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Standing Committee on Ministry of Home Affairs

parliamentary_committee · partial (verified 2026-05-17)

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Role
Chairman
Annual budget
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Established
1973
Legal basis
Constitution of Bangladesh, Article 76(1) -- parliament shall appoint standing committees for each ministry; Rules of Procedure of Jatiya Sangsad (Rule 190), which mandates a standing committee for every ministry and prescribes a minimum of nine members elected by the House.

The committee has not yet been constituted for the 13th parliament (first session ended April 22, 2026 without standing committee formation, consistent with historical practice). The Ministry of Home Affairs is overseeing three parallel unresolved reform tracks that will come before the committee once formed: (1) Police Commission legislation -- the 2025 ordinance lapsed without parliamentary action and must be reintroduced as a new bill; (2) RAB/SIF legal status -- the SIF gazette rename by the interim government has no parliamentary backing and faces scrutiny over continued US sanctions exposure; (3) prison reform -- the Correction Services Act 2025 draft is awaiting executive approval before it can be tabled. In the interim the ministry has launched a nationwide anti-drug and anti-gambling joint operation since May 1, 2026.

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Provenance & notes

Committee chairman and member list for the 13th Jatiya Sangsad could not be confirmed from accessible primary sources as of May 17, 2026 -- the first session (March 12 to April 22) closed without the formation of ministerial standing committees, which is consistent with historical practice in Bangladesh where standing committees are typically constituted in the second or third session. current_head is set to null and verification_status is 'partial' pending the committee's formal constitution and chairman announcement. The Minister of Home Affairs (cabinet position, distinct from the committee) is Salahuddin Ahmed (BNP, Cox's Bazar-1 constituency), who took oath February 17, 2026. The standing committee chairman, once appointed, will by convention be a BNP backbench MP -- not the minister. The committee's formal URL under the 13th parliament had not been published on parliament.gov.bd as of verification date. Legal basis cross-checked against two primary sources: Article 76(1) of the Constitution of Bangladesh (bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd) and Rules of Procedure Rule 190 per Banglapedia. The committee's established_year of 1973 reflects the constitutional origin of parliamentary standing committees in Bangladesh's first parliament under the 1972 Constitution.

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