President M Abdul Hamid today issued an order
to start the 15th session of the 11th Jatiya Sangsad (JS) on November 14.
“The session will be held at 4 pm on November 14 (Sunday) at the Parliament
Complex at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar here,” said an official statement this
afternoon.
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.
The 14th session of the parliament was prorogued on 16 September, starting
on September 1 with a total of seventh sittings following all necessary
health guidelines amid the corona pandemic.
The JS passed nine bills and a total of 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.
Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS)