[6] In 2009, she was selected to Parliament from one of forty-five reserved seats for women candidates as a member of Jatiya Party.
She was also a member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Ministry of Women and Children Affairs.
[8] Ratna waded into controversy after she opened a bazaar named after Sadek Ali Howlader in Badarganj municipality on 25 August 2009.
Sadek Ali Howlader was a member of the Pro Pakistani Rajakar militia and allegedly committed war crimes during the Bangladesh Liberation war.
[9] Ratna is married to ABM Ruhul Amin Howlader.