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Bhola-1
Bhola-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024 the seat is vacant. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Bhola Sadar Upazila. History The constituency was created in 1984 from the Bakerganj-1 constituency when the former Bakerganj District was split into four districts: Bhola, Bakerganj, Jhalokati, and Pirojpur. Members of Parliament Elections Elections in the 2010s Tofail Ahmed was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election. Elections in the 2000s Elections in the 1990s Tofail Ahmed stood for two seats in the June 1996 general election: Bhola-1 and Bhola-2 Bhola-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Burhanuddin and Daulatkhan upazilas. History The constituency was created in 1984 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bhola Sadar Upazila
Bhola Sadar () is an upazila of Bhola District in Barisal Division, Bangladesh. It contains its district headquarters, Bhola. Geography Bhola Sadar is located at . It has a total area of . It is bounded by Mehendiganj, Hizla and Lakshmipur Sadar upazilas on the north, Bauphal and Burhanuddin upazilas on the south, Daulatkhan upazila on the east, Barisal sadar, Mehendiganj and Bakerganj upazilas on the west. Demographics According to the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Bhola Sadar Upazila had 88,068 households and a population of 430,520. 115,195 (26.76%) were under 10 years of age. Bhola Sadar had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 45.22%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1010 females per 1000 males. 87,243 (20.26%) lived in urban areas. Administration Bhola Thana was formed in 1842 and it was turned into an upazila on 1 February, 1984. Bhola Sadar Upazila is divided into Bhola Municipality and 13 union parishads: Alinagor, Bapta, Charshamya, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bhola-2
Bhola-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Burhanuddin and Daulatkhan upazilas. History The constituency was created in 1984 from a Bakerganj constituency when the former Bakerganj District was split into four districts: Bhola, Bakerganj, Jhalokati, and Pirojpur. Members of Parliament Elections Elections in the 2010s Elections in the 2000s Elections in the 1990s Tofael Ahmed stood for two seats in the 1991 general election: Bhola-1 and Bhola-2. After winning both, he chose to represent the former and quit the latter, triggering a by-election. Mosharraf Hossain Shahjahan Mosharraf Hossain Shahjahan (19 September 1939 – 5 May 2012) was a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a former member of parliament from Bhola-1. He was elected to parliament 6 times from Bhola. He was a former state minister of relig ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tofail Ahmed (politician)
Tofail Ahmed (born 22 October 1943) is a Bangladeshi politician. He is a 7-term Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Bhola-1, Bhola-2 and Bakerganj-1 constituencies during 1973–2024. Previously he served as the Minister of Commerce and Minister of Industries of the Government of Bangladesh. Early life and education Ahmed was born on 22 October 1943 to Bengali Muslim parents Moulvi Azhar Ali and Fatema Begum in the village of Koralia in Bhola Island, then a part of the Backergunge District of the Bengal Presidency in a very poor family. Ahmed studied at the Bhola Government High School until 1960 and then at the Brojomohun College until 1962. He graduated from the University of Dacca with a Master of Science in Soil science. Career Ahmed joined the Awami League and in support of the 1966 Six point movement of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. was involved in the 1969 mass uprising in East Pakistan as a student leader. He was the vice-president of Dhaka University Central Stude ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patuakhali-4
Patuakhali-4 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024 the constituency is vacant. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Kalapara Kalapara Upazila (, also known as Khepupara () is an upazila of Patuakhali District in the Division of Barisal Division, Barisal, Bangladesh. History The Rakhine people, Rakhine tribe of Bangladesh first settled in this upazila. A section of the p ... and Rangabali upazilas. History The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973. Members of Parliament Elections Elections in the 2010s Mahbubur Rahman was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election. Elections in the 2000s Elections in the 1990s References External links * Parliamentary constituencies in Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mosharraf Hossain Shahjahan
Mosharraf Hossain Shahjahan (19 September 1939 – 5 May 2012) was a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a former member of parliament from Bhola-1. He was elected to parliament 6 times from Bhola. He was a former state minister of religious affairs. Birth and early life Shahjahan was born on 19 September 1939 in Bhola District. Career Shahjahan joined Bangladesh Nationalist Party soon after Ziaur Rahman founded the party. He became the organizing secretary of Khulna District unit of the party. In 1991 he was made the state minister for water resources in the first cabinet of Prime Minister Khaleda Zia and in 2001 he was appointed state minister of religious affairs in the second cabinet of Khaleda Zia. Death Shahjahan died on 5 May 2012 in United Hospital (Dhaka), United Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh. References 1939 births 2012 deaths Bangladesh Nationalist Party politicians 3rd Jatiya Sangsad members 5th Jatiya Sangsad members 6th Jatiya Sangsad members 8th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andaleeve Rahman
Andaleeve Rahman Partho (born 20 April 1974) is the chairman of the Bangladesh Jatiya Party (BJP), a former Member of Parliament and the principal of British School of Law in Dhaka. Early life Andaleeve Rahman Partho was born on 20 April 1974 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. His father, Naziur Rahman Manzur, was a politician and former minister who served as the founding chairman of the Bangladesh Jatiya Party and as the Mayor of Dhaka. They belonged to a Bengali Muslim family known as the Taluqdars of Balia in Bhola Island. Through his paternal grandfather Bazlur Rahman Taluqdar, Andaleeve Rahman was a direct descendant of Munga Khan, an eighteenth-century figure who arrived in Bengal from Garmsir in Afghanistan and settled in the village of Saluka in greater Barisal. Khan's son, Shaykh Muhammad, was part of the landed aristocracy and received a kharija taluq in Bhola's Balia and Gazaria areas, where the family established themselves as taluqdars. Bazlur Rahman was also a direct descenda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mosharef Hossain Shahjahan
Mosharraf Hossain Shahjahan (19 September 1939 – 5 May 2012) was a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a former member of parliament from Bhola-1. He was elected to parliament 6 times from Bhola. He was a former state minister of religious affairs. Birth and early life Shahjahan was born on 19 September 1939 in Bhola District. Career Shahjahan joined Bangladesh Nationalist Party soon after Ziaur Rahman founded the party. He became the organizing secretary of Khulna District unit of the party. In 1991 he was made the state minister for water resources in the first cabinet of Prime Minister Khaleda Zia and in 2001 he was appointed state minister of religious affairs in the second cabinet of Khaleda Zia. Death Shahjahan died on 5 May 2012 in United Hospital, Dhaka Dhaka ( or ; , ), List of renamed places in Bangladesh, formerly known as Dacca, is the capital city, capital and list of cities and towns in Bangladesh, largest city of Bangladesh. It is one of the l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andaleeve Rahman Partho
Andaleeve Rahman Partho (born 20 April 1974) is the chairman of the Bangladesh Jatiya Party (BJP), a former Member of Parliament and the principal of British School of Law in Dhaka. Early life Andaleeve Rahman Partho was born on 20 April 1974 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. His father, Naziur Rahman Manzur, was a politician and former minister who served as the founding chairman of the Bangladesh Jatiya Party and as the Mayor of Dhaka. They belonged to a Bengali Muslim family known as the Taluqdars of Balia in Bhola Island. Through his paternal grandfather Bazlur Rahman Taluqdar, Andaleeve Rahman was a direct descendant of Munga Khan, an eighteenth-century figure who arrived in Bengal from Garmsir in Afghanistan and settled in the village of Saluka in greater Barisal. Khan's son, Shaykh Muhammad, was part of the landed aristocracy and received a kharija taluq in Bhola's Balia and Gazaria areas, where the family established themselves as taluqdars. Bazlur Rahman was also a direct descenda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naziur Rahman Manzur
Naziur Rahman Manzur (; 15 March 1948 – 6 April 2008) was a Bangladesh Jatiya Party politician, founding chairman of the party, former government minister in the cabinet of Hussain Mohammad Ershad and the first mayor (elected by commissioners) of Dhaka City Corporation. Early life Manzur was born on 15 March 1948 into an esteemed and aristocratic Bengali Muslim family on Bhola Island, situated in what was then the Bakerganj District of East Bengal in the Dominion of Pakistan. His father, Bazlur Rahman Taluqdar, traced his lineage back to Munga Khan, a notable figure who originally hailed from Garmsir in Afghanistan. Their ancestry was linked to the Mughal Emperor Akbar the Great. In the 18th century, Munga Khan, a powerful established himself in the greater Barisal region of Bengal. His influence and status grew significantly, and his son, Shaykh Muhammad, rose to prominence within the Mughal court, serving as a shiqdar – a distinguished title granted by the emperor himself. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bhola District
Bhola District () is an administrative district of Barisal Division in south-central Bangladesh, which includes Bhola Island, the largest island of Bangladesh. It has an area of 3,403.48 km2. It is bounded by Lakshmipur and Barisal District to the north, the Bay of Bengal to the south, by Lakshmipur and Noakhali districts, the (lower) Meghna river and Shahbazpur Channel to the east, and by Patuakhali District and the Tetulia river to the west. Bhola also known as Home of Ilish. History thumbnail, left, 250px, South Shahbajpur Island ( marked as DECCAN SHABAZPOUR l.) which is now Bhola in 1778 map by James Rennell The previous name of Bhola district is Ashutosh. J. C. Jack stated in his "Bakerganj Gazetier" that the island started creating in 1235 and cultivation in this area started in 1300. In 1500, Portuguese and Mog pirates established their bases on this island. The Arakan and Mog pirates established their bases in the southern part of Shahbajpur also. Shahba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangladesh Jatiya Party
The Bangladesh Jatiya Party (), simply known as BJP, is a centre-right conservative political party in Bangladesh. It is a splinter group of the original Jatiya Party, founded by the former President Hossain Mohammad Ershad. It was previously known as Jatiya Party (Naziur), after the late party chairman Naziur Rahman Manzur. Manzur was a Mukti Bahini member in the Bangladesh War of Independence of 1971 and served as the Local Government and Rural Development Minister and Mayor of Dhaka City Corporation under Ershad's regime. Manzur also served as the secretary general of the Jatiya Party between 1998 and 2001. After developing policy differences with Jatiya Party chairman Ershad in early 2001, Manzur formed the Bangladesh Jatiya Party – BJP on 5 August 2001 and maintained the 4-Party Alliance led by Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). The party secured four electoral seats in the 8th National Parliament. In 4-party alliance coalition government (2001–2006) On 14 Januar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
June 1996 Bangladeshi General Election
Snap general elections were held in Bangladesh on 12 June 1996. They were called following the controversial February 1996 elections, which were boycotted by the opposition and saw a turnout of just 21%. The result of the snap elections was a victory for the Bangladesh Awami League, which won 146 of the 300 directly elected seats, resulting in its leader Sheikh Hasina becoming Prime Minister. It was the first election victory for the Awami League since 1973 and the party's removal from power in a 1975 coup. Voter turnout was 75%, the highest to date. Background The June 1996 elections were the second general elections to be held within a four-month period. Previously in February, a general election had been held which was boycotted by all major opposition parties. The opposition were demanding the installation of a neutral caretaker government to oversee the election, citing a 1994 by-election (which they alleged to have been rigged) as evidence of the BNP's inability to hold ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
