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President prorogues seventh JS session
DHAKA, April 18, 2020 (BSS) – President M Abdul Hamid today prorogued the
7th session of the 11th Jatiya Sangsad that was convened just for over an
hour amid nationwide COVID-19 shutdown due to constitutional obligations.
“I, President Mohammad Abdul Hamid in line with the power vested upon me by
the Constitution . . . order the prorogation of the session called due to
constitutional obligations,” Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury quoted as
saying the presidential order.
The president said the prorogation was ordered following a brief session to
evade public gatherings in people’s interest in view of the novel coronavirus
situation.
The prorogation order came after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina wrapped up
the session in her valedictory speech as the Leader of the House.
The single-day session was limited in adoption of an obituary reference on
several distinguished personalities, including former food minister Shamsur
Rahman Sharif, who died since the prorogation of the last parliamentary
session.
The speaker in her concluding address urged the lawmakers as well as the
countrymen to follow the COVID-19 halth guidelines including Prime Minister
Sheikh Hasina’s 31-ponit directives to prevent further spread of epidemic.
She prayed for eternal peace of the departed souls of those people who died
of COVID-19 and wished early recovery of the people infected with the virus.
Chaudhury thanked the Premier, Opposition Leader, MPs including whips, JS
Secretariat and other concerned officials and employees including law
enforcement agency personnel and fire servicemen and newsmen for their
assistance in holding the session in an unusual situation.
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