Bangladesh parliament house

Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban (Parliament House) is the National Assembly building of Bangladesh, located at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar has distinctive architectural features. Designed by the famous architect Louis I. Kahn, it may be called an architectural wonder of this region.

National Assembly is the national parliament of Bangladesh. The current parliament of Bangladesh consists of 345 seats including 45 women reserves seats distributed on elected party position in the parliament in the parliament. They are called Members of Parliament or MPs.

The leader of the party (or alliance parties holding the majority of seats is the Prime Minister, and Chief Executive of the government.
The President of Bangladesh, who is the ceremonial head of state, chosen by parliament.

Bahrain parliament house

Preparations are in full swing to start reclamation work for the new state-of-the-art BD 19 million National Assembly.Shura Council chairman Ali Saleh Al Saleh and Parliament chairman Khalifa Al Dhahrani discussed the project with Works and Housing Minister Fahmi Al Jowder. The landmark development, commissioned by His Majesty King Hamad, is expected to be completed in 2010.

It will be constructed on a 10-hectare artificial island on Shaikh Daij Highway, off the Marina Club fountain.

Designs have been inspired by Arab and Islamic architecture to epitomise principles enshrined in Bahrain's constitution.

It will include three main halls, offices for MPs and committees, a hi-tech library, conference rooms, parking lot and research facilities.

Bahamas, The parliament house

The Parliament of the Bahamas is bicameral (Consisting of two chambers) with an appointed Senate and an elected House of Assembly. Her Majesty the Queen, represented by the Governor General is also part of the Bahamas Parliament.

The First meeting of Parliament (General Assembly) took place on 29th September 1729 and was made up of twenty-four members representing the Islands of New Providence, Eleuthera and Harbour Island.

The Parliament is mandated by Article 52(l) of the Constitution to make laws for the peace, order and good government of the Bahamas. The Constitution authorizes Parliament to make laws by passing Bills. In addition to its constitutional functions Parliament maintains oversight of Government’s financial matters through the Public Accounts Committee.

Parliament is the forum where public policy and matters of national importance are debated.

Azerbaijan parliament house

The National Assembly is the legislative branch of government in Azerbaijan.

Azerbaijan's first parliament was elected in 1995. The present 125-member, previously 100 members were elected by proportional representation. All 125 members are returned from single-member constituencies. Unicameral parliament was elected in November 2005.

Austria parliament house

Parliament of Austria (Österreichisches Parliament) contains the legislative power of the Republic of Austria. The consists of two chambers,

National Council have 183 member who are elected directly in general elections. Their term of office is five year.

Federal Council have variable membership, currently 62 member, elected indirectly through provincial diets. Revolving membership have term of delegates varies by province.

The Federal Assembly is a body of mostly ceremonial function, consisting of the members of both houses of parliament. The Federal Assembly convenes only rarely, for instance to witness the inauguration of the Federal President. It might be noted, however, that under exceptional circumstances the Austrian consitution endows the Federal Assembly with significant responsibilities. An example of this would be its pivotal role in the hypothetic impeachment of a Federal President.

Both houses of parliament are located on Vienna’s Ringstra.

Australia parliament house

House of Representative is decorated in green in a reflection of House of Commons at Britain. However, the colour is muted to suggest the colour of eucalyptus leaves.

From the perspective of the image to the right, the press gallery is ahead, with public galleries to the left and right. Soundproofed galleries for school groups lie directly above these, as no talking is permitted when the House is sitting.

Frontbench (Cabinet) members approach the table with the ornate box, known as the dispatch box, to speak. Backbenchers have a microphone on their desk, and merely stand to speak (unless they cannot stand), in accordance with standing order sixty.

As is the custom with Westmister parliaments, members of the governing party sit to the Speaker’s right, and the Opposition sits to the Speaker's left. Independents and minor parties sit on the cross-benches. The long benches (the front benches closest to the despatch boxes are reserved for the cabinet on the government's side and the Shadow Cabinet on the Opposition's side.

Aruba parliament house

In August 1947, Aruba presented its first "Staatsreglement" (constitution, for Aruba's "status aparte" as the status of a completely separate and autonomous state within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, under the authority of the Dutch crown. This is the same as in the UK's Statute of Westminister, an equal status of the Dominion Parliaments with the British Parliament, where the Dominions were under the authority of the crown and not of the government of the UK.

In November 1955, J. Irausquin of Aruba's PPA political party spoke in front of the United Nations Trust Committee. He ended his speech saying that in the future there will be changes to come.

In 1972, at a conference in Suriname, Betico Croes (MEP) proposed a "sui-generis" Dutch Commonwealth of four states: Aruba, the Netherlands, Suriname and the Netherlan Antilles, each with its own nationality. Mr. C. Yarzagaray, a parliamentary member representing the AVP political party, proposed a referendum for the people of Aruba to determine Aruba's separate status or "Status Aparte" as a full autonomous state under the crown. He proclaimed: "Aruba shall never accept a federation and a second class nationality."