Parliament goes into session today

The parliament will go into its 12th session at 5pm today after a 59-day recess, UNB reports. Before the House goes into the session, the Business Advisory Committee of Parliament will sit in a meeting with Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury in the chair at 4pm on the day to fix its duration and businesses, said AM Motaher Hossen, Director (PR) of the Parliament Secretariat. On September 5 last, President Abdul Hamid convened the session exercising the power bestowed upon him as per Article 72 (1) of the Constitution. Earlier, the 11th and budget session of the 10th parliament was prorogued on 27 July after 32 sittings that passed the Tk 340,600-crore national budget for the 2016-17 fiscal year and 16 bills.

Parliament goes into session today

The parliament will go into its 12th session at 5pm today after a 59-day recess, UNB reports. Before the House goes into the session, the Business Advisory Committee of Parliament will sit in a meeting with Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury in the chair at 4pm on the day to fix its duration and businesses, said AM Motaher Hossen, Director (PR) of the Parliament Secretariat. On September 5 last, President Abdul Hamid convened the session exercising the power bestowed upon him as per Article 72 (1) of the Constitution. Earlier, the 11th and budget session of the 10th parliament was prorogued on 27 July after 32 sittings that passed the Tk 340,600-crore national budget for the 2016-17 fiscal year and 16 bills.