Hiron\\\'s wife takes oath
Sunday, 22 June 2014
Jebunnesa Afroz, wife of late Awami League MP Shawkat Hossain Hiron, has been sworn in as a Parliament member of Barisal-5 constituency. Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury administered the oath at her office on Sunday morning. The seat fell vacant after Hiron’s death on April 9. Afroz won the June 15 by-poll by a huge margin, securing 183,629 votes against her rival’s 6,136 votes. Parliament Secretariat’s Senior Secretary Md Ashraful Moqbul moderated Sunday’s ceremony, according to bdnews24.com.