সংসদ অধিবেশন (parliament session) today at 4:15pm: prices, garment industry and land services on the agenda

সংসদ অধিবেশন — the parliament session — resumes today, Sunday 15 November, at 4:15pm. After the weekly break, the ongoing fourth session of Bangladesh's 13th Jatiya Sangsad meets again with Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmed (Bir Bikram) in the chair. According to the Parliament Secretariat's schedule, three issues stand out on today's agenda: prices of essentials and market irregularities, the future of the ready-made garment industry, and simpler land services.

Several outlets report that the sitting will open, as usual, with question time. Urgent notices, a bill, reports and a general motion follow.

Three urgent notices under Rule 71

Three MPs have filed notices under Rule 71 of the Rules of Procedure, which covers urgent matters of public importance.

• Medical technology course: Cumilla-6 MP Monirul Haque Prothom Chowdhury will call for reopening the one-year Medical Technology Technician course run by the Technical Education Board. The course has been suspended since 2020 at the 534 institutions that offered it.
• Prices and markets: Nazma Akter, MP for Reserved Women's Seat-40, has filed a notice on rising prices of daily essentials and irregularities in the market.
• Land services: Madaripur-1 MP Saeed Ahmad Hanjala will ask for steps to ease hardship for people in Shibchar, simplify land services and bring transparency and accountability to land mutation (namjari).

A general motion on the garment industry

A large part of today's business concerns the garment sector. Pabna-1 MP Mohammad Nazibur Rahman will move a general motion under Rule 147. It seeks national consensus on the industry's future, workers' rights and working conditions, production and export capacity, and the challenges that follow Bangladesh's graduation from Least Developed Country (LDC) status.

The motion comes at a time when a number of garment factories are shut amid worker unrest over wages and the minimum wage board is still negotiating. Factory owners and workers alike will be watching the debate.

A bill, a report and a document with Japan

• Public Procurement (Second Amendment) Bill, 2026: MPs will raise comments on the bill under Rule 211(1).
• Consumer rights report: The annual report for fiscal year 2024-2025 under Section 17 of the Consumer Rights Protection Act will be tabled.
• Bangladesh-Japan Economic Partnership: The economic partnership document the two countries signed on 6 March 2026 is also due to be presented.

Session runs until 18 November

Under the Parliament Secretariat's schedule, the fourth session runs until 18 November, leaving only a few more working days after today. In that time the fate of the bills tabled, including the procurement amendment, may be decided. Bills placed in parliament are normally sent to the relevant standing committee for scrutiny, and are taken up for passage after the committee reports.

Under Rule 71, the minister concerned usually replies in the House, so the government's position on the medical technology course, prices and land services in Shibchar may become clear today.

What parliament decides on each item will be known after the sitting ends. Priyo News 24 will update this story as new information comes in.