate: Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan The committee will decide the tenure of the inaugural session and other businesses of parliament. The standing committees on different ministries are likely to be formed during this session.

The cabinet Division has invited some 25 MPs as ministers and 11 as state ministers to take oath as new cabinet members led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Cabinet Secretary Md Mahbub Hossain shared the information with journalists at the secretariat on Wednesday night. Read more: Cabinet clears draft law to check loan defaulters The 25 ministers are: AKM Mozammel Haque, Obaidul Quader, Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun, Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, Dr. Dipu Moni, Tajul Islam, Farooq Khan, Abul Hasan Mahmud Ali, Advocate Anisul Haq, Dr. Hasan Mahmud, Abdus Shaheed, Sadhan Chandra Majumder, RAM Ubaidul Mokhtadir Chowdhury, Abdur Rahman, Narayan Chandra Chanda, Abdus Salam, Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury Nowfel, Farhad Hossain, Faridul Haque Khan, Zillul Hakim, Saber Hossain Chowdhury, Jahangir Kabir Nanak, Nazmul Hasan Papon, Yeafesh Osman and Dr. Samanta Lal Sen. The 11 state ministers are:  Mohammad A. Arafat, Zunaid Ahmed Palak, Nasrul Hamid, Simeen Hossain (Rimi), Rumana Ali, Ahsanul Islam (Titu), Shafikur Rahman Chowdhury, Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury, Zahid Farooq, Kujendra Lal Tripura, Mohibbur Rahman. Of them, Yeafesh Osman and Dr. Samants Lal Sen will take oath as technocrat ministers, he added. Regarding portfolios, the secretary said that it will be known tomorrow after taking oath. Read more: Cabinet body approves proposals for import of fertliser, LNG and sugar

The oath-taking ceremony of the elected members of the 12th Parliament will be held tomorrow (January 10, 2024). According to sources at the Speaker's office, the Parliament Secretariat is making preparations for the oath-taking ceremony. Read more: Envoys of Japan, South Korea, Thailand, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, UAE and others congratulate PM Hasina Awami League (AL)-backed candidates won 222 seats in Sunday's general election, while independent candidates -- most also belonging to AL -- won 62 seats. Jatiya Party candidates were victorious in 11 seats and three single candidates each from three parties -- Bangladesh Workers’ Party, Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-Jasod and Bangladesh Kalyan Party -- secured victory in their respective constituencies. Read more: Wait to know who will be the opposition: Anisul Huq