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chief whip and six whips in parliament. President Mohammed Shahabuddin made the appointments under the Bangladesh (Whips) Order, 1972.

The chief whip shall be responsible for keeping members of parliament supplied with information about parliamentary business, securing their attendance at sessions, arranging the business of each sitting of parliament and performing other related duties.

A whip shall perform such functions as may be assigned to him by the chief whip.