Shakila Farzana

Barrister Shakila Farzana is the member of parliament for reserved Women's Seat-8 in the 13th Parliament. She has entered Parliament for the first time on the nomination of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). In Parliament she is a member of the Special Committee on Amending the Constitution and of the Standing Committee on the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs.

Her father, Syed Wahidul Alam, was the member of parliament for Chattogram-5 from 1991 to 2006 and served as a BNP Whip from 2001 to 2006. Her mother is Farida Wahid. Shakila Farzana passed the SSC from Bangladesh Mohila Samity Girls' High School in Chattogram and the HSC from Chittagong College. After obtaining LLB and LLM degrees from the University of Chittagong, she obtained a second LLB degree from the University of London and completed the Bar Vocational Course at City University, London.

A lawyer by profession, Shakila Farzana practises in the High Court Division of the Supreme Court. Early in her career she worked for two years with Barrister Rafique-ul Huq and for more than four years with Barrister Rokanuddin Mahmud. In 2008 she set up her own law firm, Law Cornerstone. She is a member of the Dhaka District Bar Association and the Supreme Court Bar Association.

In politics she has served as joint general secretary of the Supreme Court unit of the Jatiyatabadi Ainjibi Forum, the organisation of pro-BNP lawyers. In April 2026 the BNP nominated her for a reserved women's seat. She became the member of parliament for reserved Women's Seat-8 through the votes of the members of parliament. Her husband, Md. Bahauddin, is a Chattogram-based businessman. The couple have two children.

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