Sangsad goes into session on Jan 20

The Jatiya Sangsad goes into the ninth session of 10th parliament on January 20.

President Abdul Hamid convened the session yesterday, said a release of parliament secretariat.

It will be the first JS session of the New Year. The president is scheduled to deliver his speech on the first day of the session which is approved by the cabinet.

The president will talk about the government's development activities along with other issues, said sources at the parliament secretariat.

Duration of the session will be a long one as lawmakers will speak on the thanksgiving motion on president's speech.

The parliament business advisory committee headed by Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury will finalise the duration of the session before the JS begins the session around 4:30pm on January 20.

Opposition Chief Whip Tajul Islam Choudhury said the parliamentary party of the Jatiya Party will hold a meeting before beginning the new session to decide the party's stance on different parliamentary issues.

The last session of parliament ended on November 23 last year with 14 working days.

According to the constitution, there can be maximum 60 days' gap between the end of a session and the beginning of the next one.

The BNP, which was either in the treasury or in the opposition bench between 1991 and 2013, don't have any participation in the 10th parliament as the BNP-led alliance and most other political parties boycotted the national election of January 5, 2014.