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Budget session at JS begins on Sunday
  • Staff Correspondent
  • 2022-06-04 23:54:24

The Jatiya Sangsad (JS) goes into its budget session for fiscal 2022-23 on Sunday.

President Md Abdul Hamid convened the session exercising the power bestowed upon him as per the Clause (1) of Article 72 of the Constitution on May 18.

The session, also the 18th one of the 11th Jatiya Sangsad, will begin at 5pm at the parliament room at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar.

The tenure of the session will be determined in a meeting of the JS’s business advisory committee to be held on Sunday with Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Choudhry in the chair.

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal is expected to place the national budget for FY23 in the parliament on Thursday. This will be the fourth budget presented by Mustafa Kamal.

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