1st session of 12th Parliament prorogued

The maiden session of the 12th Parliament that started on January 30 was prorogued after 22 working days.

Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury read out the prorogation of the President at 9:03pm.

Earlier, the House unanimously adopted the thanksgiving motion on the President’s speech in Parliament.

A total of 268 MPs participated in the thanksgiving motion that lasted around 39 hours, according to the sources at the parliament secretariat.

President Mohammed Shahabuddin delivered speech in Parliament in the first sitting of this session in line with the constitution.

Two bills titled “Speedy Trial Act” and “Offshore Banking Bill” were passed in this session.

A total of 86 questions were received for the Prime Minister while she answered 45 questions. The session received 1,822 questions for different ministries while the number of the answered questions was 1080.