Parliament of Bangladesh

Joined the Commonwealth: 18 April 1972 

CPA Branch formed: 1 January 1973 

Capital City/Seat of Parliament: Dhaka 

Unicameral/Bicameral: Unicameral – Parliament (350 Members; 300 directly elected, 50 indirectly elected and reserved for women)   

Parliament/Legislature website: http://www.parliament.gov.bd/ 

Number of Departmental/Ministry Oversight Committees: 39 Ministerial Oversight Committees. 

Names of House Management (such as Privileges or Procedure) Committees: Business Advisory; Rules of Procedure; Privileges; Library; House Committee.

Standing Orders:

Recent articles in The Parliamentarian: 

• The Parliamentarian 2022 Issue Two - 'Article on entrepreneurship, economic empowerment and women’s participation in Parliament' Hon. Selima Ahmad MP, CWP Steering Committee Member for CPA Asia Region
  
• The Parliamentarian 2017 Issue Four: 63rd CPC Conference Issue: 'CPA President says focus is on continuing to enhance high standards of performance of Parliamentarians' by Hon. Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury, MP
• The Parliamentarian 2017 Issue Three: CPA Chairperson's Photo Gallery by Hon. Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury, MP
• The Parliamentarian 2017 Issue Two: 'Addressing global inequalities' by Hon. Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury, MP
• The Parliamentarian 2017 Issue One: 62nd CPC Conference Issue: 'A Collaborative Commonwealth; Unity, Diversity and Common Challenges' by Hon. Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury, MP
• The Parliamentarian 2016 Issue Four: 'Youth Engagement in the Commonwealth' by Hon. Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury, MP
• The Parliamentarian 2016 Issue Three: 'The Political Economy of Commonwealth Trade and Human Rights' by Hon. Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury, MP
• The Parliamentarian 2016 Issue Two: 'Women Legislators' by Hon. Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury, MP

Special supplement to The Parliamentarian for the 63rd Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference in 2017:

• The Parliamentarian: 2017 Issue Three: Bangladesh Supplement – 'Health care in Bangladesh' by Dr Md. Enamur Rahman MP
• The Parliamentarian: 2017 Issue Three: Bangladesh Supplement – 'The separation of powers between the three arms of government and efforts made in Bangladesh' by Suranjit Sengupta MPs
• The Parliamentarian: 2017 Issue Three: Bangladesh Supplement – 'Economic development in Bangladesh and the focus on achieving the Millennium Development Goals' by Professor Md. Ali Ashraf MP
• The Parliamentarian: 2017 Issue Three: Bangladesh Supplement – 'How Parliament is addressing issues for Women in Bangladesh such as Early and Forced Child Marriage' by Fazilatun Nasa Bappy MP

Recent involvement in CPA Programmes: 

In 2017, Parliamentarians from across the Commonwealth gathered in Dhaka, Bangladesh for the 63rd Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, under the conference theme of ‘Continuing to enhance high standards of performance of Parliamentarians’. It was hosted by former CPA President and CPA Chairperson, Hon. Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury, MP, Speaker of the Parliament of Bangladesh. The conference discussions focussed on the importance of development for Parliamentarians, and in turn, Parliament’s performance as a guarantor of democracy and an independent pillar in the separation of powers. 

In 2021, Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians from the CPA Asia Region, including the CPA Bangladesh Branch, joined the discussion on how Commonwealth Parliaments can effectively establish gender sensitive practices as the CWP network hosted its virtual roundtable on gender sensitive Parliament.