The estimated financial loss in the 10th parliament stands at Tk163 crore and 57 lakh 55 thousand and 363 as sessions had to be halted for a total of 194 hours and 30 minutes due to quorum crises, Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) said in its Parliament Watch report.
The transparency watchdog came up with the information at a press briefing held at TIB's Dhanmondi office in the capital on Wednesday morning.
In the report TIB came up with many other observations on the tenth parliament having 23 sessions. The tenth parliament began its journey from January 2014 and continued till October 2018.
The TIB said that only 12 percent of the total time was spent to pass bills in the tenth parliament and a total of 193 bills were passed in the last parliament.
In the eighth parliament, nine percent time was spent to enact bills (2001-2005) while in the ninth parliament (2009-2013), this time was eight percent.
Iftekharuzzaman, Executive Director of the organization