JS Standing Committees on Finance and law ministries formed

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Dhaka, June 14: Parliament on Sunday constituted two separate standing committees on the finance and law ministries, with membership reflecting the share of seats in parliament, and chaired by MPs from the ruling alliance.

The committee on the Law Ministry will be headed by Bangladesh Jatiya Party Chairman and Bhola-1 lawmaker Andaleeve Rahman Partho, while the committee on the Finance Ministry will be chaired by BNP lawmaker Mushfiqur Rahman (Brahmanbaria-4).

The committees were formed during the day’s parliamentary sitting chaired by Deputy Speaker Barrister Kayser Kamal. Chief Whip Md. Nurul Islam Moni moved the proposal, which was subsequently adopted by voice vote.

Both committees comprise 10 members each. Two lawmakers from Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and one from the National Citizen Party have been included in each committee.

The members of the Finance Ministry-related Standing Committee are Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury, Md. Nurul Islam (Barguna-2), Mir Shahe Alam (Bogura-2), Jalal Uddin (Chandpur-2), Moinul Islam Khan (Manikganj-1), Shahadat Hossain (Lakshmipur-1), Saiful Alam Khan Milon (Dhaka-12) and Syed Zainul Abdin (Dhaka-4) from Jamaat-e-Islami, and Hasnat Abdullah (Cumilla-4) from the NCP.

Members of the Law Ministry-related Standing Committee are Law Minister Md Asaduzzaman, Mahbub Uddin Khokon (Noakhali-1), Nowshad Zamir (Panchagarh-1), Shakila Farzana (Reserved Women’s Seat), Manjurul Islam (Dinajpur-1), Hasan Rajib Pradhan (Lalmonirhat-1), Najibur Rahman Momen (Pabna-1) and Al Faruq Abdul Latif (Nilphamari-2) from Jamaat-e-Islami, and Akhter Hossen (Rangpur-4) from the NCP.

Last Wednesday, the Standing Committee on the Planning Ministry was formed.

With the formation of the two committees today, eight standing committees have so far been constituted.- UNB