The National Consensus Commission has presented a revised proposal requiring parties to directly nominate women candidates for seven percent of parliamentary seats, while retaining the existing 50 reserved seats for women. The Constitutional Reform Commission had called for women to fill 100 parliamentary seats through direct contests. Each political party will then nominate women candidates to directly contest 15 percent of the seats in the 14th national election. In this way, by the 15th general election, political parties will nominate a sufficient number of women so that 100 women will be directly elected to parliament. Accordingly, there is a provision that the seats reserved for women will remain in place until 2043.

Source: bd News24 July 30, 2025 12:25 UTC