Overview of 38^th Session of The National Assembly

The 38th session of the 15th National Assembly was called to meet at the end of a working week on Friday, November 5 at 11 am. However, the sitting could only begin after a delay of 21 minutes and only lasted for 26 minutes. After the two-day weekend break, the next sitting was held on Monday, November 8 at 6pm, beyond the regular working hours. The sitting began with a delay of 36 minutes and lasted 3 hours and 3 minutes. The next sitting was scheduled to begin at 5 pm on Tuesday, November 9 but started with a delay of 55 minutes and lasted 1 hour and 36 minutes. On Wednesday, November 10, the sitting began with a delay of 50 minutes at 11:50 am and was adjourned after 1 hour and 10 minutes. No session was held on Thursday, November 11. On Friday, November 12, the sitting lasted only 1 hour and 17 minutes and was held with a delay of 12 minutes at 11:12 am. After a break of another two days on Saturday and Sunday, the Assembly met again on Monday, November 15, when again the house was called at meet at the end of the working day at 5 pm though it started with a delay of 32 minutes and continued only for an hour and 26 minutes. On Tuesday, November 16, the house was called to meet at 11 am but could only begin after a delay of 42 minutes and worked only for an hour and 40 minutes. The last sitting of the 38th session was held on Friday, November 19 with a delay of 25 minutes and lasted for only 10 minutes after which the session was prorogued.

The National Assembly met for 10 hours and 48 minutes with an average time of 1 hour and 21 minutes per sitting. The longest sitting lasted for 3 hours and 3 minutes on November 8, 2021 while the shortest sitting was held only for 10 minutes on November 19, 2021. All 8 sittings were held with an average delay of 42 minutes per sitting.