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President summons JS session for November 14


By BSS
Published : 27 Oct 2021 10:24 PM | Updated : 28 Oct 2021 01:30 PM

President M Abdul Hamid on Thursday 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 yesterday 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.

Read More: Seventh JS session prorogued

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.