BSS
  14 Jun 2026, 21:27

JS forms standing committees on ministries of Finance, Law

SANGSAD BHABAN, June 14, 2026 (BSS) - The Jatiya Sangsad today constituted two separate parliamentary standing committees on the Finance Ministry and the Law Ministry, appointing BNP and BJP lawmakers as chairmen of the respective committees.

The committee on the Law Ministry will be headed by BJP Chairman and Bhola-1 lawmaker Andaleeve Rahman Partho, while the committee on the Finance Ministry will be chaired by BNP lawmaker Mushfiqur Rahman (Brahmanbaria-4).

The committees were formed during the day's parliamentary sitting chaired by Deputy Speaker Barrister Kayser Kamal. Chief Whip Md. Nurul Islam Moni moved the proposal, which was subsequently adopted by voice vote.

Both committees comprise 10 members each. Two lawmakers from Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and one from the National Citizen Party have been included in each committee.

The members of the Finance Ministry-related Standing Committee are Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury, Md. Nurul Islam (Barguna-2), Mir Shahe Alam (Bogura-2), Jalal Uddin (Chandpur-2), Moinul Islam Khan (Manikganj-1), Shahadat Hossain (Lakshmipur-1), Saiful Alam Khan Milon (Dhaka-12) and Syed Zainul Abdin (Dhaka-4) from Jamaat-e-Islami, and Hasnat Abdullah (Cumilla-4) from the NCP.

Members of the Law Ministry-related Standing Committee are Law Minister Md Asaduzzaman, Mahbub Uddin Khokon (Noakhali-1), Nowshad Zamir (Panchagarh-1), Shakila Farzana (Reserved Women's Seat), Manjurul Islam (Dinajpur-1), Hasan Rajib Pradhan (Lalmonirhat-1), Najibur Rahman Momen (Pabna-1) and Al Faruq Abdul Latif (Nilphamari-2) from Jamaat-e-Islami, and Akhter Hossen (Rangpur-4) from the NCP.

Earlier, on Wednesday, Parliament formed the Standing Committee on the Planning Ministry.

There are a total of 50 parliamentary and ministry-related standing committees in the Jatiya Sangsad. With the formation of the two committees today, eight standing committees have so far been constituted.