Newly elected Members of Parliament for the reserved women seats of the 13th National Parliamen will take oath on Sunday.
The oath-taking ceremony will be held at 9pm at the oath room in the East Block, Level-1 of the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban.
Earlier on 30 April, the Election Commission (EC) published a gazette announcing the names of 49 MPs elected unopposed to the reserved women seats.
According to the gazette, 36 MPs were elected from the ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and its alliance based on seat allocation.
Another 12 MPs were elected from Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and its alliance, while one MP was elected from a coalition formed by six independent MPs.
Those elected from the BNP-led alliance are Selima Rahman, Shirin Sultana, Rasheda Begum Hira, Rehana Akter Ranu, Newaz Halima Arli, Mst Farida Yasmin, Bilkis Islam, Sakila Farzana, Helen Jerin Khan, Nilofar Chowdhury Moni, Nipun Roy Chowdhury, Jeba Amina Khan, Mahamuda Habiba, Mst Sabira Sultana, Sansila Jebrin, Sanjida Islam, Sultana Ahmed, Fahmida Haque, Anna Minj, Subarna Sikdar, Shamima Ara Begum Swapna, Mosammat Shammi Akter, Ferdousi Ahmed, Bithika Binte Hossain, Mst Suraiya Jerin, Mansura Akter, Joharat Adib Chowdhury, Momtaz Alo, Fahima Nasrin, Arifa Sultana, Mst Sanjida Yasmin, Nadia Pathan Papon, Shaukat Ara Akter, Madhabi Marma, Selina Sultana and Rezeka Sultana.
Those elected from the Jamaat-led alliance are Nurunnisa Siddika, Marjia Begum, Sabikun Nahar, Mst Najmun Nahar, Mahfuza Hannan, Sajeda Samad, Shamsunnahar Begum, Mardia Momtaz, Rokeya Begum, Mahamuda Alam Mitu, Tasmia Pradhan and Mahbuba Hakim.
Sultana Jesmin was elected from the independent alliance.
Meanwhile, the Election Commission on Saturday declared valid the nomination paper of Nusrat Tabassum Jyoti, a candidate from the Jamaat alliance and a leader of the National Citizen Party (NCP), for a reserved women seat in the 13th Jatiya Sangsad.
