JS goes into budget session on Tuesday

The Jatiya Sangsad will go into its budget session on June 11.

It would be the third session of the 11th parliament, and the first budget session of the current Awami League government, which assumed office after a landslide victory through the December 30 national election.

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal will place the national budget for 2019-20 fiscal in the House on June 13, said a spokesperson of the parliament secretariat.

President Abdul Hamid summoned the parliament session on May 13, exercising the power bestowed upon him by the article 72 (1) of the country’s constitution.

The first session the 11th parliament began on January 30.