Five lawmakers have been nominated to the panel of chairpersons to conduct the fourth session of the 13th parliament.
Speaker Major (retd) Hafiz Uddin Ahmed announced their names at the opening sitting of the session, which began at 3:30pm on Monday. The speaker chaired the sitting.
The nominated members are Md Shahjahan of Noakhali-4, Sarwar Jamal Nizam of Chittagong-12, Muhammad Naushad Zamir of Panchagarh-1, Shahjahan Chowdhury of Chittagong-15, and reserved-seat MP Rasheda Begum Hira.
Under the Rules of Procedure of Parliament, members of the panel of chairpersons will preside over sittings in the absence of the speaker and the deputy speaker.