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“Women’s representation in the parliament is now at only 21 percent, including the reserved seats. But we have to work on increasing it to 50 percent,” said Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury yesterday.
Parbatya Chattogram Jana Samhati Samiti President Jyotirindra Bodhipriya Larma, known as Santu Larma, yesterday slammed the government for its directive discouraging the use of the word “indigenous”.