, March 12 -- Senior BNP leader Major (Retd.) Hafiz Uddin Ahmed, Bir Bikrom and MP Barrister Kayser Kamal on Thursday took oath as Speaker and Deputy Speaker respectively of the 13th Parliament.

President Mohammed Shahabuddin administered the oath while Leader of the House and Prime Minister Tarique Rahman was also present.

At the end of the ceremony, the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker signed the oath book.

At the outset of the maiden session of the newly formed Parliament, MPs first elected Hafiz Uddin, six-time parliamentarian and Liberation War Affairs Minister in the new cabinet, as the Speaker of the 13th parliament and then first-time MP Barrister Kayser Kamal as the Deputy Speaker.

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