Opposition lawmakers staged a walkout from the Jatiya Sangsad on Sunday in protest, alleging that they were being denied their fair share of speaking time, that parliamentary procedures were not being properly followed, and that they were being prevented from raising points of order.

The walkout occurred towards the end of the day's sitting during the budget session of the 13th JS.

Towards the end of the day’s sitting, two amendment bills—the Bangladesh Medical University (Amendment) Bill, 2026 and the Public Examinations (Offences) (Amendment) Bill, 2026—were placed before the Jatiya Sangsad.

After the bills were tabled, opposition lawmaker Muhammad Nazibur Rahman raised a point of order, alleging that lawmakers had not received copies of the bills at least three days prior, as required under Rule 77 of the Rules of Procedure. He noted that whilst the speaker had the authority to waive the three-day requirement, the House should have been formally informed whether that power had been exercised.

He further contended that such a waiver was intended to be an exceptional measure, warning that making it a routine practice would undermine the spirit of Rule 77. The lawmaker also questioned the grounds on which the requirement had been waived without a formal announcement, describing the matter as a cause for concern.

In response, speaker Kayser Kamal said all preconditions for tabling the bills had been fulfilled. He informed the parliament that the bills had been circulated on June 23, 2026 and that all procedural requirements had therefore been met.

Speaking to New Age following the session, Jamaat-e-Islami lawmaker for Pabna-1, Muhammad Nazibur Rahman, said the opposition had no option but to leave the House after repeated complaints over parliamentary proceedings went unaddressed. He alleged that his party had not been allocated the 26 per cent of speaking time to which it believed it was entitled under parliamentary arrangements.

Nazibur also reiterated his criticism regarding the introduction of new bills, claiming that proper parliamentary procedures had been bypassed and that he had received no satisfactory response from the chair when raising the issue.

The opposition lawmaker further complained that when it was his party's turn to raise a point of order, they were not permitted to speak. Instead, he said, BNP secretary general and local government Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir was allowed to make a statement under Rule 300.

‘If we are not allowed to speak, there is no point in remaining inside the parliament,’ Nazibur said.

He concluded that the opposition had walked out for three distinct reasons: they were not being given their fair share of speaking time, proper parliamentary procedures were being ignored, and they were being denied the opportunity to raise points of order.