A parliamentary special committee has recommended that 20 ordinances issued during the interim government be allowed to lapse, while proposing that most others either remain in force or return to parliament in revised form.
The committee, formed to scrutinise 133 ordinances, submitted its report to the House on Thursday evening. It endorsed 98 ordinances to remain unchanged and suggested amendments to 15, reflecting what lawmakers described as a broad effort to streamline and rationalise the interim administration’s legislative output.
Of the 20 ordinances marked to lapse, 16 are set to be reintroduced in parliament as bills by the relevant ministries at a later stage, while four are to be repealed outright.
The committee also made a separate recommendation concerning four key ordinances: the National Parliament Secretariat (Interim Special Provisions) Ordinance, 2024, the Supreme Court Judges Appointment Ordinance, 2025, the Supreme Court Secretariat Ordinance, 2025, and the Supreme Court Secretariat (Amendment) Ordinance, 2026. These, it said, should be repealed and preserved under specific legislative arrangements.
The 16 ordinances that are expected to return to parliament in the form of bills include a wide range of governance and regulatory measures. These are the National Human Rights Commission (Amendment) Ordinance, 2024; the Revenue Policy and Revenue Management Ordinance, 2025; the Revenue Policy and Revenue Management (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025; the National Human Rights Commission Ordinance, 2025 (passed in November); the Referendum Ordinance, 2025; the Enforced Disappearance Prevention and Remedies Ordinance, 2025; the National Human Rights Commission (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025 (passed in December); the Anti-Corruption Commission (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025; the Enforced Disappearance Prevention and Remedies (Amendment) Ordinance, 2026; the Microfinance Bank Ordinance, 2026; the Right to Information (Amendment) Ordinance, 2026; the Value Added Tax and Supplementary Duty (Second Amendment) Ordinance, 2025; the Customs (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025; the Income Tax (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025; the Civil Aviation (Amendment) Ordinance, 2026; and the Bangladesh Travel Agency (Registration and Control) Amendment Ordinance, 2026.
In addition, the committee identified 15 ordinances that should be placed before parliament with amendments. These include the Women and Child Repression (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025; the Public Procurement (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025; the Bank Resolution Ordinance, 2025; the Anti-Terrorism (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025; the Code of Criminal Procedure (Second Amendment) Ordinance, 2025; the National Data Management Ordinance, 2025; the Bangladesh Labour (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025; the Human Organ Transplantation Ordinance, 2025; the Police Commission Ordinance; the Smoking and Tobacco Products Use (Control) (Amendment) Ordinance; the Prevention and Suppression of Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling Ordinance, 2026; the Land Use Control and Agricultural Land Protection Ordinance; the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulation (Amendment) Ordinance; the Private Educational Institutions Teachers and Employees Retirement Benefits (Amendment) Ordinance; and the Private Educational Institutions Teachers and Employees Welfare Trust (Amendment) Ordinance.
Despite the broad consensus reflected in the report, opposition members of the committee submitted notes of dissent over 20 ordinances. Their objections span multiple categories, including four ordinances recommended to remain unchanged, two proposed for amendment, 11 set to lapse but later be reintroduced, and three slated for repeal.
The recommendations now place the fate of the interim government’s legislative measures firmly in the hands of parliament, where decisions on whether to retain, revise or discard them will shape the country’s evolving legal and institutional framework.
