A 2006 rule change takes centrestage after lawmakers debate over parliamentary etiquette
June 18, 2026
Senior Correspondent
bdnews24.com
Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmad has ruled that members of parliament may show respect to the speaker’s chair, or the presiding chair, according to their respective religious practices.
Delivering the ruling at the start of Thursday’s parliamentary sitting, he said the word “bowing” had been removed from the Rules of Procedure through an amendment in 2006.
The Opposition lawmaker says “the practice conflicts with Islamic principles and borders on shirk”
The intervention comes moments after Jamaat MP uses an analogy describing exchanges between government and its critics
The Opposition chief whip says it crosses parliamentary norms and violated personal and religious freedoms
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