India, Feb. 23 -- The first session of the newly elected 13th Parliament of Bangladesh is expected to commence in the second week of March, a top official of the ruling BNP said on Saturday. The spokesman for Prime Minister Tarique Rahman-led Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), Salahuddin Ahmed, said that the first session of the 13th Parliament is expected to convene on March 12, or a few days earlier.

"The session will also present (Muhammad Yunus-led) interim Government ordinances and condolence motions," Ahmed, who is also the home minister in Rahman's new Cabinet, posted on social media. BNP formed the Government, bagging a two-thirds majority in the crucial elections held on February 12, while the far-right Jamaat-e-Islami emerged ...