Ninth parliament passes 93 laws in 18 months
Friday, 18 June 2010
The current parliament that started its journey with a 'Charter for Change' to implement 'Vision-2021' has passed 93 laws in 18 months.
The first session of the Jatiya Sangsad began on January 25, 2009 following formation of government by the grand alliance led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina by securing more than two-thirds majority in the parliamentary elections held on December 29, 2008, reports BSS.
Lawmakers belonging to all parties, including the main opposition party, took part in the first session of Parliament. The first session passed 32 important laws.
Including the first and the current fifth session, Parliament so far passed 93 laws in 137 working days. Of the laws, 23 were passed in the second session, 11 in third session, 23 in fourth session, four in the current session.
The laws passed in Parliament include Father of the Nation's Family Members' Security Act, Right to Information Act, Consumers' Rights Act, International Crimes (Tribunal) (Amendment) Act, Representation of People's Order (Amendment) Act and Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Planetarium Act.
The ninth parliament held discussions and adopted a thanks-giving motion for PM Sheikh Hasina for delivering her speech in Bangla in the United Nations Security Council and giving the proposal to recognise Bangla as an official language of the UN.
Besides, Parliament thanked the PM unanimously for playing an important role in UN climate conference in Sweden.
Parliament also adopted a proposal expressing gratitude over the execution of the verdict of the case of killing Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and most of his family members.
The first session of the Jatiya Sangsad began on January 25, 2009 following formation of government by the grand alliance led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina by securing more than two-thirds majority in the parliamentary elections held on December 29, 2008, reports BSS.
Lawmakers belonging to all parties, including the main opposition party, took part in the first session of Parliament. The first session passed 32 important laws.
Including the first and the current fifth session, Parliament so far passed 93 laws in 137 working days. Of the laws, 23 were passed in the second session, 11 in third session, 23 in fourth session, four in the current session.
The laws passed in Parliament include Father of the Nation's Family Members' Security Act, Right to Information Act, Consumers' Rights Act, International Crimes (Tribunal) (Amendment) Act, Representation of People's Order (Amendment) Act and Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Planetarium Act.
The ninth parliament held discussions and adopted a thanks-giving motion for PM Sheikh Hasina for delivering her speech in Bangla in the United Nations Security Council and giving the proposal to recognise Bangla as an official language of the UN.
Besides, Parliament thanked the PM unanimously for playing an important role in UN climate conference in Sweden.
Parliament also adopted a proposal expressing gratitude over the execution of the verdict of the case of killing Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and most of his family members.