The 21st session of the current parliament that began Thursday will continue till February 9. The session will start at 4:15pm on each working day. On January 10, a special discussion will be held on the Homecoming Day of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The decisions came at a meeting of the Business Advisory Committee (BAC) of the current parliament held at Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban in Dhaka. Read more: Parliament back in session; to continue till July 4 Committee Chair and Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury presided over the meeting. It also decided to hold a special session in April to observe the Golden Jubilee of Bangladesh Jatiya Sangsad. President Abdul Hamid will address the session and general discussion will be held on Thanksgiving motion of his speech. It also decided that the Speaker may extend or cut the working days of the current session. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Opposition Leader Raushon Ershad, Amir Hossain Amu, Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim, Obaidul Quader, Rashed Khan Menon, Hasanul Huq Inu, Deputy Speaker M Shamshul Huq Tuku, Anisul Huq, Golam Mohammad Quader, Anisul Islam Mahmud and Noor-E-Alam Chowdhury attended it. Read more: 19th JS session to continue till September 1

President Abdul Hamid on Monday convened the 21st session of the 11th Parliament on January 5, 2023. The President convened the first session of 2023, exercising the power bestowed upon him as per the Clause (1) of Article 72 of the constitution, said a press release of Parliament Secretariat. The winter session will begin at 4pm on January 5. Read more: PM thanks JaPa for playing positive role in parliamentary democracy The President has to address the first parliament session in a new year, according to Article 73(2) of the Constitution. Later, there’ll be a discussion over a thanksgiving motion on the President’s speech in the House during the session. Earlier, the 20th session of the current parliament was prorogued on November 06 only after six sittings. So, the House is going into session after a recess of 59 days. Read more: 5 parliamentary seats now vacant after BNP MPs’ resignation: Speaker

Jatiya Party’s parliament members have decided to join the parliamentary session on Monday, a day after they announced to stay away from parliament till the speaker recognises GM Quader as the leader of the opposition instead of Raushan Ershad. JP Chairman GM Quader directed all the MPs of the party to join the 20th session of parliament on Monday upon assurance from Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury, said Khandakar Delwar Jalali, JP press secretary. Earlier on Sunday, Jatiya Party announced they will stay away from Parliament after a discussion with the speaker where she offered no hint of a positive decision in this regard coming soon. Currently, Raushan Ershad is the opposition leader who has been abroad for a long time for medical treatment with GM Quader as her deputy. Read: Jatiya Party removes Ranga as opposition chief whip Earlier on September 3, the JP parliamentary party proposed to make GM Quader the opposition leader of the parliament instead of Raushan but the speaker is yet to take a decision in this regard. The 20th session of the current parliament that began Sunday will continue till November 6.

The 19th session of the 11th Parliament will begin at 5 pm on Sunday where the new deputy Speaker will be elected. President Md Abdul Hamid convened the session exercising the power bestowed upon him as per the Clause (1) of Article 72 of the constitution. On 30 June, the eighteenth session of 11th Parliament was prorogued after 20 sittings. The new deputy Speaker will be elected on the first day of this session. Before the start of the Parliament session at 4 pm, the duration of the session and other functions will be decided in the business advisory committee meeting. The business of the day will start with the nomination of the panel chairmen followed by the election of the new deputy Speaker.   In this case, an MP will place the name of the new deputy Speaker, which will be supported by another MP. The Speaker will then put the proposal on vote.   Generally, the Chief Whip of the Parliament places the proposal while another whip or senior member supportes it. According to the rules, if the post of Speaker or deputy Speaker becomes vacant, there is a provision for election within seven days if the Parliament is in session at that time.   And if the Parliament is not in the session, there is an obligation to elect on the first day of the next session.   Read: AL hails EC decision to use EVMs in 150 JS seats in next polls That is why the deputy Speaker will be elected at the beginning of Sunday's proceedings. Fazle Rabbi Miah, tgen deputy speaker, passed away on July 22 at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, USA, while undergoing treatment.   His death left the post of deputy Speaker and Gaibandha-5 seat vacant. The new deputy Speaker will be sworn in by the President Hamid at 7pm. According to the sources, this oath will be taken in the President's chamber in the Parliament building. After the election of the deputy Speaker, the Speaker will move the condolence motion on Fazle Rabbi Miah. According to custom, the session will be adjourned after the discussion on the condolence motion. In this session as well, all the employees of the parliament secretariat, including the members of Parliament, are being tested for coronavirus.   Three bills have been prepared to be placed in the upcoming session. These are the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bill, the Public Service (Amendment) Bill and the Universal Pensions Management Bill.

The fourteenth session of the 11th parliament was prorogued on Thursday, after only seven sittings as it was another short session amid the Covid pandemic. Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury read out the prorogation order of the President. Earlier, Leader of the Parliament and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Deputy Leader of the Opposition in Parliament GM Quader delivered their concluding speeches. Nine bills were placed in the session that began on the first day of this month. During the brief session, 31 important notices under section 71 of the rules of procedure were received, but none of them was discussed. Read: Medical Degrees (Repeal) Bill goes through Parliament Twenty-four questions were received for prime minister’s question-answer session and she replied to 16 of them. The session also received 584 questions for different ministers with the minsters answering 389 ones. Only a limited number of MPs joined the parliament session maintaining health safety rules due to the pandemic. There was a parliament sitting of this session on Friday, which is unusual as the day is a public holiday.    Before reading out the prorogation order, the Speaker thanked all the MPs of treasury and opposition benches and all other officials concerned for their cooperation in holding the session smoothly.

The 14th session of the 11th Jatiya Sangsad (JS) will begin on September 1 next. President Abdul Hamid has summoned the session exercising the power bestowed upon him by Article 72 (1) of the Constitution. The session of the Jatiya Sangsad will begin at 5pm on the day with Parliament Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury in the chair. The 13th session of the 11th Parliament, which was actually the budget session 2021-22 fiscal, was prorogued on July 3.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said she can pass a wonderful time during the parliament session as she is apparently confined in a ‘large prison’ due to the Coronavirus pandemic.

The 11th session of the 11th Parliament was prorogued on Tuesday soon after the House unanimously adopted the thanksgiving motion on the President's speech in the first session of the new calendar year of 2021.

Six Parliamentary Standing Committees were reconstituted on Wednesday.

Terming Jatiya Sangsad as the centrepiece of people's hope and aspirations, President Abdul Hamid called for making united efforts to create unity among all irrespective of political affiliations, classes and professions for the continuation of democracy, the rule of law and socio-economic development.