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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Sagufta Yasmin Emily<br />
| native_name = সাগুফতা ইয়াসমিন এমিলি<br />
| native_name_lang = bn<br />
| constituency_MP = [[Munshiganj-2]]<br />
| predecessor = [[Mizanur Rahman Sinha]]<br />
| term_start = 24 January 2009<br />
| party = [[Bangladesh Awami League]]<br />
| nationality = Bangladeshi<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|11|03|df=y}}<br />
| website = {{URL|shaguftayasmin.com}}<br />
}}<br />
'''Sagufta Yasmin Emily''' (born 3 November 1962)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/current-mp-s/list-of-11th-parliament-members-english?layout=edit&id=3732|title=Constituency 172_11th_En|website=Bangladesh Parliament|access-date=2019-07-22}}</ref> is a [[Bangladesh Awami League]] politician and a member of parliament from the [[Munshiganj-2]] constituency.<ref>{{cite news|title=The heritage of Munshiganj|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/country/the-heritage-munshiganj-1322434|access-date=19 November 2017|work=The Daily Star|date=30 November 2016|language=en}}</ref> She served as a [[Whip (politics)|whip of the parliament]] in the [[2008 Bangladeshi general election|9th National Parliament]] (2009-2013).<ref>{{cite news|title=AL, BNP hold parliamentary party meet tomorrow|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-72675|access-date=19 November 2017|work=The Daily Star|date=24 January 2009|language=en}}</ref><br />
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==Education==<br />
Emily completed her bachelor's and master's degree in geography from the [[University of Dhaka]] in 1984 and 1986 respectively.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.shaguftayasmin.com/|title=Sagufta Yasmin Emily|website=www.shaguftayasmin.com|access-date=2019-07-22}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
Emily was elected to parliament from [[Munshiganj District]] in January 2009 as a candidate of Bangladesh Awami League.<ref>{{cite news|title=Vote for Boat for digital Bangladesh|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-67453|access-date=19 November 2017|work=The Daily Star|date=17 December 2008|language=en}}</ref><br />
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Emily was reelected to the parliament in January 2014.<ref>{{cite news|title=Include domestic work in labour law|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-129622|access-date=19 November 2017|work=The Daily Star|date=11 March 2010|language=en}}</ref> On 8 March 2010 at a roundtable organized by Transparency International Bangladesh, she described the religiously motivated terrorism as an obstacle for the advancement for women in Bangladesh.<ref>{{cite news|title=Women's role in decision making vital for good governance|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-129204|access-date=19 November 2017|work=The Daily Star|date=8 March 2010|language=en}}</ref> At the Padma Bridge—New Lifeline of Development organized by BSRM and The Daily Star on 10 January 2016, where she talked about the effects of river erosion in her constituency. She told the panel how the local government had to use millions of takas worth of sandbags to prevent erosion.<ref>{{cite news|title=Up to an uphill Padma task|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/uphill-padma-task-199741|access-date=19 November 2017|work=The Daily Star|date=10 January 2016|language=en}}</ref> In July 2016 she accused some Non-Government Organisations of being involved with activities against the state and called for the government to take action against them. State Minister for Social Welfare [[Nuruzzaman Ahmed]] said the government will monitor their activities and that the government was willing to take "drastic action" if the situation demands it.<ref>{{cite news|title=Action against NGOs if found involved in anti-state activities|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/backpage/action-against-ngos-if-found-involved-anti-state-activities-1259926|access-date=19 November 2017|work=The Daily Star|date=27 July 2016|language=en}}</ref><br />
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