Parliament on Thursday passed 12 bills, including the National Human Rights Commission (Repeal and Re-introduction) Bill, 2026, aimed at endorsing or repealing ordinances issued during the interim government.
Of the total, nine bills were passed retaining the provisions of the ordinances, while three were approved by repealing the earlier ordinances.
Among the repeal measures, the House passed the National Human Rights Commission (Repeal and Re-introduction) Bill, 2026 to reinstate the National Human Rights Commission Act, 2009, scrapping the relevant ordinance introduced during the interim period.
The respective ministers and state ministers placed and moved the bills, while the Speaker put them to vote in the House. The Members of Parliament (MPs) approved the bills through voice votes.
The nine bills passed by keeping the interim government’s ordinances intact are the National Sports Council (Amendment) Bill, 2026, Bangabandhu Krirasebi Kalyan Foundation (Amendment) Bill, 2026, Sheikh Hasina National Youth Development Institute (Amendment) Bill, 2026, 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, Local Government (Union Parishad) (Amendment) Bill, 2026, and the Legal Aid Services (Amendment) Bill, 2026.
The two other repeal bills passed are the Supreme Court Secretariat (Repeal) Bill, 2026 and the Supreme Court Judges Appointment (Repeal) Bill, 2026, annulling the respective ordinances issued during the interim government.
