The 11th parliament will go into its first budget session on Tuesday (Jun 11).
The session will begin at 5pm with Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury in the chair, according to the parliament secretariat.
It would be the third session of the current parliament and first budget session of the Awami League (AL) government which assumed office after a landslide victory in the Dec 30 election.
Prior to Tuesday’s session, the business advisory committee will sit at level-2 of the Parliament Complex to fix the tenure of the budget session at 4pm.
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal will place the national budget for 2019-20 fiscal in the House on Thursday (Jun 13) -- his first budget as the finance minister.
It will also be the 19th budget by the AL government and the 48th national budget in the history of Bangladesh.
On May 13, President Abdul Hamid convened the budget session exercising the power bestowed upon him as per Clause (1) of Article 72 of the Constitution.
The first session of the 11th parliament began on Jan 30.