Dhaka, May 2 -- The newly elected women MPs will take oath on Sunday to represent their respective parties from the reserved seats.

Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmad, Bir Bikram, will administer the oath to the MPs-elect at 9pm on Sunday at the Oath Room of the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban, said Director (Public Relations) of the Parliament Secretariat Md. Monir Hossain told UNB on Saturday.

Earlier on April 30, the Election Commission published a gazette declaring 49 lawmakers elected unopposed to the reserved women's seats in the 13th parliament.

The 49 women lawmakers-elect include 36 MPs from the BNP-led alliance, 12 from the Jamaat-led alliance and one independent.

The 36 BNP alliance MPs are Selima Rahman, Shirin Sultana, Rasheda Begum Hira, R...