Dhaka, May 4 -- Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir is expressing hope that reserved women members of parliament will play their due role in parliament.

The BNP secretary general and local government minister expressed the hope to reporters after BNP members of parliament for the reserved women's seats laid wreaths at the graves of party founder Ziaur Rahman and former prime minister Khaleda Zia in Dhaka's Sher-e-Bangla Nagar on Monday afternoon.

He said, "We visited the graves of BNP founder Ziaur Rahman and national leader Begum Khaleda Zia along with our women members who were elected to parliament from the reserved seats. We, on behalf of the party and on behalf of the parliament, Chief Whip Mr Nurul Islam Moni, also came with them [reserve...