13th national parliament

13th national parliament

File photo of Education Minister ANM Ehsanul Haque Milon. Photo: Collected

Tk7,176cr needed to settle 59,820 teachers, staff pending retirement claims: Edu minister

According to the minister, a total of 80,320 applications have been submitted to the Private Teachers and Employees Retirement Benefits Board, requiring approximately Tk9,638 crore

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'Ministers getting chance to evade accountability': Hasnat slams tabling of answers in parliament

13th National Parliament. File Photo: UNB

Parliament passes 8 ordinances, including ICT amendment

BNP lawmaker Monirul Haque Chowdhury is speaking at the parliament. Photo: Screengrab/UNB

Cumilla-6 MP criticises road transport minister for recycling AL regime’s rhetoric

National Citizen Party (NCP) Member Secretary Akhter Hossen. Photo: Collected

Calling referendum unconstitutional disgraces parliament: Akhter Hossen

NCP Chief Organiser (South) Hasnat Abdullah. Photo Collected

'You uphold the Constitution only where it benefits,' says Hasnat in Parliament

Hannan Masud speaking at a parliament session/Screengrab

Gen Z doesn't want 1972 constitution: Hannan Masud in Parliament

Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed. Photo: BSS

No constitutional existence of ‘Reform Council’ yet: Home minister

Opposition leaders speak to journalists outside the Parliament while displaying placards after staging a walkout during President Mohammed Shahabuddin’s address. Photo: Collected

Opposition walkout from Parliament: Why politics trumped decorum in first session

US Ambassador to Bangladesh Brent T Christensen attended the inaugural sitting of the country’s 13th National Parliament. 12 March 2026. Photo: US Embassy

US envoy observes inaugural session of parliament

Bangladesh operates under a Westminster-style parliamentary system and its national legislature, the Jatiya Sangsad, is a unicameral parliament. Photo: Collected

Two systems, two ways to govern: How Westminster and presidential models organise power

Despite the disruption, President Mohammed Shahabuddin commenced his speech, which is a constitutional requirement for the first session of a new parliament. Photo: Screengrab/BTV

'Ziaur Rahman is proclaimer of independence’: What President Shahabuddin says in parliament

Illustration: TBS

What rules say about MPs' conduct inside parliament