20 bills were passed in the National Parliament today

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20 Bills have been passed in the National Assembly today to convert the Ordinances issued by the Interim Government into law. Meanwhile, 10 bills were passed in the morning session.

The matter was not discussed in the parliament as there was no amendment proposal on the bills raised in the morning session of the 13th day of the first session of the 13th National Parliament. Bills are passed unanimously when the concerned ministers introduce them. Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmed, Bir Bikram presided over the session.

Out of a total of 133 Ordinances issued during the interim period, the Special Committee of Parliament recommended 98 unchanged and 15 with amendments. Out of the remaining 20, 4 are repealed and 16 are recommended to be strengthened into new bills.

Among the bills passed, Housing and Public Works Minister Zakaria Taher raised – ‘Narayanganj Development Authority Bill, 2026’; ‘Barisal Development Authority Bill, 2026’; ‘Mymensingh Development Authority Bill, 2026’; ‘Comilla Development Authority Bill, 2026’; ‘Rangpur Development Authority Bill, 2026’; Cultural Affairs Minister Nitai Roy Chowdhury introduced the ‘Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (Amendment) Bill, 2026’; Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Abdul Awal Mintu introduced the ‘Bangladesh Forestry Development Corporation Bill, 2026’; ‘Wildlife Conservation and Security Bill, 2026’; Finance Minister Amir Khusru Mahmud Chowdhury introduced ‘Deposit Protection Bill, 2026’; ‘Excises and Salt Bill, 2026′; Value Added Tax and Supplementary Duties (Amendment) Bill, 2026’; ‘Grameen Bank (Amendment) Bill, 2026′; Bangladesh Bank (Amendment) Bill, 2026’; Education Minister ANM Ehsanul Haque Milon introduced – ‘Dhaka Central University Bill, 2026’ and ‘Certain Laws Relating to Universities (Amendment) Bill, 2026’; Posts and Telecommunications Minister Fakir Mahbub Anam introduced the ‘National Data Management Bill, 2026’ and ‘Cyber ​​Security Bill, 2026’; Minister for Women and Child Affairs A ZM Zahid Hossain introduced the ‘Women and Child Abuse Prevention (Amendment) Bill, 2026’; Liberation War Affairs Minister Ahmed Azam Khan moved a side motion on the ‘July Uprising Martyrs’ Family and July Fighters Welfare and Rehabilitation Bill, 2026′ and the bills were unanimously passed.

Apart from this, on behalf of Prime Minister Tariq Rahman, Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed raised the side motion ‘Maheshkhali Integrated Development Authority Bill, 2026’ and the bills were unanimously passed.