Standing Committee of Privileges

Head

Hafiz Uddin Ahmed

Role

Chairman

Annual budget

n/a

Staff

n/a

Established

2026

Legal basis

Constitution of Bangladesh, Article 76(2)(b) — one of two constitutionally mandated standing committees (the other being the Public Accounts Committee); Article 78 — parliamentary privileges and immunities; Rules of Procedure of the Jatiya Sangsad, Chapter on Standing Committees (Committee of Privileges provisions), including Rule 169 governing submission of privilege notices by members.

The committee is currently undergoing formal establishment and operationalization of its membership following the recent general election.

The five procedural committees formed on 12 March 2026 (first sitting, 13th JS) are: Business Advisory Committee (chaired by Speaker), Standing Committee of Privileges (chaired by Speaker), Committee on Rules of Procedure (chaired by Chief Whip Nurul Islam Moni per the BSS report referencing the proposal structure; exact chair not individually named in sources), Committee on Private Members' Bills and Resolutions (chaired by M. Shahjahan, Noakhali-4), and a fifth committee with Jainal Abedin (Barishal-3) named chairman -- sources refer to this as a 'special committee' distinct from the Special Parliamentary Committee on Energy formed later on 26 April 2026. Cross-check: BSS (bssnews.net/js-session/368255), Daily Sun, and Jago News 24 all confirm the five-committee formation on 12 March 2026, the Moni proposal, and the voice-vote adoption; none individually names all committee members beyond the chairmen. established_year set to 2026 because this refers to the 13th Jatiya Sangsad instance; the committee's institutional existence dates to the Constitution (1972), but each parliament reconstitutes it fresh. Speaker-as-Chairman: consistent with 11th Parliament precedent per parliament.gov.bd committee archive (index.php/en/parliamentary-business/115-list-of-committees/4159-standing-committee-of-privileges-committee-11th-parliament-en). The one privilege case active in this window (Hanzala, April 9) was verified from BSS js-session/375998 only -- no second source reported it independently; the event is included with a single source_url as it is from the official state news agency covering live parliamentary proceedings. No contempt or sanction proceedings were completed in this window.