DMP bans meetings, protests near parliament during budget session

Ahead of the budget session, the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has taken additional security measures on and around the parliament premises.

In an advisory on Friday, the DMP banned all types of meetings, gatherings, processions and demonstrations in and around the parliament building centring the budget session scheduled to begin on Sunday.

President Mohammed Shahabuddin convened the session on May 7. exercising the power bestowed upon him by Article 72 (1) of the Constitution.

This is the second time parliament will sit since the BNP-led government came into power.

The budget session is usually long. Before the session, the Business Advisory Committee meets to determine the session’s duration.