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Abdur Rob (justice)
Abdur Rob is a justice of the High Court Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court. Early life Abdur Rob was born on 10 September 1958. He did his bachelor's degree and master's in political science from the University of Dhaka. He also finished his law degree at the University of Dhaka. Career Abdur Rob became a lawyer of the District Courts in 1987. In 1990, Abdur Rob moved up to become a lawyer in the High Court Division and the Supreme Court in 2002. Abdur Rob was appointed an additional judge of the High Court Division on 18 April 2010. He was made a permanent judge of the High Court Division on 15 April 2012. In July 2012, Abdur Rob and Justice Farah Mahbub ordered Bangladesh Biman to reinstate employees fired under the Voluntary Retirement Scheme in 2007. Abdur Rob and Justice Farah Mahbub ordered Rapid Action Battalion in August to investigate the Aminbazar killing of seven students. Abdur Rob and Justice Farah Mahbub declared an amendment to the constitution of Bang ...
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High Court Division, Supreme Court Of Bangladesh
The High Court Division, Supreme Court of Bangladesh (), popularly known as High Court, is one of the two divisions of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh, the other division being the Appellate Division. It consists of the Chief Justice of Bangladesh and other judges of the High Court Division. The High Court Division exercises both original and appellate jurisdiction An appellate court, commonly called a court of appeal(s), appeal court, court of second instance or second instance court, is any court of law that is empowered to hear a case upon appeal from a trial court or other lower tribunal. Appellat ... in civil and criminal matters. Its primary jurisdiction, however, is writ jurisdiction, pursuant to which it is empowered under article 102 of the Constitution of Bangladesh to issue writs of certiorari, mandamus, quo warranto, prohibition and habeas corpus. History The High Court of Judicature for East Bengal (1947 - 1955) The High Court of Judicature for East Be ...
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Kishoreganj District
Kishoreganj District () is a district in Dhaka Division, Bangladesh. Earlier it was a ''mahakuma'' (sub-division) under Mymensingh District, Mymensingh district. 2495.07 km2 of land was taken from Mymensingh District, Mymensingh district to form Kishoreganj District. Kishorganj consists of eight municipalities, 13 upazilas, 105 union parishads, 39 wards, 145 mahallas, 946 mouzas and 1775 villages. History The history of Kishoreganj dates from ancient times. The village of Egarosindur in Pakundia Upazila has evidence of trade with distant foreign countries dating back at least 2500 years. Historically, the region of Kishoreganj has been seen as forming the southern boundary of Kamarupa. It was part of the Pala Empire, Pala and Sena dynasty, Sena empires, and after their fall it was mainly administered by a large number of petty Koch and Barman chieftains. These chieftains were nominally subject to the Bengal Sultanate, Bengal Sultans, but were never fully conquered. However e ...
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Supreme Court Of Bangladesh Justices
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Shah A M S Kibria
Shah Abu Muhammad Shamsul Kibria (; 1 May 193127 January 2005), known as SAMS Kibria or Shams Kibria, was a Bangladeshi economist, diplomat and politician. Joining the Foreign Service of Pakistan in 1954, Kibria served in a number of diplomatic missions for Pakistan. In 1971, at the height of the Bangladesh Liberation War, Kibria, an ethnic Bengalis, Bengali, dissociated himself from the Pakistani foreign service and declared allegiance to the Provisional Government of Bangladesh, Mujibnagar government. After the independence of Bangladesh, he served as the Director General of the Political Affairs department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Bangladesh), Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh and twice as the Foreign Secretary (Bangladesh), foreign secretary of Bangladesh. Between 1981 and 1992, Kibria was the Executive Secretary of UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). Kibria joined Awami League, Bangladesh Awami League in 1992. He served as ...
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Barapukuria Coal Mine
Barapukuria Coal Mine is run by the Barapukuria Coal Mining Company Limited in Bangladesh. Barapukuria Coal Mining Company Limited is a subsidiary of the state owned Petrobangla. The mine is located at Parbatipur upazila in Dinajpur. This is the lone active coal mine in Bangladesh. History In Pre- partition era of British India, coal from Garo hills of Meghalaya was transported and traded through East Bengal. Mining offices opened in Dhaka and trade was aided by British Rail network in India. In 1961 UN-Pak Mineral Survey Project started surveys in then East Pakistan (today Bangladesh) by Geological Survey of Pakistan. In 1962 the survey found 1.05 million ton of coal in Jamalganj, Sunamganj District. The next big discovery came in 1985 when Geological Survey of Bangladesh discovered coal in Dinajpur. In 1989 a coalfield was discovered in khalashpir, Rangpur District and another in 1995 in Dighipara by the Geological Survey of Bangladesh. Multinational BHP BHP Group Lim ...
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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 ...
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Bhabani Prasad Singha
Bhabani Prasad Singha (born 8 August 1953) is a Bangladeshi justice of the High Court Division. He was appointed in 2010. Early life Singha was born on 8 August 1953 in Sylhet, East Bengal East Bengal (; ''Purbô Bangla/Purbôbongo'') was the eastern province of the Dominion of Pakistan, which covered the territory of modern-day Bangladesh. It consisted of the eastern portion of the Bengal region, and existed from 1947 until 195 ..., Pakistan. Career Singha joined the district court as an advocate on 3 March 1979. On 4 April 1983, Singha was appointed a district munsif. Singha became a district and sessions judge on 24 February 2000. On 12 December 2010, Singha was appointed to the High Court Division of the Supreme Court. He became a permanent judge of the High Court Division 12 December 2012. He is also the dean of the law department at Premier University. Singha retired in July 2020. References External links Judges' List: High Court Division {{DEFAULTS ...
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Appellate Division, Supreme Court Of Bangladesh
The Appellate Division, Supreme Court of Bangladesh is the highest appellate court in the country. It serves as the final court of appeal for all civil and criminal cases, with appellate review authority over judgements of the High Court Division. The Court is currently composed of 7 judges, led by Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed. History The earliest predecessor of the Appellate Division was the Supreme Court of Pakistan, which, following the adoption of the 1956 constitution, became the highest Court for all cases, replacing the Federal Court of Pakistan. In Bangladesh, the High Court of Bangladesh Order, 1972, (President's Order No. 5 of 1972) which provisionally established the High Court as the highest court, was amended by the High Court of Bangladesh (Amendment) Order, 1972 (President's Order No. 91 of 1972) to establish the Appellate Division, conferring upon it all the powers previously vested in the Supreme Court of Pakistan. Following the adoption of the Constitu ...
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University Of Dhaka
The University of Dhaka (), also known as Dhaka University (DU), is a public university, public research university located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Established in 1921, it is the oldest active university in the country. The University of Dhaka was founded in 1921 under the Dacca University Act 1920 of the Indian Legislative Council. The establishment of the university in Dhaka was initiated with 600 acres of land requisitioned by the British government in 1905 after a new province of East Bengal and Assam was formed with Dhaka as its capital. Part of the land requisitioned belonged to the estate of Khwaja Salimullah, Nawab Bahadur Sir Khwaja Salimullah. It is modeled after British Universities, British universities. Currently it is the largest public university, public research university in Bangladesh, with a student body of 46,150 and a faculty of 1,992. It has made significant contributions to the modern history of Bangladesh. After the Partition of India, it became the focal ...
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Syed Mahmud Hossain
Syed Mahmud Hossain (born 31 December 1954) was a Bangladeshi lawyer and judge who served as the 22nd Chief Justice of Bangladesh. He retired from the post of Chief Justice on 30 December 2021. Early life and education Hossain was born in 1954 to Syed Mustafa Ali (d. 2018) and Begum Kawsar Jahan. His father Late Syed Mustafa Ali was a prominent lawyer in Comilla town. Hossain completed secondary school certificate from Comilla Zilla School, Higher Secondary from Comilla Victoria College and B.Sc from the same college under University of Chittagong in 1972, 1974 and 1976 respectively. In 1980, he obtained LL.B degree from Comilla Law College under the University of Chittagong. He completed six-month post graduate diploma in "Commonwealth Young Lawyers Course" from the School of Oriental African Studies and the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, both part of University of London. Career In 1981, Hossain started practicing law in the District Judge Court. Then he joined as an ...
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National Sports Council
The National Sports Council (NSC) is the national overseer of the control authorities of 41 different sports in Bangladesh. It is responsible to the Bangladesh Ministry of Youth and Sports and is based in Purana Paltan, Dhaka. History Prior to the independence of Bangladesh, the East Pakistan Sports Federation (EPSF), founded in 1951, served as the primary sports body in East Pakistan. Habibullah Bahar Chowdhury and Siddikur Rahman were its founding president and general secretary, respectively. After the Bangladesh Liberation War The Bangladesh Liberation War (, ), also known as the Bangladesh War of Independence, was an War, armed conflict sparked by the rise of the Bengali nationalism, Bengali nationalist and self-determination movement in East Pakistan, which res ..., the Bangladesh Sports Control Board was formed in 1972 in what was once the headquarters of the EPSF. In 1974 it became the National Sports Council. Kazi Anisur Rahman was the first secretary of ...
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