2:20 pm, Tuesday, 7 April 2026

Ex-speaker Shirin Sharmin arrested

 

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s Detective Branch (DB) has arrested Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury, the former speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad.

 

She was picked up from his Dhanmondi residence in the capital at about 4:30AM on Tuesday.

 

DB Additional Commissioner Md Shafiqul Islam confirmed the move, noting she was taken into custody.

 

Shirin Sharmin served as Speaker from April 30, 2013, until her resignation on September 2, 2024.

 

The DB has not disclosed the specific case in which she was arrested.

 

Shirin originally entered the parliament in 2009 through a reserved seat for women and served as the state minister for women and children affairs before her elevation to the speaker’s chair.

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Ex-speaker Shirin Sharmin arrested

Update Time : 12:08:47 pm, Tuesday, 7 April 2026

 

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s Detective Branch (DB) has arrested Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury, the former speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad.

 

She was picked up from his Dhanmondi residence in the capital at about 4:30AM on Tuesday.

 

DB Additional Commissioner Md Shafiqul Islam confirmed the move, noting she was taken into custody.

 

Shirin Sharmin served as Speaker from April 30, 2013, until her resignation on September 2, 2024.

 

The DB has not disclosed the specific case in which she was arrested.

 

Shirin originally entered the parliament in 2009 through a reserved seat for women and served as the state minister for women and children affairs before her elevation to the speaker’s chair.