PM Joins Advisory Committee Meeting Ahead of Parliament Session

Prime Minister and Leader of the House Tarique Rahman on Sunday attended the fifth meeting of the Parliamentary Business Advisory Committee ahead of the fourth session of the 13th Jatiya Sangsad.

The meeting was held at 4pm at the Cabinet Room of the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban, with Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmad, Bir Bikram, who also chairs the committee, presiding.

Committee members, including 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 Goyeshwar Chandra Roy, Jamaat leader ATM Azharul Islam and Opposition Chief Whip Md Nahid Islam, also attended the meeting.

The fourth session of the 13th Parliament is scheduled to begin at 3:30pm on Monday (November 9), following the summoning of the session by the president.

On October 14, President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir summoned the session under Article 72(1) of the Constitution.

Article 72(1) stipulates that no more than 60 days may elapse between the end of one session and the first sitting of the next session of Parliament.

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

During the budget session, Parliament passed the Tk 9,38,000-crore national budget for the 2026-27 fiscal year, the first budget under the current BNP 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 related to ordinances promulgated during the interim government's tenure, and formed several parliamentary committees.