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Barisal-4
Barisal-4 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by Pankaj Nath of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Hizla and Mehendiganj upazilas. History The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973. Ahead of the 2008 general election, the Election Commission redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the 2001 Bangladesh census In 2001, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics conducted a national census in Bangladesh, ten years after the 1991 census. They recorded data from all of the districts, upazilas, and main cities in Bangladesh including statistical data on populati .... The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency. Members of Parliament Elections Elections in the 2010s Elections in the 2000s Elections in the 1990s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohiuddin Ahmed (Barisal Politician)
Mohiuddin Ahmed (1 March 1934 – 14 February 2002) was a politician from Barisal District of Bangladesh. He was elected a member of parliament from Bakerganj-10 and Barisal-4 ( Bakerganj-4). Career Mohiuddin Ahmed was elected to the Jatiya Sangsad from Bakerganj-10 as an Awami League candidate in 1973. He was elected a Member of Parliament from Barisal-4 Barisal-4 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by Pankaj Nath of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Hizla and Mehendiganj upazilas. History The constitue ... ( Bakerganj-4) constituency as an Bangladesh Awami League candidate in the Five Parliamentary Election on 27 February 1991. References People from Barisal District Politicians from Barisal Division Awami League politicians 5th Jatiya Sangsad members 1st Jatiya Sangsad members 2002 deaths 1934 births {{Bangladesh-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pankaj Nath
Pankaj Debnath (born 25 September 1966) is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the incumbent Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Barisal-4 constituency. Career Nath was elected to the parliament from Barisal-4 Barisal-4 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by Pankaj Nath of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Hizla and Mehendiganj upazilas. History The constitue ... in 2014 as a candidate of Bangladesh Awami League. He owns Bihanga Paribahan, a bus transport company, which was founded in 2009. He served as the General Secretary of Awami Swechchhashebok League. In September 2022, he was dismissed from all party positions, including of the member of the advisory council for violating the party discipline. References Living people 1966 births Awami League politicians 10th Jatiya Sangsad members 11th Jatiya Sangsad members {{AwamiLeague-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siddiqur Rahman
Siddiqur Rahman is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and the former Member of Parliament of Bakerganj-4 and Bhola-2. Career Rahman was elected to parliament from Barisal-4 ( Bakerganj-4) as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in 1979. was elected to parliament from Bhola-2 Bhola-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by Ali Azam of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Burhanuddin and Daulatkhan upazilas. History The constituen ... as a Jatiya Party candidate in 1988. References Bangladesh Nationalist Party politicians Living people 2nd Jatiya Sangsad members Year of birth missing (living people) 4th Jatiya Sangsad members Jatiya Party (Ershad) politicians {{BangladeshNationalistParty-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yusuf Hossain Humayun
Yusuf Hossain Humayun is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the former Member of Parliament of Barisal-4. Career Humayun was elected to parliament from Barisal-4 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate in 1973. He was President of the Bangladesh Supreme Court Bar Association The Bangladesh Supreme Court Bar Association () is an association of Supreme Court lawyers in Bangladesh. History The Bangladesh Supreme Court Bar Association issued a statement expressing concern over the construction of Farakka Barrage by India ... in 2016-17 term. References Awami League politicians Living people 1st Jatiya Sangsad members Year of birth missing (living people) People from Bhola District {{AwamiLeague-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maidul Islam
Maidul Islam is a Jatiya Party (Ershad) politician and a former member of parliament for Barisal-4 Barisal-4 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by Pankaj Nath of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Hizla and Mehendiganj upazilas. History The constitue .... Career Islam was elected to parliament from Barisal-4 as a Jatiya Party candidate in 1986 and 1988. References Jatiya Party politicians Living people 3rd Jatiya Sangsad members 4th Jatiya Sangsad members Year of birth missing (living people) People from Bhola District {{JatiyaParty-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hizla Upazila
Hizla ( bn, হিজলা) is the largest upazila (sub-district) of southern Bangladesh's Barisal District. Geography Hizla Upazila (barisal district) area 515.36 km2, located in between 22°50' and 23°05' north latitudes and in between 90°25' and 90°43' east longitudes. It is bounded by Ghosairhat and Haimchar upazilas on the north, Mehendiganj upazila on the south, Muladi upazila on the west. Hijla Upazila is located in Kolghes of Shariatpur district of Dhaka division north of Barishal on the map of the country. Ghosairhat Upazila of Shariatpur district on the north, Haimchar Upazila of Chandpur district on the northeast, Mehendiganj Upazila on the south, Raipur Upazila of Noakhali district on the east, and Muladi Upazila on the west. The distance from the district headquarters is 50 km. It is an area surrounded by rivers. Jayanti, Nayabhangani, Meghna, Lower Meghna, and Azimpur rivers are flooded. History Hizla, along with Mehendiganj, was formerly known as Nor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1986 Bangladeshi General Election
General elections were held in Bangladesh on 7 May 1986. A total of 1,527 candidates contested the election. The result was a victory for the Jatiya Party, which won 153 of the 300 seats. Voter turnout was 61.1%. Bangladesh Nationalist Party, the winner of the previous elections, boycotted the election. British observers including a journalist termed the elections a "tragedy for democracy" and a "cynically frustrated exercise". Background In 1982 a coup d'état led by Army Chief Hussain Muhammad Ershad overthrew democratically elected President Abdus Sattar, suspended the Constitution and imposed martial law. Parliament was dissolved and all political parties were banned. Ershad appointed Justice A. F. M. Ahsanuddin Chowdhury as President on 27 March 1982, a position which he held until December 1983 when Ershad assumed the presidency himself. In 1983 Ershad promised to hold presidential elections in May 1984 and to restore parliamentary government the following year. Howev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Psephos
Psephos: Adam Carr's Electoral Archive is an online archive of election statistics, and claims to be the world's largest online resource of such information. Psephos is maintained by Dr Adam Carr, of Melbourne, Australia, a historian and former aide to Australian MP Michael Danby and Senator David Feeney. It includes detailed statistics for presidential and legislative elections from 182 countries, with at least some statistics for every country that has what Carr considers to be genuine national elections. "Psephos" is a Greek word meaning "pebble", a reference to the Ancient Greek method of voting by dropping pebbles into urns, and is the root of the word psephology, the study of elections. Carr began accumulating Australian election statistics in the mid-1980s, with the intention of publishing a complete print edition of Australian national elections statistics dating back to 1901. With the advent of the World Wide Web, Carr abandoned this idea and began to place election s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohiuddin Ahmed (politician)
Mohiuddin Ahmed (15 January 1925 – 12 April 1997) was a Bangladesh Awami League politician. He was elected a member of parliament in 1973, 1979 and 1991. Birth and early life Ahmed was born on 15 January 1925 in Pirojpur district. Career Ahmed was elected a member of parliament in 1973 from Bakerganj-10 (Extinct), 1979 from Bakerganj-17 (Extinct) and 1991 File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, elected as Russia's first president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo erupts in the Phil ... from Pirojpur-3. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Ahmed, Mohiuddin 1925 births 1997 deaths People from Pirojpur District Awami League politicians 1st Jatiya Sangsad members 2nd Jatiya Sangsad members 5th Jatiya Sangsad members Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League central committee members ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2001 Bangladeshi General Election
General elections were held in Bangladesh on 1 October 2001. The 300 single-seat constituencies of the Jatiya Sangsad were contested by 1,935 candidates representing 54 parties and including 484 independents. The elections were the second to be held under the caretaker government concept, introduced in 1996. The result was a win for the Four Party Alliance of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh, Jatiya Party (Manju) and Islami Oikya Jote. BNP leader Khaleda Zia became Prime Minister. Background The Seventh Parliament headed by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was dissolved on 13 July 2001, having completed its designated 5-year term (the first parliamentary administration to ever do so) and power was transferred to the caretaker government headed by Justice Latifur Rahman. Electoral system In 2001, the 345 members of the Jatiya Sangsad consisted of 300 seats directly elected by first-past-the-post voting in single-member constituencies, and 45 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 Bangladeshi General Election
General elections were held in Bangladesh on 5 January 2014, in accordance with the constitutional requirement that elections must take place within the 90-day period before the expiration of the term of the Jatiya Sangshad on 24 January 2014. The elections were not free and fair. They were preceded by a government crackdown on the opposition, with Bangladesh Nationalist Party and Opposition leader Khaleda Zia was put under house arrest. There were widespread arrests of other opposition members, violence and strikes by the opposition, attacks on religious minorities, and extrajudicial killings by the government, with around 21 people killed on election day. Almost all major opposition parties boycotted the elections, resulting in 153 of the total 300 seats being uncontested and the incumbent Awami League-led Grand Alliance of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina winning a landslide majority. Hasina became the first prime minister in the history of Bangladesh to be re-elected to ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shah M
Shah (; fa, شاه, , ) is a royal title that was historically used by the leading figures of Iranian monarchies.Yarshater, EhsaPersia or Iran, Persian or Farsi, ''Iranian Studies'', vol. XXII no. 1 (1989) It was also used by a variety of Persianate societies, such as the Ottoman Empire, the Kazakh Khanate, the Khanate of Bukhara, the Emirate of Bukhara, the Mughal Empire, the Bengal Sultanate, historical Afghan dynasties, and among Gurkhas. Rather than regarding himself as simply a king of the concurrent dynasty (i.e. European-style monarchies), each Iranian ruler regarded himself as the Shahanshah ( fa, شاهنشاه, translit=Šâhanšâh, label=none, ) or Padishah ( fa, پادشاه, translit=Pâdešâh, label=none, ) in the sense of a continuation of the original Persian Empire. Etymology The word descends from Old Persian ''xšāyaθiya'' "king", which used to be considered a borrowing from Median, as it was compared to Avestan ''xšaθra-'', "power" and "com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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