Telecom Amendment Bill 2026 Passed by Voice Vote
On the 12th day of the first session of the 13th National Parliament, the Telecommunication Amendment Bill Ordinance 2026 was passed by voice vote.
On Thursday morning, April 9, the bill was placed in the National Parliament by the Minister of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology, and Science and Technology, Fakir Mahbub Anam. When the minister presented the bill before the House under the chairmanship of Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmed, Bir Bikram, no member opposed it.
As there were no clause-by-clause amendments to the bill, the majority of Members of Parliament voted in favor of incorporating clauses 2 to 69 as part of the bill. Subsequently, the House adopted these clauses as part of the bill.
Thereafter, Members of Parliament voted in favor of clause 1, which includes the preamble, enforcement, commencement, and title of the bill.
Finally, upon the request of the Minister of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology, the bill was passed unanimously.
In the same session, the Parliament also passed 11 additional bills while retaining nine ordinances issued by the interim government unchanged. However, two ordinances related to the appointment of Supreme Court judges and the Secretariat, as well as one ordinance concerning the National Human Rights Commission, were repealed.
Among the ordinances issued by the interim government, the Parliament passed the National Sports Council (Amendment) Bill-2026; Bangabandhu Krirashebi Welfare Foundation (Amendment) Bill-2026; Sheikh Hasina National Youth Development Institute (Amendment) Bill-2026; Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (Amendment) Bill-2026; Public Procurement (Amendment) Bill-2026; Overseas Employment and Migrants (Amendment) Bill-2026; Bangladesh Labour (Amendment) Bill-2026; Local Government (Union Parishad) (Amendment) Bill-2026; and Legal Aid Services (Amendment) Bill-2026.
Additionally, the ‘Supreme Court Judges Appointment Ordinance-2025’ was repealed through the ‘Supreme Court Judges Appointment (Repeal) Bill-2026’, and the ‘Supreme Court Secretariat (Repeal) Bill-2026’ was passed to annul the previous ordinances.
Furthermore, the ‘National Human Rights Commission (Amendment) Ordinance-2024’ was repealed, and the ‘National Human Rights Commission (Repeal and Re-enactment) Bill-2026’ was passed to reinstate the original ‘National Human Rights Commission Act’ of 2009. As a result, the 2009 legal framework for operating the Human Rights Commission has been restored.
As part of parliamentary proceedings, the respective ministers and state ministers presented the bills, which were subsequently passed by voice vote in the presence of both ruling and opposition Members of Parliament.
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