# Bangladesh Parliament Secretariat

Bangladesh Parliament Secretariat (বাংলাদেশ জাতীয় সংসদ সচিবালয়) is a Bangladesh government department responsible for managing and supporting the parliament and the legislative branch. It is located inside the parliament of Bangladesh.
Parliament Secretariat is responsible for organizing the oath taking ceremony of members of parliament. It provides information on activities of the parliament to the press through the Public Relation Department. It allocates development and travel budgets to members of parliament.

## History

Speaker Mohammad Abdul Hamid created an all-party parliamentary body to investigate corruption by staff of the Parliament Secretariat in March 2009. He also had the Comptroller and Auditor General go through all expenditures of the Parliament Secretariat since 1972.
In November 2011, the secretariat organized a discussion on population with United Nations Population Fund at the Parliamentary Member's Club. Distinguished Fellow at the Centre for Policy Dialogue Rounaq Jahan described the secretariat in 2012 as understaffed and underfunded while being relatively weak. She called for it to be strenghted and provided with a permanent staff. It build fences around the parliament in 2015, which drew criticism for undermining the architecture of the parliament.
The Parliament Secretariat Commission approved 3.28 billion BDT budget in May 2019 for members of parliament to spend. It published Parliamentary Practice and Procedure by Khandaker Abdul Haque, an expert on parliamentary affairs.
In 2020, the parliamentary session had to be stopped after around 100 employees of the Bangladesh Parliament Secretariat were infected with COVID-19 at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh. In 2022, it returned 800 million BDT to the government treasury; the money was saved due to fewer working days during the pandemic.
In 2021, the Secretariate disqualified Mohammad Shahid Islam as a member of parliament after he was convicted of a crime in Kuwait.

## List of secretaries

Secretaries and Senior Secretaries :
| # | Name | Position | Term Began | Term Ended |
| 1 | Md. Anwar Ullah | Secretary | 15 September 2024 | Present |
| 2 | K. M. Abdus Salam | Senior Secretary | 31 December 2022 | 14 August 2024 |
| 3 | K. M. Abdus Salam | Secretary | 28 July 2021 | 30 December 2022 |
| 4 | Zafar Ahmed Khan | Senior Secretary | 14 November 2018 | 24 July 2021 |
| 5 | Md. Abdur Rob Hawladar | Senior Secretary | 13 January 2016 | 25 November 2018 |
| 6 | Md. Ashraful Mokbul | Secretary | 25 September 2013 | 31 December 2015 |
| 7 | Md. Mahfuzur Rahman | Secretary | 13 October 2011 | 25 September 2013 |
| 8 | Asfaq Hamid | Secretary | 27 February 2008 | 22 September 2011 |
| 9 | A. T. M. Ataur Rahman | Secretary | 12 July 2006 | 27 February 2008 |
| 10 | Ehsan Ul Fattah | Secretary | 12 April 2006 | 12 July 2006 |
| 11 | Mohammad Lutfur Rahman Talukdar | Secretary | 31 July 2005 | 3 April 2006 |
| 12 | Md. Omar Faruq Khan | Secretary | 4 January 2005 | 24 July 2005 |
| 13 | Khandakar Fazlur Rahman | Secretary | 3 December 2003 | 31 December 2004 |
| 14 | Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmed | Secretary | 26 November 2000 | 30 November 2003 |
| 15 | Kazi Muhammad Monjoor E Maula | Secretary | 11 September 1997 | 30 September 2000 |
| 16 | Abul Hashem | Secretary | 21 July 1991 | 14 August 1997 |
| 17 | Abdul Awal | Secretary | 4 August 1990 | 21 July 1991 |
| 18 | Md. Ayubur Rahman | Secretary | 13 May 1987 | 4 August 1990 |
| 19 | Kazi Jalal Uddin Ahmed | Secretary | 17 June 1986 | 13 May 1987 |
| 20 | Khandakar Asaduzzaman | Secretary | 2 November 1985 | 17 June 1986 |
| 21 | K.G.M Latiful Bari | Secretary | 27 January 1985 | 2 November 1985 |
| 22 | Hossain Ahmed | Secretary | 21 March 1983 | 27 January 1985 |
| 23 | S.S.M Lutful Haque | Secretary | 19 April 1982 | 28 February 1983 |
| 24 | Kazi Jalal Uddin Ahmed | Secretary | 20 March 1979 | 18 April 1982 |
| 25 | Abdul Khalek | Secretary | 27 October 1978 | 20 March 1979 |
| 26 | Abdul Momen Khan | Secretary | 23 January 1976 | 14 July 1976 |
| 27 | A. S. Nur Mohammad | Secretary | 14 December 1975 | 19 January 1976 |
| 28 | S. M. Rahman | Secretary | 21 January 1972 | 14 December 1975 |