The decision was taken at a meeting of the Business Advisory Committee of the current parliament held at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban on Thursday.
Committee chairman and Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury presided over the meeting.
The meeting decided that the parliament sitting will remain adjourned on January 12 as the Akheri Munajat (final prayers) of the first phase of Biswa Ijtema will be held on that day.
However, the Speaker may extend or reduce the working days of the current session.
It also decided that a special session of the House will be held on March 22-23 next on the occasion of the ‘Mujib Borsho’, marking the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
The meeting was informed that parliament will commence the Mujib Borsho’s programmes on March 19 on the occasion of the National Children’s Day while all the MPs will attend the special session on March 22 after paying homage to Bangabandhu by placing wreath at his portrait at Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Memorial Museum at Dhanmondi 32 in the capital.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Raushon Ershad, Tofail Ahmed, Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim, Obaidul Quader, Rashed Khan Menon, Hasanul Huq Inu, Deputy Speaker M Fazle Rabbi Mia, Law Minister Anisul Huq, GM Quader, Anisul Islam Mahmud and chief whip Nur-E-Alam Chowdhury were present at the meeting.