49 women MPs sworn in

The newly-elected 49 lawmakers for parliamentary reserved seats for women were sworn in on Wednesday.

Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury administered the oath to the lawmakers at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban at 10:30 am. 

Earlier on February 17, the Election Commission (EC) issued gazette with the names of 49 elected candidates for the parliamentary reserved seats for women.

According to the gazette, 43 elected women MPs are from ruling Awami League, four from Jatiya Party, one from Workers Party and another is independent.

The reserved seats for women are allocated to political parties in proportion with their number of seats in parliament.

The EC declared valid the nominations of 49 aspirants after scrutiny on February 12.