Parliament forms standing committees on finance, law ministries

The 13th National Parliament today (14 June) formed
standing committees on the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Law, Justice
and Parliamentary Affairs.
Bangladesh Jatiya Party (BJP)
Chairman and Bhola-1 lawmaker Andaleeve Rahman Partho was appointed as the
chairman of the law ministry committee while BNP lawmaker Mushfiqur Rahman, who
represents Brahmanbaria-4, was named chairman of the finance ministry
committee.
The committees were formed after
Chief Whip Md Nurul Islam Moni placed the proposals at today's parliamentary
sitting presided over by Deputy Speaker Kayser Kamal.
The proposals were later approved by voice vote.
Both committees comprise 10 members
each, including representatives from Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and the
National Citizen Party (NCP).
Members of the finance ministry
committee are Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury, Nurul Islam Moni
(Barguna-2), Mir Shahe Alam (Bogura-2), Dr Md Jalal Uddin (Chandpur-2), Moinul
Islam Khan (Manikganj-1), Shahadat Hossain (Lakshmipur-1), Saiful Alam Khan
Milon (Dhaka-12) and Syed Joynul Abdin (Dhaka-4) from Jamaat, and Abul Hasnat
(Cumilla-4) from the NCP.
The law ministry committee includes
Law Minister Md Asaduzzaman, AM Mahbub Uddin Khokon (Noakhali-1), Nawshad Zamir
(Panchagarh-1), Shakila Farzana from a reserved women's seat, Manjurul Islam
(Dinajpur-1), Hasan Rajib Pradhan (Lalmonirhat-1), Nazibur Rahman Momen
(Pabna-1) and Al Faruk Abdul Latif (Nilphamari-2) from Jamaat, and Akhter
Hossain (Rangpur-4) from the NCP.
Earlier, on Wednesday, parliament
formed the standing committee on the Ministry of Planning.
There are 50 parliamentary and
ministry-related standing committees in total.
As of today, eight committees had
been formed, alongside two special committees.
















