Dhaka, March 12 -- Senior BNP leader Major (Retd) Hafiz Uddin Ahmed, Bir Bikrom and MP Barrister Kayser Kamal were unanimously elected Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the 13th Jatiya Sangsad on Thursday.

The election took place at the beginning of the maiden session of the newly formed Parliament, UNB reports.

At the outset of the maiden session, MPs first elected the six-time parliamentarian as the Speaker of the 13th parliament and then first- time MP Kayser Kamal as the Deputy Speaker.

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