Dhaka, June 16 -- Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmad on Tuesday cautioned a Jamaat-e-Islami lawmaker against using indecent language during parliamentary proceedings, stressing that Parliament should remain free from offensive and vulgar expressions.

While presiding over the budget discussion in the House, the Speaker intervened after Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami (BJEI) lawmaker Md Abdus Sattar, elected from Nilphamari-1, used a colloquial expression containing a vulgar term while making a point through an analogy.

"Honourable Member, please exercise caution while speaking in Parliament. We do not want any indecent or vulgar words to be uttered in this House," the Speaker said.

He further informed the House that certain objectionable expressions ...