Published : 01 Oct 2026, 04:12 PM
Updated : 01 Oct 2026, 04:11 PM
BNP's reserved women's seat Member of Parliament Ferdousy Ahmed Mishti has met with Speaker of the House Hafiz Uddin Ahmad, but did not clarify whether she has submitted her resignation.
Mishti went to the Speaker's office at the Parliament building at 1:40pm on Thursday. She left at 1:45pm, five minutes later.
As she was leaving, journalists asked about her possible resignation. Mishti said, "The speaker has called me. I came to talk to the speaker."
Noting that she had been instructed by the prime minister to submit her resignation, the journalists wanted to know whether she had submitted it. In response, Mishti said: "Let there be an investigation. Whatever emerges from the investigation will stand. The speaker has called me, I came to talk to the speaker."
Later, when asked about submitting the resignation, she said: "Whatever the BNP decides, that will be the decision."
She then left the parliament building without answering any further questions.
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman had previously ordered Mishti to resign from her parliamentary seat over the attack on the Radda MCH-FP Centre and an alleged attempt to take control of the healthcare facility in Dhaka's Mirpur.
Tarique's Press Secretary Abu Abdullah M Saleh confirmed the development to bdnews24.com on Thursday afternoon.
However, it is not yet confirmed whether Mishti has submitted her resignation.
The Speaker's Office of the Parliament Secretariat told bdnews24.com that they have not received any resignation letter from Mishti.
The Radda MCH-FP Centre has been providing free primary healthcare, maternity care and family planning services to poor and disadvantaged mothers and children in Mirpur since 1974.
The facility came under attack late on Sept 24.
Around 200 people entered the premises carrying makeshift weapons and accompanied by heavy machinery, demolishing a tin-shed structure and three semi-concrete buildings.
Windows and doors of five rooms in the main pucca building, including the ultrasound room, vaccination room and laboratory, were also smashed.
The attackers took away furniture, medicines, an ultrasonography machine, a generator, computers, printers, refrigerators, air conditioners and cupboards, according to the Radda authorities.
They estimate the overall damage at more than Tk 10 million.
After the vandalism and looting, the attackers put up a signboard bearing the name Somomona Dokandar Samabaya Samity Limited at the site.
A case filed with Shah Ali Police names 200-250 people as suspects, including local BNP leader Hanif Mia.
Several other local leaders of the BNP, known to be part of Mishti’s local political circle, and its affiliated organisations have also been named in connection with the incident.
Many local BNP figures have also been linked to Somomona Dokandar Samabaya Samity Limited, which is involved in a dispute over the land where the Radda Centre stands.
Mishti herself headed the association in 2006, when she was commissioner of Ward No. 8 under Shah Ali Police Station.
An application seeking allocation of the Radda Centre's land to the association was submitted to the housing and public works authorities at the time with Mishti's signature as president.
Mishti, a former joint convenor of Dhaka North BNP, is the younger sister of late BNP leader Nasiruddin Ahmed Pintu.
Her late husband Saidur Rahman Newton was also involved in BNP politics and served as a ward councillor in Dhaka. Mishti was elected councillor of the same ward after his death.
Following the attack on Radda, Mishti said she was no longer involved with the association and denied any role in the vandalism.
