The 14th session of the National Assembly is sitting today (September 1) at 5 pm. The session will begin with Speaker Dr. Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury in the chair. This session will last only four working days. Due to Corona, strict hygiene rules will be followed again.
Due to Corona, the National Assembly will meet on Friday (September 3). The session will be held at 4:30 pm on that day. Besides, the parliament will convene on September 2 and 4 at 11 am. It has been decided to end the session soon due to Corona. However, the journalists are not getting permission to enter the parliament again.
Joint Secretary of Parliament. Tariq Mahmood said it was not possible to provide passes to journalists during the session to prevent corona infection. In the public interest, all the activities of the session will be broadcast live on Sangsad Bangladesh Television.
According to the parliamentary officials, the MPs and concerned persons have to go to the session after checking the corona. Anyone can be infected if there is a break between working days of the session. Therefore, there are plans to hold a session on Friday as well.
The upcoming session will be the fourth session this year. The 13th session of the parliament ended on July 3, which was the budget session. The last few sessions have been held in compliance with the rules of hygiene due to the constitutional obligation in the outbreak of corona. There is a constitutional obligation to convene a session of the National Assembly within 60 days after the end of one session.
The names of the five presidium members will be announced at the beginning of this session. They will conduct the sittings of Parliament in the absence of the Speaker or Deputy Speaker. Then Awami League Member of Parliament Prof. Ali Ashraf’s Mourning will be offered on his death. At the end of the mourning, everyone will stand and observe a minute of silence to pay their respects to the soul of the deceased. Then a special prayer will be offered for the forgiveness of the soul of the deceased. Later, the session will be adjourned as per the rules of Parliament.
