Budget session at JS to begin Tuesday


FE Team | Published: June 04, 2018 17:06:57


Budget session at JS to begin Tuesday

The budget session for the 2018-19 fiscal of the 10th Jatiya Sangsad (JS) will begin on Tuesday.

It will be the 21st session of the current Jatiya Sangsad and last budget of the incumbent Awami League government.

President Abdul Hamid on May 16 summoned the session exercising the power bestowed upon him by the Article 72 (1) of the country’s Constitution, reports BSS.

The House proceeding will begin at 11:00am on Tuesday with Parliament Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury in the chair.

Meanwhile, a few hours before the House proceeding starts, a meeting of the Working Advisory Committee of the Jatiya Sangsad will fix the schedule of country’s 47th and fifth budget of the current government.

Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith will place the budget proposal for fiscal year 2018-19 at 12:30pm on June 7. The proposed budget for FY2018-19 will be passed in this session.

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