Dhaka, April 19 -- The Women's Affairs Reform Commission has recommended increasing the total number of seats in the parliament to 600, with one general seat for each parliamentary constituency and one reserved for women.

The commission, formed by the interim government, has recommended elections in both cases and believes the recommendation can be implemented during the interim government's tenure.

Commission head Shirin Parveen Haque made these remarks while presenting their recommendations at a press conference after submitting the commission report to Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus on Saturday.

Upon receiving the report, the chief advisor instructed the relevant ministries and departments to swiftly implement the commission's recomme...