Business Advisory Committee of the Jatiya Sangsad
Profile
- Head
- Hafiz Uddin Ahmad
- Role
- Chairman (ex officio as Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad)
- Annual budget
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- Staff
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- Established
- 1974
- Legal basis
- Rules of Procedure of the Jatiya Sangsad (framed under Article 75(1)(a) of the Constitution of Bangladesh, first enacted 22 July 1974); the Speaker is ex officio Chairman and all members are nominated by the Speaker rather than elected by the House
The BAC completed its primary mandate for the first session (12 March - 30 April 2026), fixing the session calendar, allocating 50 debate hours for the President's speech, and managing the Eid recess schedule; it is now positioned to convene before or at the opening of the second (budget) session beginning 7 June 2026, where it will fix debate-time allocations for the FY2026-27 budget. Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury will present the BNP government's first budget in that session.
Recent activity
- 2026-03-12 appointment The Business Advisory Committee was formed on the first day of the 13th Jatiya Sangsad, one of five house-management committees constituted simultaneously; Chief Whip Nurul Islam Moni proposed formation on behalf of Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, and the proposals were adopted by voice vote with Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmad in the chair. ↗↗
- 2026-03-14 policy First meeting of the BAC held in the cabinet room of Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban, chaired by Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmad; committee resolved that the first session would continue until 30 April 2026, daily sittings at 3:00 pm except on public holidays, with authority delegated to the Speaker to vary timing; allocated 50 hours of floor debate for the thanksgiving motion on President Shahabuddin's inaugural address; noted 468 questions (8 for PM, 460 for ministers), 27 Rule-71 attention notices, and 97 Rule-131 decision-motion notices tabled for the session. ↗↗↗
- 2026-03-14 other Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed briefed reporters after the BAC meeting: the House would adjourn on 15 March, remain prorogued 16-28 March (Eid recess), and resume 29 March; Deputy Speaker Barrister Kayser Kamal also attended by special invitation. ↗↗
- 2026-05-07 policy Parliament Secretariat announced -- by notification issued under Article 72(1) of the Constitution (presidential summons) -- that the second (budget) session of the 13th Jatiya Sangsad will begin on 7 June 2026 at 3:00 pm; the session will present and pass the FY2026-27 national budget with the budget expected to be passed by 30 June 2026; the BAC is expected to meet ahead of or at the opening sitting to fix session duration and agenda allocation for the budget session. ↗↗↗
Provenance & notes
The Business Advisory Committee is a permanent house-management committee of the Jatiya Sangsad that operates in every parliament. Its chairman is always the sitting Speaker (ex officio); members are nominated by the Speaker rather than elected by the House -- distinguishing it from ministerial standing committees whose members are elected by the full House. Confirmed members of the 13th Parliament BAC as of the 14 March 2026 first meeting (cross-verified across TBS, Views Bangladesh, BD Pratidin): Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmad (chair), PM Tarique Rahman (Leader of the House), Opposition Leader Md Shafiqur Rahman, Dr Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, LGRD Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury, Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed, Chief Whip Md Nurul Islam Moni, Law Minister Md Asaduzzaman, ATM Azharul Islam, and Opposition Chief Whip Md Nahid Islam; Deputy Speaker Kayser Kamal attended by special invitation (not a formal member). The BAC was one of five committees formed on the first sitting day (12 March 2026): BAC, the House Committee (chaired by Chief Whip Nurul Islam Moni), the Special Committee on Ordinances (chaired by Jainal Abedin, Barishal-3, 14 members), the Committee of Privileges (chaired ex officio by the Speaker), and the Committee on Private Members' Bills and Resolutions (chaired by M Shahjahan, Noakhali-4). The 'established_year' is set to 1974, when the Rules of Procedure were first enacted under the current Constitution; the BAC has existed in successive parliaments since then. The 'July 12' end-date for the budget session cited in an older Daily Bangladesh article refers to a prior parliament's session and is not applicable to the 13th Parliament; as of 17 May 2026 no BAC decision fixing the end date of the second session has been publicly reported -- the budget is expected to pass by 30 June 2026.
Sources
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