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Published : 22 Feb 2026, 05:23 PM
The first session of the 13th Parliament will convene on Mar 12, when lawmakers will also elect the speaker and deputy speaker to formally set the legislative machinery in motion.
On Sunday, Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed disclosed the date while at the Secretariat after a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Tarique Rahman.
A day earlier, the home minister had told bdnews24.com that the first session could be held on Mar 12 or a couple of days earlier.
Explaining the process, Salahuddin said discussions at the meeting focused on when parliament could be summoned.
“We discussed when parliament could be convened. It has been determined that the proclamation to summon the session must be issued 15 days before it begins.
“The summary will go from the Parliament Secretariat through the Prime Minister’s Office to the president,” he said.
The president will then formally call the session upon the prime minister’s advice, the minister added.
“We also discussed what the agenda of that session would include.”
He said the election of the speaker and deputy speaker will take place during the sitting.
“Ordinances issued during the interim government will be presented in accordance with parliamentary practice. In addition, the regular business of parliament will be conducted -- these matters were discussed.”
Asked who would preside over the first sitting, the minister said no discussion had yet been held on that issue.
In the election, the BNP secured 209 seats. Its allies -- Gono Odhikar Parishad, Bangladesh Jatiya Party (BJP), and Ganosamhati Andolon -- each won one seat.
The Jamaat-e-Islami, with 68 seats, will sit in the opposition. Its alliance partners -- the National Citizen Party (NCP) won six seats, Bangladesh Khelafat Majlis won two, and Khelafat Majlis secured one seat.
Outside the two alliances, Islami Andolon Bangladesh won one seat, while the remaining winners were elected as independents.
