Parliament goes into its fourth session on Monday, and the session is likely to continue for more than a week, according to the parliament's Business Advisory Committee meeting on Sunday.
The meeting, chaired by Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmed Bir Bikram, decided that the current session of the 13th Parliament will continue until November 18.
The day's session will begin at 4:20 pm every day, except on holidays and weekends.
Leader of the House and Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, along with other committee members, participated the meeting.
The meeting discussed the allocation of time and the duration of the session for disposing of the business of the fourth session.
However, the Speaker has been given the authority to change the session's time and working days if necessary.
The meeting was informed that one government bill has been received for introduction in this session.
In addition, three ordinances issued after the third session will be placed before the House.
These ordinances are the Public Procurement (Amendment) Ordinance, 2026; the Value Added Tax and Supplementary Duty (Amendment) Ordinance, 2026; and the Special Solar Power Installation Ordinance, 2026. The ordinances will be presented at the first sitting of the session.
A total of 3,751 questions were received for the session, including 174 for the Prime Minister and the rest for other ministers. In addition, 92 call attention notices under Rule 71 and 281 notices of motions for decision under Rule 131 were received.
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman proposed declaring the parliament premises a non-smoking area. The proposal was accepted spontaneously by all.
The Prime Minister wanted to know about the progress of reintroducing the parliament's sound system. Parliamentary Secretary Golam Sarwar Bhuiyan informed that the sound system would be inaugurated at 3:30 pm on Sunday under the supervision of the Public Works Department.
When the Prime Minister asked about the progress of installing solar panels at the parliament building, the convener of the relevant subcommittee and Deputy Speaker Kaysar Kamal said that it would be possible to generate seven megawatts of electricity from solar power. During the session, the parliament's electricity demand is about six megawatts. As a result, after meeting that demand, the remaining electricity could be added to the national grid, he said.
Opposition Leader Shafiqur Rahman, Finance and Planning Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury, Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed, Chief Whip Nurul Islam, Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Md Asaduzzaman, and other members of the Business Advisory Committee attended the meeting.
