Parliament reconvenes today

The Parliamentary Business Advisory Committee met on Sunday to finalise the agenda and schedule of business for the fourth session of the 13th Jatiya Sangsad, which is set to begin today, with Prime Minister and Leader of the House Tarique Rahman attending the meeting.

The fifth meeting of the committee was held at 4:00pm in the Cabinet Room of the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban, chaired by Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmad, Bir Bikram, who also heads the committee.

The meeting was attended by Leader of the Opposition Md Shafiqur Rahman, Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury, Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed, Deputy Speaker Barrister Kayser Kamal, Chief Whip Md Nurul Islam, Law Minister Md Asaduzzaman, BNP Standing Committee member Goyaswar Chandra Roy, Jamaat leader ATM Azharul Islam and Opposition Chief Whip Md Nahid Islam, among other committee members.

The fourth session of the current Parliament is scheduled to begin at 3:30pm on Monday (November 9), following the prorogation of the previous session 60 days ago.

President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir summoned the session on October 14, exercising his constitutional authority under Article 72(1).

Under the provision, no more than 60 days may elapse between the conclusion of one parliamentary session and the first sitting of the next.

The third session was prorogued on September 10 after just nine sittings, while the second session, known as the budget session, concluded on July 15 after 27 working days.

During the budget session, Parliament passed the Tk9.38 lakh crore national budget for the 2026-27 fiscal year, the first under the current BNP-led government.

The first session of the 13th Parliament began on March 12, following the general election held on February 12, 2026.

During its inaugural session, Parliament passed 94 bills, including 91 relating to ordinances promulgated during the interim government’s tenure, and formed several parliamentary committees.