The first session of Bangladesh’s 13th National Parliament is expected to begin in the second week of March, likely around March 12. According to multiple sources from Bangabhaban, the Parliament Secretariat, and both ruling and opposition parties, preparations for the session have been completed. The Secretariat has already informed the President’s Office, and the President may call the session soon under Article 72 of the Constitution. The session must be held by March 14, within 30 days of the publication of the election gazette on February 13.

The session will open without a sitting Speaker or Deputy Speaker, as the previous Speaker resigned and the Deputy Speaker is in jail. A senior member or the Chief Election Commissioner may preside over the first meeting until a new Speaker is elected. The President will deliver his constitutional address at the opening session. Opposition leaders from Jamaat-e-Islami have pledged constructive participation, while government ministers have called for cooperative politics.

The first meeting will elect a new Speaker and possibly a Deputy Speaker, followed by the President administering the oath. Subsequent sittings will include condolence motions, the President’s speech, and presentation of ordinances issued since the last Parliament.