Dhaka, Nov. 3 -- BNP on Monday nominated 10 women to compete for 12 seats among the 237 for which it announced candidates for the upcoming national parliamentary election.

That leaves the party on course to meet the requirement of nominating at least 5% women candidates for the existing 300 parliamentary seats in the next election, according to the July Charter.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir announced the names at a press conference held at the party Chairperson's office in Gulshan.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has been nominated for three constituencies - Dinajpur-3, Feni-1 and Bogura-7.

The other women candidates are Afroza Khan Rita (Manikganj-3), Tahsina Rushdir Luna (Sylhet-2), Farzana Sharmin Putul (Natore-1),...