Standing Committee on Ministry of Defence

Head

n/a

Role

Chairman

Annual budget

n/a

Staff

n/a

Established

1991

Legal basis

Constitution of Bangladesh, Article 76(1) (Parliament shall appoint standing committees; Article 76(2)(b) mandates committees to examine the activities and administration of each ministry); Jatiya Sangsad Rules of Procedure (requiring one ministry-shadowing committee per ministry; amended in the 7th Sangsad 5th session to prohibit sitting ministers from chairing ministerial standing committees)

The committee is currently tasked with balancing national security priorities and defence budget allocations against the government's mandate for 'July Charter' reforms and economic recovery.

verification_status is 'partial' for two reasons: (1) the parliament.gov.bd committee page (URL confirmed in multiple searches) was unreachable via live fetch during verification -- committee member list and current chairman cannot be confirmed until the page is accessible; (2) the committee itself has not been constituted in the 13th Jatiya Sangsad as of May 17, 2026, so current_head is null. The established_year of 1991 reflects the restoration of parliamentary democracy and the beginning of ministry-shadowing committee practice under the Rules of Procedure; the Transparency International Government Defence Anti-Corruption Index records a formal establishment date of April 1, 2014 for the committee in the 10th parliament, with 10 members. Under prior parliaments the committee met rarely and never formally reviewed the defence budget: Transparency International's 2015 Government Defence Anti-Corruption Index assigned Bangladesh scores of 1/6 on acquisition planning, defence budget transparency, and public budget access. The DGDP still operates under Defence Purchase Regulation-35 (1961) in practice, rather than the Public Procurement Act 2006, creating a structural oversight gap. The BPPA circular dated circa May 12, 2026, applies to all procuring entities and therefore includes MoD, but its practical reach into DGDP procurement is limited by the DP-35 parallel framework. Annual budget figures reflect MoD total; the committee itself has no independent budget allocation. head_role set to 'Chairman' per standard Jatiya Sangsad parliamentary committee convention; the chair must be a non-minister BNP MP (Rules of Procedure mandate). Refresh this record once the committee is formally constituted and the parliament.gov.bd page returns live member data.