Forty-eight women Members of Parliament (MPs), elected from the reserved seats unopposed, were sworn in on Sunday, reports UNB.
Of the 48 MPs, 38 were elected to the 10th parliament from Awami League (AL), while 5 from Jatiya Party (JP), three independent ones, and one each from Bangladesh Workers' Party and Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-Jasad.
The 38 AL MPs are Selina Jahan Lita, Safura Begum, Hosne Ara Lutfa Dalia, Advocate Umme Kulsum Smriti, Begum Akhter Jahan, Selina Begum, Selina Akhter Banu, Laila Arjuman Banu, Shirin Nayeem, Kamrul Laila Jolly, Happy Boral, Rifat Amin, Nasima Ferdousi, Lutfun Nesa, Momtaz Begum Advocate, Advocate Tarana Halim, Monwara Begum, Mahjabin Khaled, Fatema Zohra Rani, Dilara Begum, Fatematuz Zohura, Fazilatunnesa Indira, Pinu Khan, Sanjida Khanam, Nilufar Jafar Ullah, Rokhsana Yasmin Chhuti, Advocate Navana Akhter, Asmatul Kibria Keya Chowdhury, Shamsun Nahar Begum, Fazilaunnesa Bappy and Wasika Ayesha Khan.
