Jump to content

11th Jatiya Sangsad

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from Eleventh Jatiya Sangsad)
11th Jatiya Sangsad
10th Jatiya Sangsad 12th Jatiya Sangsad
Overview
Legislative bodyBangladesh Parliament
Term7 January 2019 – 30 January 2024
Election2018 Bangladeshi general election
GovernmentFourth Hasina ministry
OppositionJatiya Party (Ershad)
Sovereign
PresidentMohammad Abdul Hamid
House of the Nation
Members350
Speaker of the HouseShirin Sharmin Chaudhury
Deputy Speaker of the HouseShamsul Hoque Tuku
Leader of the HouseSheikh Hasina
Prime MinisterSheikh Hasina
Deputy Leader of the HouseMatia Chowdhury
Leader of the OppositionRowshan Ershad
Deputy Leader of the OppositionGM Quader
Sessions
1st7 January 2019 – 30 January 2024

The Eleventh Jatiya Sangsad (Bengali: একাদশ জাতীয় সংসদ, romanizedēkadasha jatīẏa saṅsada, lit.'Eleventh National Parliament') was formed with the elected members of the 11th General Election of Bangladesh 2018. The Parliament was sworn in on the 3rd January 2019. On seventh January the Ministers were sworn in. On the January 30th first session of the parliament took place.[1] Out of the 350 seats 300 members are directly elected by the people and rest 50 seats are reserved for women and are filled by proportional representation. Awami League won 258 seats out of the 300 seats and formed the government under the leadership of Sheikh Hasina Jatiya Party got 22 seats and became the main opposition party.

Prominent members

[edit]
Name Image Post Term Political Party
Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury Speaker January 3, 2019 - To date AL
Shamsul Hoque Tuku Deputy Speaker August 28, 2022 - To date AL
Sheikh Hasina Leader of the House January 3, 2019 - To date AL
Matia Chowdhury Deputy Leader January 13, 2013 - To date AL
Noor-E-Alam Chowdhury Chief Whip January 3, 2019 - To date AL
Atiur Rahman Atik Whip January 3, 2019 - To date AL
Panchanan Biswas Whip January 3, 2019 - To date AL
Iqbalur Rahim Whip January 3, 2019 - To date AL
Mahabub Ara Begum Whip January 3, 2019 - To date AL
Shamsul Haq Chowdhury Whip January 3, 2019 - To date AL
Abu Sayeed Al Mahmud Swapon Whip January 3, 2019 - To date AL
Hussain Muhammad Ershad Opposition Leader January 3, 2019 - 14 July 2019 JP
Rowshan Ershad Opposition Leader 8 September 2019 - To date JP
GM Quader Deputy Leader of the Opposition January 3, 2019 - To date JP
Mashiur Rahman Ranga Chief Whip of the Opposition January 3, 2019 - To date JP

Members

[edit]

Sessions

[edit]

First

[edit]

On 30 January 2019 the first session of Eleventh Sangsad was started and this session ended on the 11th March after 26 working days. In the beginning of the session President Mohammad Abdul Hamid addressed the house. 194 members attended the discussion on the Presidential Address and after 54 hours and 57 minutes a tanking proposal was passed.[2] A total of five bills were passed in this session and 50 parliamentary committees were formed within 10 working days. According to Rule-71 of the Rules of Procedure of the Bangladesh Parliament, 321 notices were submitted in this session out of which 30 were accepted and 18 were discussed. As per Rule 71 (a), 155 more notices were discussed.।[2] Out of 114 questions submitted for the Leader of Parliament, 48 questions were answered. Of the 2,325 questions submitted to the ministers, 1,630 were answered. During the session, Sultan Mohammad Mansur Ahmed of Gano Forum was sworn in on 7 March. Members of the reserved women's seat were sworn in on 20 February.[2]

Second

[edit]

The second session of the parliament started on April 24, 2019, and ended after 5 working days. During the second session, five members elected from the Bangladesh Nationalist Party took oath.[3] According to the Rules of Procedure of the Parliament of Bangladesh, 71 notices were submitted in this session out of which 9 were accepted and 1 was discussed. Besides, 44 notices under Rule 71 (a) were discussed. Out of 44 questions submitted for the Leader of Parliament, 11 questions were answered. Of the 1,040 questions submitted for ministers, 365 were answered.[3]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ প্রাণবন্ত সংসদের আশা, একাদশ সংসদের যাত্রা শুরু. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  2. ^ a b c শেষ হলো একাদশ সংসদের প্রথম অধিবেশন. Bangla Tribune (in Bengali). Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  3. ^ a b শেষ হল সংসদ অধিবেশন. bdnews24.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 1 January 2020.