Bangladesh Parliament
12th parliament session may have only 3 sittings
The 12th session of the current parliament may only have three sittings (working day) considering the deteriorating scenario of Covid-19 pandemic throughout the country and globally, sources at the...
Ensuring equal rights: Anti-Discrimination Bill 2022 placed in parliament
The ‘Anti-Discrimination Bill 2022’ was placed in the parliament today to protect, uphold and ensure equal rights and dignity of every Bangladeshi citizen.
12th parliament session may have only 3 sittings
The 12th session of the current parliament may only have three sittings (working day) considering the deteriorating scenario of Covid-19 pandemic throughout the country and globally, sources at the...
JS body slams corruption in TCB
Coming down heavily on institutional corruption within the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh, a parliamentary body today asked its top officials to take stern action against it.
BNP MPs lambast ‘extrajudicial killings’ in JS, demand statement from home minister
Two BNP lawmakers came down heavily on the government today in parliament, for what the MPs termed "ongoing extrajudicial killings", and demanded that the Home Minister give a statement...
Travel Agency Regulation Bill presented in Parliament
The Bangladesh Travel Agency (Registration and Regulation) (Amendment) Bill, 2020 was placed in Parliament keeping a provision of maximum six months’ imprisonment or Tk 5 lakh fine or both in the...
Parliament resumes after a break of 59 days
Parliament went into its ninth session this morning after a 59-day recess as the last (budget) session was prorogued on July 9.
Set up institute for dope-testing, parliamentary body to govt
A parliamentary body today recommended that the government set up a specialised institute similar to Bangladesh Standard and Testing Institute to carry out dope tests for those who want to join...
Former whip Md Ashraf Hossain dies
Former whip Md Ashraf Hossain has passed away at a private hospital in the capital at the age of 79.
Issue ruling on who the opposition is in parliament: opposition chief whip to speaker
Criticising BNP MP Harunur Rashid for claiming to be the “main opposition”, Opposition Chief Whip Mashiur Rahman Ranga today demanded that the speaker of parliament give a ruling clarifying who the...
Budget session to be cut short as MPs, JS staff infected with Covid-19
Sittings of the ongoing budget session of 11th parliament will be cut short further as around 100 staff and employees of the parliament secretariat and 12 MPs and ministers have so far been...