A sub-committee of the Parliament Library Committee has recommended advising the main committee to take steps for selecting a suitable location for the Bangladesh Institute of Parliamentary Studies (BIPS) and appointing a rector for the institute.

The recommendation came at the first meeting of the Library Committee’s Sub-Committee No. 3 held at the Jatiya Sangsad Library on Wednesday, according to a press release issued by the Parliament Secretariat.

The meeting was chaired by the sub-committee convener Dr Mahabubur Rahman and attended by members Nayab Yusuf Ahmed and Mohammad Nazibur Rahman.

During the meeting, discussions were held on preparing a report for submission to the main committee regarding plans to operate the institute in accordance with the Bangladesh Institute of Parliamentary Studies (BIPS) Act, 2001 by integrating the National Parliament Library with the institute.

The sub-committee also discussed presenting and reviewing a comparative overview of parliamentary institutes in Asian and Commonwealth countries alongside Bangladesh’s BIPS.

To make BIPS operational, it recommended necessary amendments, additions and revisions to the law before placing it in the Library Committee.

Meanwhile, the first meeting of Sub-Committee No. 4 of the Jatiya Sangsad Library Committee was also held at the Parliament Library on Wednesday with convener Mohammad Nazibur Rahman in the chair.

Committee member Nayab Yusuf Ahmed also attended the meeting.

The meeting discussed the National Parliament Library Regulations 2012 and the National Parliament Research Policy 2023.

The sub-committee recommended making necessary amendments, additions, deletions and revisions to the National Parliament Library Regulations 2012 before placing the revised document before the main committee.
It also directed that the National Parliament Research Policy 2023 be further reviewed and revised for presentation at the next meeting.