The ruling BNP's parliamentary party held a meeting on Saturday ahead of the budget session of the 13th National Parliament beginning on Sunday.
The meeting began around 3:30pm in the ruling party's meeting in the Parliament Building, with Prime Minister and Leader of the House Tarique Rahman in the chair, said his deputy press secretary, Jahidul Islam Rony.
“The BNP parliamentary party meeting began with the recitation from the Holy Quran,” he said.
The meeting was conducted by Chief Whip Nurul Islam Moni and attended by BNP Secretary General and Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, along with ruling party lawmakers.
Mirza Fakhrul delivered the welcome address at the meeting.
The budget session of Parliament is scheduled to begin on Sunday afternoon.
Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury is expected to place the national budget for the 2026-27 fiscal year in Parliament on June 11.
This will be the second session of the 13th Parliament, which was formed following the February 12 general election.
The first session of the current Parliament began on March 11 and was prorogued on April 30 after 25 sittings.