The Election Commission (EC) sends a letter to the parliament secretary for taking necessary preparation to organise the oath-taking ceremony of the newly elected lawmakers of the 11th general election.

The newly elected parliament members will be sworn in tomorrow and the new cabinet may take oath on Sunday.

Businessmen are likely to retain their dominance in the next Jatiya Sangsad. Participation of a large number of businessmen in the polls indicates that their presence in the new parliament will be overwhelming and money will influence the election. In the alliances led by the Awami League and BNP, around 62 percent of the contestants are businessmen, according to the data from 286 of 300 constituencies.

Ruling Awami League will announce its election manifesto after the fixation of symbol for next Jatiya Sangsad polls slated for December 30.

The much-debated Digital Security Bill 2018 was passed in parliament last night with a harsh provision allowing police officials to search or arrest anyone without any warrant.

A parliamentary body yesterday submitted its report on the much-debated Digital Security Bill, ignoring concerns of journalists and media owners over some of its sections.

A parliamentary body yesterday finalised its report on the much-debated Digital Security Bill without addressing some concerns of journalists and media owners.

Jatiya Sangsad will go into its 22nd session on Sunday after a 58-day recess.

The Jatiya Sangsad will go into its 22nd session on September 9 after a 58-day recess.

Finance Minister AMA Muhith is set to place a mega budget of around 'Tk 468,200 crore' in Parliamenton Thursdayfor the fiscal year 2018-19 amid the fast approaching national election.

Though making laws is the main task of the parliament, its lawmakers spent nine percent time for this purpose in the 18th session of the current parliament continued till December last year, a study report prepared by Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) says.

The parliamentary standing committee on telecom and ICT says it will sit with newspaper editors, Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists and owners of the electronic media to know their concern about the Digital Security Act-2018.

The parliamentary body on public administration opines for bringing “logical reform” to the existing quota system in civil service, upholding the spirit of the constitution.