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SANGSAD BHABAN, April 9, 2026 (BSS) - The Jatiya Sangsad today passed a total of 12 bills including the National Human Rights Commission (Repeal and Re-introduction) Bill, 2026, in an aim to endorse or repeal the relevant ordinances promulgated during the interim government.

Of the bills, nine were passed, keeping the provisions of the ordinances intact, while three others were passed by repealing earlier ordinances.

Among the three bills passed to repeal the ordinances, the House passed the National Human Rights Commission (Repeal and Re-introduction) Bill, 2026 in order to reinstate the National Human Rights Commission Act, 2009, by repealing the relevant ordinance released during the interim government.

The relevant ministers or state ministers placed and moved the bills in the House and the Speaker piloted the bills to votes. Later, Members of Parliament (MPs) passed the bills by voice votes.

The nine bills passed retaining the interim government’s ordinances include: the National Sports Council (Amendment) Bill, 2026, the Bangabandhu Krirasebi Kalyan Foundation (Amendment) Bill, 2026, the Sheikh Hasina National Youth Development Institute (Amendment) Bill, 2026, the 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, the Local Government (Union Parishad) (Amendment) Bill, 2026 and the Legal Aid Services (Amendment) Bill, 2026.

The two other bills passed to repeal the earlier ordinances are the Supreme Court Secretariat (Repeal) Bill, 2026 and the Supreme Court Judges Appointment (Repeal) Bill, 2026 – repealing the two relevant ordinances released during the interim government.