Staff Reporter :
The Awami League on Thursday named 39 candidates for the seats reserved for women in the Parliament.
The Awami League Parliamentary Board (ALPB) made the list of nominations final at
the meeting held at the party chief and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s Official residence of Ganobhaban.
A total of 822 candidates from across the country collected nomination papers from the Awami League to avail themselves of the opportunity.
The candidates were selected on the basis of their political careers, link
with people and contributions to various movements in the country, said a party press release.
The candidates are Selina Jahan Lita, Advocate Safura Begum Rumi, Advocate Hosne Ara Lutfa Dalia, Advocate Umme Kulsum Smriti, Begum Akhter Jahan, Selina Begum Swapna, Selina Akhter Banu, Laila Arjuman Banu, Shirin Nayeem Punam, Kamrul Laila Jolly, Happy Boral, Rifat Amin, Nasima Ferdousi, Alhaj Lutfunnesa, Mamtaz Begum Advocate, Advocate Tarana Halim, Monwara Begum, Mahjabin Khaled, Fatema Zohra Rani, Dilara Mahbub Asma, Fatema Tuzzohura, Fazilatunnesa Indira, Puni Khan, Sanjida Khanam, Sabina Akhter Tuhin, Rahima Akhter, Advocate Hosne Ara Bably, Kamrun Nahar Chowdhury Lovely, Nilufar Jafar Ullah, Rokhsana Yasmin Chhuti, Advocate Navana Akhter, Asmatul Kibria Keya Chowdhury, Shamsun Nahar Begum Advocate, Fazilaunnesa Bappy, Wasifa Ayesha Khan, Jahanara Begum Surma, Sabiha Nahar Begum, Firoza Begum Chinu and Suchitra Tonchongya.
