Passed by voice vote, the changes will take effect from the next parliament.

Earlier, the parliamentary standing committee on the rules of procedure headed by Speaker Jamir Uddin Sircar finalised the amendments while committee member Abdul Mannan moved the draft in the House.

As per the amendments, the questions for the minister's question-answer session will be selected by lottery. However, it will not be applicable to the prime minister's question-answer session.

The ministers must send a written answer in the first three days of the next session to the notices of public interest that would not be accepted by the speaker.

Included among the amendments was repealing of provision that says a lawmaker shall bow to the chair while entering or leaving the House and also while taking or leaving the seat. The proposal was put forward by a Jamaat-e-Islami lawmaker.

The amendments regarding formation of the standing committees were carried out to stem the trend of taking a long time to form the standing committees. The current eighth and the previous seventh parliament had completed forming the committees after about two years since the first sitting.

Earlier, the standing committee finalised the report, rejecting suggestions for introducing an 'opposition's day' in parliament. It also excluded the proposal for sending the proposed national budget to parliamentary bodies for scrutiny.

The UNDP (United Nations Development Fund) had recommended that 'opposition days' be introduced to provide adequate time for the opposition lawmakers in parliament. It also suggested allowing the opposition lawmakers to head some of the standing committees to ensure greater accountability of the government.