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Dandy Dyeing Limited
Dandy Dyeing Limited is a dyeing company owned by the family of former prime minister of Bangladesh Khaleda Zia. The company and former prime minister Khaleda Zia, her sons, Tarique Rahman, and Arafat Rahman, were sued by Sonali Bank on charges of defaulting on a loan. According to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina the company owed 400 million BDT to state-owned Sonali Bank. History Dandy Dyeing Limited was established in 1993 when the Bangladesh Nationalist Party was in power. It started with 30 million BDT in start-up capital. It was listed on the Dhaka Stock Exchange in 1995 and raised 31 million BDT from the market. It was a relatively successful company when Khaleda Zia was prime minister and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party was in power. On 14 September 1996, the Bureau of Anti-Corruption (predecessor to the Anti-Corruption Commission) sued Tarique Rahman, son of former prime minister Khaleda Zia, and four others over a loan taken by Dandy Dyeing Limited using false evaluation of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khaleda Zia
Begum Khaleda Zia (born August–September 1945) is a Bangladeshi politician who served as the prime minister of Bangladesh from 1991 to 1996 and again from 2001 to 2006. She was the first female prime minister of Bangladesh and the second female prime minister in the Muslim world, after Benazir Bhutto. She is the widow of former president of Bangladesh, president of Bangladesh and army commander, Ziaur Rahman. She has been the chairperson and leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) since 1984, which was founded by her husband, Zia, in 1978. Khaleda came to national attention as the First Lady of Bangladesh after her husband, Rahman, became the president in 1977. After Assassination of Ziaur Rahman, Rahman's assassination in 1981, Khaleda joined politics and came to lead BNP. After 1982 Bangladesh coup d'état, a military coup in 1982, she helped lead the movement for democracy. She became the prime minister following the victory of BNP in 1991 Bangladeshi general elect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarique Rahman
Tarique Rahman (born 20 November 1965), better known natively as Tarique Zia, is a Bangladeshi politician and businessman who has been the acting chairman of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) since February 2018. He is the eldest son of former Bangladeshi President of Bangladesh, president Ziaur Rahman and the first female prime minister of Bangladesh, Khaleda Zia. He is also the publisher of Daily Dinkal. Tarique is often described as the de facto leader of the opposition in Bangladesh. In 2018, he was sentenced to life imprisonment for organising the 2004 Dhaka grenade attack by the then-Awami League government. His associates claim these were false allegations and a political ploy. He was later acquitted of the charge by the court in 2024 and his sentence canceled. Tarique was involved in politics from a young age and rose to prominence in the BNP during his mother's tenure as prime minister in the early 2000s. In 2008, Tarique's mother, Khaleda Zia, lost the 2008 Bang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arafat Rahman
Arafat Rahman, nicknamed "Koko" (12 August 1969 – 24 January 2015) was a Bangladeshi cricket organizer and former chairman of the Development Committee of the Bangladesh Cricket Board. He was the younger son of former president of Bangladesh Ziaur Rahman and former prime minister of Bangladesh Khaleda Zia. His elder brother is Tarique Rahman, the current acting chairperson of the BNP. Arafat Rahman is widely remembered for his contributions to cricket in Bangladesh as the chairman of the Development Committee of the Bangladesh Cricket Board from 2002 to 2005. He played a significant role in designing a development programme for the Bangladesh Cricket Board, initiating the High-Performance Squad that worked to train young cricketers and sought to ensure a pipeline of talent for the national cricket team over the following decade. Rahman came to face significant legal trouble in his later life, as he was exiled by the caretaker government of 2007–08 and faced a six year jail ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheikh Hasina
Sheikh Hasina (''née'' Wazed; born 28 September 1947) is a Bangladeshi politician who served as the tenth prime minister of Bangladesh from June 1996 to July 2001 and again from January 2009 to August 2024. Premiership of Sheikh Hasina, Her second term in office, which critics characterized as a dictatorship, ended in self-imposed exile following the July Revolution (Bangladesh), July Revolution in 2024. Hasina is the daughter of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bangladesh's President of Bangladesh, founding president, and is a member of the Tungipara Sheikh family, Tungipara Sheikh political family. She had little presence in politics before Assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, her father's assassination in August 1975. Afterwards, she took asylum in India and became involved with the Awami League and was elected as its president, a position which she continues to hold to this day while residing in India. After returning to Bangladesh in 1981, she and her party Awami League became ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangladesh Nationalist Party
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (), popularly abbreviated as BNP (), is a major List of political parties in Bangladesh, political party in Bangladesh. It was founded on 1 September 1978 by President of Bangladesh, President Ziaur Rahman, with a view of uniting people with a Bangladeshi nationalism, nationalist ideology. Later, the BNP emerged as one of the two traditionally dominant parties in Bangladesh, along with it's rival, the Awami League. Known as the "Party of the Freedom Fighters of the Battlefield" during it's establishment, the BNP was founded by Ziaur Rahman after the presidential election of 1978 and remained in its leadership until his Assassination of Ziaur Rahman, assassination in 1981. Following Rahman's assassination, his widow, Khaleda Zia, took over leadership of the party and presided as chairperson until her imprisonment, in 2018. Since then, Tarique Rahman, the son of Rahman and Zia, has served as acting chairperson and has run the affairs of the party ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anti-Corruption Commission (Bangladesh)
The Anti Corruption Commission (; ''often abbreviated:'' ACC, ) is the principal Government of Bangladesh, government agency against corruption in Bangladesh. History The Anti-Corruption Commission was formed through an act promulgated on 23 February 2004 that came into force on 9 May 2004. Although initially, it could not make the desired impact, immediately following its reconstitution in February 2007, the ACC began working with renewed vigor and impetus duly acceding to the United Nations Convention against corruption that was adopted by the General Assembly away back on 31 October 2003. Its framework and function are governed by Anti-Corruption Commission Act, 2004. In 2009, Ghulam Rahman was appointed chairman of the commission, replacing Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury. Anti Corruption Commission was formed through an act in 2004, but is considered to be largely ineffective in investigating and preventing corruption because of governmental involvement and influence over it. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abul Maal Abdul Muhith
Abul Maal Abdul Muhith (25 January 1934 – 30 April 2022) was a Bangladeshi economist, writer, civil servant, secretary, diplomat and politician. He served as the finance minister of the government of Bangladesh from January 2009 until January 2019. Early life and education Abdul Muhith was born on 25 January 1934, to a Bengali Muslim political family in Sylhet. His father, Abu Ahmad Abdul Hafiz, a judge by profession, was one of the founders of the Sylhet branch of the All-India Muslim League and took part in the Pakistan Movement. His mother, Syeda Shahar Banu, was one of the leading women of the Bengali language movement. He was the third child in a family of fourteen children. His younger brother is AK Abdul Momen, former minister of foreign affairs for Bangladesh, and his sister is Shahla Khatun, a physician and National Professor of Bangladesh. Abdul Muhith passed the matriculation exam from Sylhet Government Pilot High School in 1949. He secured first place in his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonali Bank
Sonali Bank PLC (SBPLC) () is the biggest state-owned leading public commercial bank in Bangladesh. It is the largest bank in the country. Mohammad Muslim Chowdhury is the chairman of the Bank. History Sonali Bank was established in 1972 under the Bangladesh Banks (Nationalisation) Order, through the amalgamation and nationalisation of the branches of National Bank of Pakistan, Bank of Bahawalpur, and Premier Bank branches located in East Pakistan until the 1971 Bangladesh War of Independence. When it was established, Sonali Bank had a paid up capital of 30 million taka. From 1996 to 1999, Dr Atiur Rahman served as a director of Sonali Bank. In 2001, its authorised and paid up capital were Tk 10 billion and Tk 3.272 billion, respectively. Presently, its authorised and paid up capital is Tk 10 billion and Tk 9 billion, respectively. The bank's reserve funds were Tk 60 million in 1979 and Tk 2.050 billion on 30 June 2000. In 2007, Sonali Bank was converted into a public limit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giasuddin Al Mamun
Giasuddin Al Mamun is a Bangladeshi businessman. He is a friend and business partner of Tarique Rahman. Mamun owned the now-defunct television channel Channel 1. He was accused in more than 19 cases relating to extortion, corruption, illegal arms possession, and tax evasion. Career Mamoon was a school friend of Tarique Rahman. In 1991, he became a businessman with an investment of Tk. 39,000. By 1996, his wealth reached Tk. 33.94 crore with 45 banks accounts in Bangladesh and abroad. He accumulated even more money during the rule of the next BNP-led coalition government from 2001 to 2006 due to his close relations with Tarique Rahman, son of former Prime minister and BNP politician, Begum Khaleda Zia. He earned hundred of crores of taka by selling concrete poles to the Rural Electrification Board via his business firm, Khamba Ltd. Charges and convictions Mamun was arrested by the police in 2006 during the 2006–08 Bangladeshi political crisis on an illegal arms case. His ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sayeed Iskander
Sayeed Iskander (13 January 1953 – 23 September 2012) was a Bangladeshi politician and army major. He was a member of the Bangladeshi parliament from 2001 to 2006, representing the Bangladesh Nationalist Party from the Feni-1 constituency. He was the younger brother of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia. Iskander was also the founding chairman of Islamic Television. Early life Sayeed Iskander was born on 13 January 1953 in Dinajpur. He belonged to a Bengali Muslim family with origins in Fulgazi, Feni District. He was the son of tea-businessman Iskandar Ali Majumder, who was in turn the son of Salamat Ali Majumdar, who was the son of Azgar Ali Majumdar, who was the son of Nahar Muhammad Khan, who was the son of Murad Khan, a 16th-century Pashtun immigrant. His mother, Taiyaba Majumder, was from Chandbari (now in Uttar Dinajpur District). During his time as a student in 1969, Iskander was the general secretary of the Dinajpur unit of Bangladesh Students Union. He went on to be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangladesh Securities And Exchange Commission
The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) is the regulator of the capital market of Bangladesh, comprising Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE). The commission is a statutory body and attached to the Ministry of Finance. History BSEC was established on 8 June 1993 under the Securities and Exchange Commission Act, 1993. Sultan-uz Zaman Khan, a career bureaucrat, was the first commissioner of the commission. Before the commission, the market were regulated under the Capital Issues Act 1947. The chairman and members of the commission are appointed by the government and have overall responsibility to administer securities legislation. The commission, at present, has four full-time members, excluding the chairman. The commission is a statutory body and attached to the Ministry of Finance. It works closely with Central Depository Bangladesh Limited. From 2006 to 2009, Faruq Ahmad Siddiqi was the chairman of Bangladesh Securities and Exchang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Organisations Based In Dhaka
An organization or organisation (Commonwealth English; see spelling differences) is an entity—such as a company, or corporation or an institution (formal organization), or an association—comprising one or more people and having a particular purpose. Organizations may also operate secretly or illegally in the case of secret societies, criminal organizations, and resistance movements. And in some cases may have obstacles from other organizations (e.g.: MLK's organization). What makes an organization recognized by the government is either filling out incorporation or recognition in the form of either societal pressure (e.g.: Advocacy group), causing concerns (e.g.: Resistance movement) or being considered the spokesperson of a group of people subject to negotiation (e.g.: the Polisario Front being recognized as the sole representative of the Sahrawi people and forming a partially recognized state.) Compare the concept of social groups, which may include non-organiz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
