Staff Correspondent: The third session of the 13th Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) is set to begin on August 27. Acting President Hafiz Uddin Ahmad has summoned the session to begin at 3pm that day.

The information was disclosed in a notification signed by Parliament Secretariat Secretary Md Golam Sarwar Bhuiyan on Tuesday (August 11).

According to the notification, Acting President Hafiz Uddin Ahmad, exercising the powers vested in him under Article 72(1) of the Constitution of Bangladesh, has summoned the third session of the 13th Parliament to begin at 3pm on Thursday, August 27, in the Parliament Chamber.

Parliament Secretariat sources said sessions convened around this time of the year are generally relatively short. Such sessions are primarily held to meet constitutional requirements and usually continue for about a week.

However, the duration of the upcoming session will be finalized at a meeting of the Parliament Business Advisory Committee before the session begins, sources said.

Several bills are also expected to be passed during the session, according to Parliament Secretariat sources.

The second session of the 13th Parliament ended on July 15.