The Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad is the presiding officer of the Parliament of Bangladesh.

In exercising her powers whether vested in her by the Constitution, the Rules of Procedure, or any other law, the Speaker of Jatiyo Shangshad like her counterparts in any parliamentary democracy of the Westminster model, assumes a neutral role.

He is the final authority for the sanction of expenditure out of the budget of the Parliament Secretariat.

He also nominates, such a number of members of parliament, as prescribed in the relevant law, to the senates of 7 major Universities of the country.

In the constitutional arrangement of Bangladesh, as soon as a care-taker government comes into power following the dissolution of Parliament and the Prime Minister and the members of the Cabinet, the Leader and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the Chief Whip and Whips of Parliament are deemed to have relieved themselves of their responsibilities.