11th Jatiya Sangsad

11th Jatiya Sangsad
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Overview
Legislative body	Bangladesh Parliament
Term	7 January 2019 – 30 January 2024
Election	2018 Bangladeshi general election
Government	Fourth Hasina ministry
Opposition	Jatiya Party (Ershad)
Sovereign
President	Mohammad Abdul Hamid
House of the Nation
Members	350
Speaker of the House	Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury
Deputy Speaker of the House	Shamsul Hoque Tuku
Leader of the House	Sheikh Hasina
Prime Minister	Sheikh Hasina
Deputy Leader of the House	Matia Chowdhury
Leader of the Opposition	Rowshan Ershad
Deputy Leader of the Opposition	GM Quader
Sessions
1st 7 January 2019 – 30 January 2024

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The Eleventh Jatiya Sangsad (Bengali: একাদশ জাতীয় সংসদ, romanized: ēkadasha 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

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

Sessions

First

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

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]

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