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Parliament on Monday passed seven bills, including the Representation of the People (Amendment) Bill, 2026 and the Electoral Rolls (Amendment) Bill, 2026, as part of the move to endorse the relevant ordinances promulgated during the interim government period.
Minister Md Asaduzzaman placed the bills in the House, and then Deputy Speaker Barrister Kayser Kamal, who was chairing the House, piloted the bills separately to a vote.
The bills were passed by voice votes as there was consensus in the all-party parliamentary special committee to accept these ordinances.
Other bills, passed in the parliament, include Delimitation of Parliamentary Constituency Bill, 2026, Election Commission Secretariat (Amendment) Bill, 2026, the Election Officer (Special Provision) (Amendment) Bill, 2026, National Parliament Secretariat (Interim Special Provision) (Repeal) Bill, 2026, and Bangladesh Law Officers (Amendment) Bill, 2026.
Besides, the Law Minister placed four other bills in Parliament. The bills are Supreme Court Judges Appointment (Repeal) Bill, 2026, Supreme Court Secretariat (Repeal) Bill, 2026, National Human Rights Commission (Repeal and Restoration) Bill, 2026, and Land Use Control and Agriculture Land Protection Bill, 2026.