SANGSAD BHABAN, April 9, 2026 (BSS) - The Jatiya Sangsad today passed a total of 31 bills, including the National Human Rights Commission (Repeal and Re-
introduction) Bill, 2026, aimed at endorsing, repealing and amending the relevant ordinances promulgated during the interim government.

Of the bills, 27 were passed, keeping the provisions of the ordinances intact, while four others were passed by repealing or modifying earlier 
ordinances.

Among the four bills passed to repeal the ordinances, the House passed the National Human Rights Commission (Repeal and Re-introduction) Bill, 2026 in 
order to reinstate the National Human Rights Commission Act, 2009, by repealing the relevant ordinance released during the interim government.

The Human Organ Transplantation Bill, 2026 was also passed to repeal and amend the existing law.

The two other bills passed to repeal the earlier ordinances are the Supreme Court Secretariat (Repeal) Bill, 2026 and the Supreme Court Judges 
Appointment (Repeal) Bill, 2026 - repealing the two relevant ordinances released during the interim government.

The relevant ministers or state ministers placed and move the bills in the House and the Speaker piloted the bills to votes. 

Later, Members of Parliament passed the bills by voice votes.

The 27 bills passed retaining the interim government's ordinances include: the National Sports Council (Amendment) Bill, 2026, the Bangabandhu Krirasebi 
Kalyan Foundation (Amendment) Bill, 2026, the Sheikh Hasina National Youth Development Institute (Amendment) Bill, 2026, the Bangladesh Energy 
Regulatory Commission (Amendment) Bill, 2026, the Public Procurement (Amendment) Bill, 2026, the Overseas Employment and Migrants (Amendment) 
Bill, 2026, the Bangladesh Labour (Amendment) Bill, 2026, the Local Government (Union Parishad) (Amendment) Bill, 2026 and the Legal Aid Services 
(Amendment) Bill, 2026.

The bills also include the Jatiya Muktijoddha Council (Amendment) Bill, 2026, the Land Use Control and Agricultural Land Protection Bill, 2026, the 
Bangladesh Telecommunications (Amendment) Bill, 2026, the Bangladesh Gas (Amendment) Bill, 2026, the Foreign Grants (Voluntary Activities) Regulation 
(Amendment) Bill, 2026, the Prevention and Suppression of Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling Bill, 2026, the Forest and Tree Conservation Bill, 
2026, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Novotheatre (Amendment) Bill, 2026, the Bangabandhu Science and Technology Fellowship Trust (Amendment) Bill, 
2026, the Zilla Parishad (Amendment) Bill, 2026 and the Local Government (Municipalities) (Amendment) Bill, 2026.

The remaining bills passed in the House are the Local Government (City Corporation) (Amendment) Bill, 2026, the Upazila Parishad (Amendment) Bill, 
2026, Bangladesh Building Regulatory Authority Bill, 2026; Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (RAJUK) Bill, 2026; Personal Data Protection Bill, 2026; 
Bangladesh House Building Finance Corporation (Amendment) Bill, 2026 and Negotiable Instruments (Amendment) Bill, 2026.

Out of the 133 ordinances issued during the interim government, the parliamentary special committee recommended approval to 98 bills in their original form and 15 in amended form.

The special committee, formed to review the 133 ordinances issued during the interim government's tenure, placed its report in the House on April 02 last.