Budget session from June 3

The last budget session of the current parliament will begin on June 3 next with the BNP-led opposition likely to join it as most of its MPs are on the verge of losing memberships because of their prolonged boycott, report agencies. The 18th session of the ninth Parliament will be presided over by the first woman Speaker of Bangladesh, Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury. She is also the country's first Parliament Speaker elected from a seat reserved for women. Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith will present the government's last budget on June 6. He has already said the budget will be of around Tk 2.24 trillion. Most of the opposition lawmakers are likely to lose their membership in this session as they abstained from attending Parliament for almost 90 consecutive days.