Parliament goes into a session today as Finance Minister AMA Muhith is set to place the national budget for the fiscal year 2014-15 starting on July 1.
This will be the first budget of the Awami League government that took office after winning the January 5 general elections boycotted by the BNP and its allies.
If Muhith places the budget on June 5, he would become the first finance minister in the country’s history to present the proposed budget for six consecutive terms.
For the first time since 1991, the BNP and Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami have no representation in the parliament.
According to the order of the day, the session will start at 5:00 pm, preceded by a meeting of the Business Advisory Committee that determines the tenure of each session. Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury will preside over the meeting of the committee, considered as the highest legislative body. Rawshan Ershad, leader of the opposition, is expected to attend the meeting at 4:00 pm.
On the opening day, the House will discuss the life and works of former Jatiya Party MP Nasim Osman who died of heart ailment on April 30 in India, and all stipulated businesses of the legislature would be suspended.
He was the brother of Narayanganj MP Shamim Osman.
After placing of the national budget, MPs will hold discussion on it and the finance minister will change some of the proposals in line with the recommendations of the lawmakers.
The discussion on the proposed budget being over, the House must pass the budget by June 30.
