1.   Democrats protested that the Republican lawmaker should resign.

2.   Opposition lawmakers have already resigned their parliamentary seats.

3.   Earlier this month, three other lawmakers either resigned from Parliament or quit their party amid separate corruption and influence allegations.

4.   Nearly all the opposition lawmakers have resigned from their positions in parliament.

5.   Newspapers have said that Virtue lawmakers would resign to pave the way for by-elections allowing Erbakan to run as an independent.

6.   One lawmaker resigned and later committed suicide, four became independents and the remaining six formed the breakaway City-Country Alliance.

7.   The House of Representatives opened a new session Monday, but no major legislation was planned now that most opposition lawmakers have resigned from Parliament.

8.   The opposition lawmakers have resigned their seats in Parliament.

9.   The lawmaker resigned the Conservative whip in February.

10.   The motive for the crime is not known but political killings have increased in Bangladesh since opposition lawmakers resigned their parliamentary seats last year to press for early elections.