First session of 11th parliament begins this afternoon

Staff Correspondent: The first session of the 11th Jatiya Sangsad (JS) begins at 3.00 pm today (Wednesday).

President Abdul Hamid summoned the session on January 9 exercising the power bestowed upon him as per clause (1) of article 72 of the constitution.

The President will deliver his speech in parliament today as this will be the first session of 2019.

As per the constitutional rules, if any member of parliament (MP) passed away, an obituary reference is adopted after the beginning of session and the session is kept adjourned.

Elected MP from Kishoreganj-1 constituency Syed Ashraful Islam passed away on January 3 last. So, after the beginning of the first session today, an obituary reference will be adopted and a break will be taken for a while to resume the session. Then the President will deliver his speech.

In the first session, speaker and deputy speaker will be elected as per article-74 of the constitution. A notice should be given one hour before the election.

According to the parliament’s rules of procedure, the duration and proceedings of the first session will be finalized at a meeting of the business advisory committee of the parliament with parliament speaker in the chair.

The duration of the session might be longer as the first one of the new parliament and the New Year as well.

On January 3, the newly-elected 289 lawmakers out of 298 of the 11th parliament were sworn in at a function at the Jatiya Sangsad (JS).

Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury first took oath as per the rules of procedure and put signature on the letter of oath.

The speaker then administered the oath to the Awami League MPs, including Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, at the Oath Room of the Sangsad Bhaban. Later, she administered the oath to the MPs of Jatiya Party (Ershad), Workers Party, Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal, Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh, Tariqat Federation, Jatiya Party (Manju) and the independent lawmakers.


risingbd/Dhaka/Jan 30, 2019/Mukul