The session which is set to convene at 5 pm, will be a ‘very brief’ one, according to the Parliament Secretariat. A small number of MPs -- likely to be around 60 -- will attend the session only to fulfil the quorum, said an official of the secretariat. Social distancing will be highly maintained during the session with a number of different steps being taken to avoid crowding in the parliament building. The constitution directs a session to take place by 60 days of the previous session. Therefore, the seventh session has to open by Apr 18, as the sixth session ended on Feb 18.

Source: bd News24 April 18, 2020 07:18 UTC