A parliamentary special committee tasked with scrutinising 133 ordinances issued during the interim government has recommended that 20 ordinances lapse, according to a report submitted to the House this evening.

Of these, 16 will later be reintroduced in parliament as bills by the relevant ministries, while four will be repealed. The committee also recommended the repeal and preservation of four other ordinances.

The panel endorsed 98 ordinances to remain unchanged, while recommending amendments to 15 others.

Here is the full list of the 98 ordinances:

However, opposition members of the special committee issued notes of dissent regarding 20 ordinances. Their objections include four ordinances proposed to remain unchanged, two recommended with amendments, 11 set to lapse but to be reintroduced later by ministries, and three slated for repeal.

The committee recommended the repeal and preservation of four 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.

Sixteen ordinances that will be raised in parliament as bills later are: 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; and the Right to Information (Amendment) Ordinance, 2026; 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.

The special committee slated 15 ordinances to be placed with amendments, including 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.