The Awami League-led ninth parliament ended on Wednesday, going into the record books for holding the highest number of sittings and enacting the highest number of laws.
The House wrapped up its 418 sittings on Wednesday, superseding the previous record of 400 sittings by the BNP-led fifth parliament (1991-95).
Mostly amid opposition boycott, the current parliament passed 271 bills against the previous record of 191 bills enacted by the Awami League-led seventh parliament.
Leader of the opposition Khaleda Zia made history in parliament boycotts by attending the House for only 10 days. Prime minister Sheikh Hasina held the previous record of only 45 attendances, when she was the opposition leader in the eighth parliament.
As the opposition, the BNP also made history by boycotting 346 out of the total 418 sittings of the ninth parliament. The BNP lawmakers attended only 76 days.
The previous record was set during the eighth parliament (2001-06), when the then opposition Awami League boycotted 223 out of the total 373 sittings.
In her closing speech, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said there would be no more session of this parliament unless there was a war-like situation.
According to the constitution, the parliament’s last day is January 24 next year as the ninth Jatiya Sangsad had its first session on January 25, 2009.
The House started its scheduled business after 4:35pm, with Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury in the chair. She suspended the scheduled question-answer hour for the ministers and notices of public importance.
The House passed seven bills on the last day of the session.
The bills were: International Mother Language Institute Bill 2013, Enrichment of Vitamin-A in Edible Oil Bill 2013, Bangladesh Handloom Board Bill 2013, Jessore Science and Technology University (amendment) Bill 2013, Barisal University (amendment) Bill 2013, Comilla University (amendment) Bill 2013, and Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies Bill 2013.