President summons parliament session on Nov 14

President M Abdul Hamid on Wednesday issued an order to start the 15th session of the 11th Jatiya Sangsad (JS) on November 14.

“The session will be held at 4pm on November 14 (Sunday) at the Parliament Complex at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar here,” said an official statement on Wednesday.

The president, also the head of the state, convened the session exercising the power bestowed upon him as per the Clause (1) of Article 72 (1) of the Constitution, it added.

Before commencing the House proceedings on the day, the Parliamentary Business Advisory Committee is likely to hold a meeting with Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury in the chair to fix the duration and agendas of the session, reports Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha.

The 14th session of the parliament was prorogued on September 16, starting on September 1 with a total of seventh sittings following all necessary health guidelines amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The JS passed nine bills and 32 notices under section 71 of the rules of procedure which were received during the session.

During the question answer session, only 389 questions were answered by the ministers under different ministries with some 584 questions were received for the session.

In addition to this, a total of 24 questions were received for the prime minister’s question answer session where only 16 questions were answered by the premier.