Parliament goes into session after a two-month pause

Parliament has been called into session after a two-month break and the fourth session will run through to this month.

Staff Correspondentbdnews24.com
Published : 13 Nov 2014, 12:27 PM
Updated : 13 Nov 2014, 12:27 PM

Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury presided over Thursday's session attended by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and opposition Jatiya Party chief HM Ershad among others.

Chaudhury named panel members who would moderate sessions in absence of herself and the deputy speaker.

They are Habibur Rahman Mollah, Afsarul Amin, Mahmud Us Samad Chowdhury, Nurul Islam Milon and Begum Akhtar Jahan.

Parliament's Business Advisory Committee earlier decided to run the session until Nov 30.
A Parliament Secretariat official said the session will have 12 business days.
So far, 10 bills have been submitted for tabling in the fourth sessions.
The law stipulates reconvening Parliament within 60 days after the end of a session.