, March 12 -- The formal session of the 13th Parliament suffered a hiccup at the beginning of the new Speaker's tenure due to a technical glitch, but the afternoon call to prayer (Zohr) saved him from further embarrassments.

After the election of Speaker Hafizuddin Ahmad and Deputy Speaker Kayser Kamal followed by their oath-taking ceremonies, the session started at 12:57pm. But the Speaker's microphone was found to be not working, leading to an awkward situation.

After repeated attempts to fix the issue, the Speaker was handed a microphone to speak.

As Speaker Hafizuddin Ahmad started to talk, Md Saiful Alam, an opposition MP elected from Dhaka-12, drew the attention of the Speaker and communicated to him that the MPs were still unabl...