Selima Rahman

Selima Rahman is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) politician. She served as a minister of state at the Ministry of Cultural Affairs of the government of Bangladesh and Member of Parliament from 2001 to 2006.

Background Rahman is the daughter of justice Abdul Jabbar Khan, a former speaker of the Pakistan National Assembly. Her siblings include journalist and columnist Sadek Khan, poet Abu Zafar Obaidullah, journalist and government minister A.Z.M. Enayetullah Khan, government minister Rashed Khan Menon, architect Sultan M. Khan, photographer Allen Khan and the publisher of New Age, Shahidullah Khan Badal.

Career Rahman served as the joint secretary general and vice-chairman of the BNP.

Rahman was arrested several times during her political career — in April 2012 under section 54 of the Criminal Procedure Code, in December 2013, in January 2014 for the Ramna Police Station arson case, in August 2015 for assaulting police and in September 2016 for an arson attack on a bus.