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.