Bangladesh Institute of Democracy and Development

 Abstract 
Parliament is an ancient institution of modern world as it is exercised ample power to formulate various laws since the Greek City State. In modern days, it is also exercised enormous power especially in democratic system as a symbol of people’s sovereignty. Law making is the most direct and influential function of parliament irrespective of its nature- large or small, unicameral or bicameral across the world. Among the commonwealth countries, it is seen almost identical pattern in lawmaking process as that was established by the United Kingdom in colonial period. Nonetheless, each country has its own fashion to make its law. As a democratic state, parliament of Bangladesh exercises immense power exclusively to formulate and pass all kinds of legislation by dent of its various constitutional provisions. The law making process in Bangladesh is primarily initiated by the Members of Parliament (MPs) submitting a notice to parliament secretary for seeking permission to raise a Bill. Subsequently, crossing various stages, it passes by the parliament as a law and ends with the ascent of the President. After following various stages and long procedure, the Bill turns into law and publishes officially as a Gazette. This article is intended to explain the procedural aspect of law making in Bangladesh.