Category: Profile

  • 13th National Election, Women Candidates: Dilshana Parul (Dhaka-19)

    Dilshana Parul is contesting the 13th National Election from Dhaka-19 (Savar-Ashulia) as a candidate of the National Citizen Party (NCP), supported by the 11-party alliance with Jamaat-e-Islami. Her electoral symbol is the “Shapla Koli”. She is the only female candidate among eight contenders in the constituency. Parul, described in party materials as a development worker,…

  • 13th National Election, Women Candidates: Israt Sultana Elen Bhutto (Jhalokathi-2)

    Israt Sultana Elen Bhutto is contesting the 13th National Election from Jhalokathi-2 as a candidate of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). She is one of ten women BNP candidates in the election. She previously served as a Member of Parliament from Jhalokathi-2, first elected in a 2000 by-election and re-elected in the 2001 general election…

  • 13th National Election, Women Candidates: Seema Dutta (Dhaka-7)

    Seema Dutta is contesting the 13th National Election from Dhaka-7 as a candidate of the Bangladesher Samajtantrik Dal (Marxist), also known as the Socialist Party of Bangladesh (Marxist, SPB). Her party’s symbol in the election is a pair of scissors. The Dhaka-7 constituency encompasses Lalbagh, Chawkbazar, Banshal, and parts of Kamrangirchar and Kotwali within the…