With the proposal for increasing salary and other related benefits of the speaker and deputy speaker to almost double, the Speaker and Deputy Speaker (Remuneration and Privileges) (Amendment) Bill, 2016 is placed in parliament.

A parliamentary body endorses a proposal to increase train fare aiming at improving the service quality and minimising losses in the sector.

The Jatiya Sangsad goes into the ninth session on January 20.

Leader of the Opposition in parliament Raushan Ershad humiliates journalists saying most of them chose the profession due to lack of employment.

BNP will resist if the government tries to remove the grave of the party founder Ziaur Rahman from Jatiya Sangsad area, a party leader said today.

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) considers the Jatiya Sangsad’s discussion on its report ‘Parliament Watch’ as positive and recognition of its works.

Terming Transparency International Bangladesh Executive Director Iftekharuzzaman’s remarks on Jatiya Sangsad ‘audacious’, Deputy Speaker Advocate Md Fazle Rabbi Miah today suggested that TIB’s source of funds be investigated.

TIB's parliament watch study reports positive changes but says expected effectiveness was under question most of the time. The positive changes include average meeting duration, time spent while passing a law, and increase in the average attendance of parliament members on workdays and decline in quorum crisis on average.

The 10th parliament goes into its eighth session on November 8.

Parliament passes the Nuclear Power Plant Bill 2005 allowing formation of a company to run the country’s first nuclear plant.

Finance Minister AMA Muhith says at the parliament that the total number of loan defaulters in the country was around 1.78 lakh as of June according to Bangladesh Credit Information Bureau.

Ruling Awami League MP and sacked minister Abdul Latif Siddique announces his resignation from the Jatiya Sangsad.

Former minister Abdul Latif Siddique, who was sacked from the cabinet and ruling Awami League, today said he will resign from the Jatiya Sangsad.

Bangladesh appears as a safe haven for MPs of the ruling party as they tend to enjoy unlimited immunity and freedom.

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home today formed a three-member sub-committee to find ways to reduce Dhaka’s traffic agony.

Jatiya Sangsad will hold a general discussion tomorrow to congratulate three British-Bangladeshis for their triumph in the recently held British parliamentary elections.

Finance Minister AMA Muhith say the land related services in the country will be digitised by 2020.

Jatiya Sangsad unanimously adopted a thanks giving motion over the ratification of the longstanding Land Boundary Agreement in Indian Loksabha and Rajyasabha.

The second budget session of the 10th Jatiya Sangsad begins this afternoon.

The draft of a law, determining specific rules for removal of Supreme Court judges on grounds of incapacity and misbehaviour to be placed in the upcoming budget session of parliament for its passage, the law minister said.