Sangsad Bhaban, July 8 -- Parliament's scheduled Question Hour was cut short on Wednesday after Deputy Speaker Kayser Kamal announced that the ministers designated to answer members' questions were absent from the House.

While presiding over the sitting after Asr prayers, the deputy speaker said the Question Hour could not continue as the ministers concerned were not present to respond to queries.

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"As this is the question-answer session, members are supposed to ask questions to the ministers. Unfortunately, none of the ministers for whom the questions were listed is present in the House. Therefore, we are concluding the Question Hour and moving on to the next item...