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JS budget session prorogued

By Staff Correspondent
The budget session of Jatiya Sangsad was prorogued yesterday after sitting for 25 days.
During the session that be-?an on June 5, the House passed 6 bills including the controversial Zila Parisnad Bill. Besides. scrutiny reports on 13 other bills were submitted before the House.
Placed on June 8 the national budget for 2000-01 fiscal was passed on June 29 following a general discussion. As many as 119 MPs participated in the discussion that lasted for 33 hours and 40 minutes.
Despite their symbolic attendance. the BNP-led opposition lawmakers continued their boycott of the House proceedings until rhe session, the 18th of the seventh parliament, was over.
Speaking before the prorogation. both Speaker Humayun Rasheed Chowdhury and Leader of the House Sheikh Hasina regretted the role of opposition MPs and hoped they would join in the following session.
The Speaker thWi^d dppdsi-' tion parties’ return to the House as a notable achievement in the । Ju st-concluded session.
“The opposition parties' re-tuni. for a brief time though, resulted in a lively atmosphere in the House. But I wondered that they did not participate in the proceedings. The matter appeared unprecedented to me." he said.
In her winding up speech. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina refuted opposition leader s allegation that the parliament lacked the right atmosphere for the opposition MPs to return and participate in the proceedings
"The atmosphere is alright ... It is the opposition that destroyed the atmosphere at different times." she said, asking the opposition leader to explain what the latter meant by atmosphere.
Fazle Rabbi of the pro-government faction of Jativa Party also criticised the opposition leader for her decision to continue the boycott. "What is the ' nation gaining out of your boycott? You are simply depriving your electorate." Rabbi told the boycotting MPs.
He also requested the
Speaker and the PM to take tresh Initiatives to bring the opposition back to parliament in its next session.
With continued absence of the opposition lawmakers, the House suffered chronic crisis of quorum on most of the 25 working days in the session. But the attendance dramatically increased ow the'ocheludlng day. Against an average of 50, the House yesterday had about 100 MPs present until the end of the sitting.
On the last day of the budget session, the parliament passed the Copyright Bill providing for major amendments to modernise and update the copyright law. Besides, two more new bills— one seeking amendments to the Bank Company Act and the other providing changes in the Financial Institution Act— were introduced and sent to the parliamentary standing committees on relevant ministries for examinations.
The House also hosted a general discussion thanking Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. State Minister for Sports Obaidul Quader, Bangladesh Cricket Board President Saber-Hossain Choudhury, the cricket players and others concerned for Bangladesh’s earning the Test status.
Ruling party MP Abdul Latif Mirza moved the vote of thanks while Industries Minister To-fail Ahmed and Fazle Rabbi of Jativa Party discussed on the motion.
Earlier. Tajul Islam Choudhury of JP placed the report of an investigation committee on alleged negligence in the medical treatment of his party MP Zulflkar Ali Bhutto, who died recently. In the report. Choudhury' and two other MPs recommended punitive action against three doctors at the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases and Hospital in the city for their negligence In treating Bhutto.
Deputy Minister for Food Dhirendra Devanath Shambhu made a statement on the country’s food situation. The House also disposed of two call attention notices— one on a yearly loss of Tk 18 crore incurred by Biman Bangladesh Airlines and the other on damage of paddy' bv flash flood In kishoreganj.