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Mansura Akter to become MP in reserved seat
Daily Sun Report, Dhaka
Published: 20 Apr 2026, 01:52 PM
The BNP has finalised its list of candidates for the reserved women’s seats in the 13th National Parliament (Jatiya Sangsad).
The names were announced on Monday at the party’s central office in Nayapaltan by BNP Senior Joint Secretary General and adviser to the Prime Minister, Ruhul Kabir Rizvi.
Among the nominees, Chhatra Dal leader Mansura Akter has been picked for a reserved parliamentary seat.
In an immediate reaction on her Facebook post, she wrote, “All praise is due to Almighty Allah.”
Mansura Akter is a central vice-president of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal and a student of the Law Department at Dhaka University from the 2012–13 session.
The other nominees are: Selima Rahman, Shirin Sultana, Rasheda Begum Hira, Rehana Akter Ranu, Neawaz Halima Early, Mosammat Farida Yasmin, Bilkis Islam, Shakila Farzana, Helen Jerin Khan, Nilufar Chowdhury Moni, Nipun Roy Chowdhury, Zeba Amin Khan, Mahmuda Habiba, Sabira Sultana, Sansila Jebrin, Sanjida Islam Tuli, Sultana Ahmed, Fahmida Haque, Anna Minj, Subarna Shikder, Shamima Ara Begum Swapna, Shammi Akter, Ferdousi Ahmed, Bithika Binte Hossain, Suraiya Jerin, Johorat Adib Chowdhury, Momtaz Alam, Fahima Nasrin, Arifa Sultana, Sanjida Yasmin, Shaukat Ara Akter, Madhabi Marma, Selina Sultana, Rezeka Sultana and Nadia Pathan Papon.