Dhaka: Quorum crisis wasted 48 hours and 26 minutes from seventh session to 13th session of the 10th parliament, causing a waste of over Tk 47 crore.  

A new study conducted by the Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) found it.

The TIB revealed findings of the study at a press conference held at its office in MIDAS Centre of Dhanmondi in the capital city on Sunday morning (April 09).

TIB’s executive director Dr Iftekharuzzman, member of the trusty board Advocate Sultana Kamal and other officials of the watchdog spoke at the press conference and presented their findings.

According to the TIB study, the Parliament sessions faced quorum crisis 28 minutes on an average on each working day of the seven sessions. The quorum crisis of the sessions wasted Tk 47 crore 20 lakh, 33 thousand and 204.  

The study estimated that about Tk 1, 62,434 are needed to conduct a parliament session for one minute.

BDST: 1345 HRS, APR 09, 2017
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