The 11th session of the 11th parliament will begin on January 18.
President Md Abdul Hamid on Wednesday summoned the first session of 2021, exercising his power in line with Article 72 (1) of the constitution, said a notification of the Parliament Secretariat.
It said the parliament will go into the session at 4:30pm on January 18 after a 59-day recess.
The president will also address the session that day.
The cabinet on December 21 cleared the draft speech of the president, reports UNB.
The speech focus mainly on 10 issues, including the country's overall scenario and macroeconomic condition; the government's measures and successes in improvement of the country's socioeconomic status; activities and programs taken in different sectors to implement the Vision 2021 and formulation of the Vision-2041; local and overseas employment; and implementation of different ICT-related development measures to build “Digital Bangladesh.”
The other five issues are expansion of social safety net programs; the progress in the trial process of war criminals; the successes achieved regarding foreign relations; the birth centenary celebration of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and programmes taken for it; and administrative policies, strategies, development philosophy and guidelines for progress.
Before commencing the House proceedings on the day, the Parliamentary Business Advisory Committee is likely to hold a meeting, with Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury in the chair, to fix the duration and agendas of the session, reports BSS.
On November 8, a special session of parliament had started on the occasion of the Mujib Year, marking Bangabandhu’s birth centenary, in a limited scale amidst the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
That session, the first day of which was also addressed by the president, was prorogued on November 19.