Selima Rahman

Selima Rahman
সেলিমা রহমান
Rahman in 2018
Minister of State for Cultural Affairs
In office
10 October 2001 – 28 October 2006
Prime MinisterKhaleda Zia
Preceded byRokia Afzal Rahman
Succeeded byC. M. Shafi Sami
Member of the Bangladesh Parliament
for Reserved Women's Seat-27
In office
10 October 2001 – 28 October 2006
Preceded byPanna Kaiser
Succeeded byRubi Rahman
Member of the Bangladesh Parliament
for Reserved Women's Seat-1
Incumbent
Assumed office
3 May 2026
Personal details
PartyBangladesh Nationalist Party
Parent
Relatives

Selima Rahman is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) politician and the incumbent Jatiya Sangsad member for reserved women's seat. She also served as a minister of state at the Ministry of Cultural Affairs of the government of Bangladesh and Member of Parliament from 2001 to 2006.

Background

Rahman is the daughter of justice Abdul Jabbar Khan, a former speaker of the Pakistan National Assembly. Her siblings include journalist and columnist Sadek Khan, poet Abu Zafar Obaidullah, journalist and government minister A.Z.M. Enayetullah Khan, government minister Rashed Khan Menon, architect Sultan M. Khan, photographer Allen Khan and the publisher of New Age, Shahidullah Khan Badal.

Career

Rahman served as the joint secretary general and vice-chairman of the BNP.

Rahman was arrested several times during her political career — in April 2012 under section 54 of the Criminal Procedure Code, in December 2013, in January 2014 for the Ramna Police Station arson case, in August 2015 for assaulting police and in September 2016 for an arson attack on a bus.

In 2026, she was elected for the reserved womens seat in the Jatiya Sangsad.

References

  1. ↑ "List of 7th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  2. ↑ "List of 9th Parliament Members". Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 9 April 2014. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  3. ↑ "49 lawmakers elected to reserved women's seats take oath | National". BSS. Retrieved 28 September 2026.
  4. ↑ "Representation of women reduced to half". Gulf News. 14 October 2001. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  5. ↑ Halim, Anwar Parvez (19 March 2005). "All in the family". Probe News Magazine. Archived from the original on 4 April 2010. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  6. ↑ "Selima Rahman picked up". The Daily Star. 7 January 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  7. ↑ "Govt out to tarnish Zia family's image". The Daily Star. 3 April 2008. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  8. ↑ "Sylhet violence leaves 2 dead". The Daily Star. 24 April 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  9. ↑ "3 BNP leaders freed after detention". The Daily Star. 30 December 2013. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  10. ↑ "BNP leader Selima released". The Daily Star. 17 January 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  11. ↑ "Arrest warrant against BNP's Selima Rahman". The Daily Star. 26 August 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  12. ↑ "Arrest order for BNP's Selima Rahman, 66 others". The Daily Star. 17 August 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  13. ↑ "Pallabi arson: Arrest warrant for Selima, 13 others". The Daily Star. 22 September 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  14. ↑ "EC publishes gazette for women reserved seats, 49 MPs elected unopposed | The Daily Star". www.thedailystar.net. Retrieved 28 September 2026.