The 10th parliament sits for the last time today, with the main opposition Jatiya Party setting a rare example in the history of the country's parliamentary democracy.

The 17th session of the 10th parliament began with the Speaker of Jatiya Sangsad Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury in the chair.

The 17th session of the 10th parliament is set to begin on September 10 at 5:00pm.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina tells parliament that the country’s law and order situation is normal and people are getting justice as her government has taken various effective steps.

The sitting of the eleventh session of the 10th parliament resumes on June 1, 2016. Finance Minister AMA Muhith is scheduled to place the national budget for the next fiscal year (2016-17) on June 2.

Jatiya Party lawmakers walk out from the parliament protesting the placing of a bill on Supreme Court judges’ remuneration in a show of displeasure over scrapping of a constitutional amendment that empowered parliament to impeach SC judges.

Individuals, private, semi-government, autonomous, religious and educational institutions grab 4,391 acres of railway land, Rail Minister Mujibul Haque tells the parliament.

The 10th session of the parliament will continue till May 5 with nine working days as per the decision taken at a meeting of Business Advisory Committee at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban, meeting sources say.

State Minister for Power and Energy Nasrul Hamid says the government is considering reducing the price of fuel.

The ninth session of the 10th parliament will continue till February 29, according to a decision made by the business advisory committee of the national parliament.

The 10th parliament goes into its eighth session on November 8.

BNP makes it “clear” that it does not have blockade or any other political programmes at present.

Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu says private satellite television channels will not get any scope to telecast “distorted and false” information through talk shows once the broadcast commission is set up.

President Abdul Hamid convenes the seventh session of the 10th parliament on September 1 exercising his power bestowed upon him by article 72 (1) of the Constitution.

Jatiya Sangsad will hold a general discussion tomorrow to congratulate three British-Bangladeshis for their triumph in the recently held British parliamentary elections.

With measured use, the country’s current gas reserve will last for about the next 16 years, Nasrul Hamid, state minister for power says in the parliament.

State Minister for Public Administration Ismat Ara Sadeq announces in parliament that some 2.76 lakh posts have remained vacant with different ministries, divisions and offices of the government.

Finance Minister AMA Muhith is expected to place the budget for the 2015-16 fiscal in the second session of the 10th parliament and it will be passed on June 30.