Deceased Awami League leader Syed Ashraful Islam’s sister Syeda Zakia Nur has taken oath as MP of Kishoreganj-1 constituency after she won the seat uncontested.

Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury administered the oath on Saturday (Feb 16) at her Parliament offices.

Chief Whip of the parliament Nur-e-Alam Chowdhury and Whip Iqbalur Rahim was present at the oath-taking ceremony.

On Feb 10, Nur was Lipi was announced the winner from the Kishoreganj-1 seat after two other candidates - Jatiya Party’s Mostaeen Billah and Ganatantri Party’s Bhupendra Chandra Bhowmik Dolon - withdrew from the race.
The constituency fell vacant after former AL general secretary Syed Ashraf died at a Bangkok hospital on Jan 3.
Syed Ashraf was elected MP from the seat in the last four general elections — in 1996, 2001, 2008 and 2014.

Syeda Zakia Nur is the daughter of late Syed Nazrul Islam, who served as the acting president of Bangladesh during the 1971 Liberation War.