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Bogra-6
Bogra-6 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024, the constituency has been vacant. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Bogra Sadar Upazila. 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 Nurul Islam Omar was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election. Elections in the 2000s Khaleda Zia stood for three seats in the 2008 general election: Bogra-6, Bogra-7, and Feni-1. After winning all three, she chose to represent Feni-1 and quit the other two, triggering by-elections in them. Muhammad Jamiruddin Sircar of the BNP was elected in an April 2009 by-election. Elections in the 1990s Khaleda Zia stood for five seats in the June 1996 general election: Bogra-6, Bogr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bogra-7
Bogra-7 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024 the constituency is vacant. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Gabtali and Shajahanpur 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. The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency. Members of Parliament Elections Elections in the 2010s Elections in the 2000s Khaleda Zia stood for three seats in the 2008 general election: Bogra-6, Bogra-7, and Feni-1. After winning all three, she chose to represent Feni-1 and quit the other two, triggering by-elections in them. Moudud Ahmed of the BNP was elected in an April 2009 by-election. Khaleda Zia stood for five seats in the ... [...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] |
2023 Bangladesh Jatiya Sangsad By-elections
In 2023, by-elections are scheduled to be held for vacant seats in the Jatiya Sangsad, the legislative body of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. In the Jatiya Sangsad, MPs for 300 seats are elected directly and MPs for 50 reserved women seats are elected indirectly by the MPs, thus popular by-elections are only held in the direct seats. As the 11th parliament is scheduled to be expire on 29 January 2024 and the Election Commission has announced to hold the next Bangladeshi general election between late December 2023 to early January 2024, all candidates elected by these by-polls will be members of the 11th Jatiya Sangsad. By-elections this year held much more significance than other by-elections during this (11th) parliament. Bangladesh has experienced democratic backsliding in recent years. Although all of the by-elections are boycotted by Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and its allies. BNP and its allies, which are the 'political opposition' of the AL, has continuousl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golam Mohammad Siraj
Golam Mohammad Siraj (born 15 January 1950), known as GM Siraj, is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician. He served as a Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Bogra-5 and Bogra-6 Bogra-6 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024, the constituency has been vacant. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Bogra Sadar Upazila. History The constituency wa ... constituencies He resigned from the latest position on 11 December 2022. Career Siraj is an elected to parliament from Bogra-6 of 11th Parliament and from Bogura-5 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party with in total 5 times MP. He is also the chairman of SR group. References Living people 1950 births People from Bogra District Politicians from Rajshahi Division Bangladesh Nationalist Party politicians 11th Jatiya Sangsad members 10th Jatiya Sangsad members 8th Jatiya Sangsad members 7th Jatiya Sangsad members 6th Jatiya Sangsad members ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feni-1
Feni-1 is a constituency of the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024, the seat has been vacant. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Chhagalnaiya, Fulgazi, and Parshuram upazilas. History The constituency was created in 1984 from the Noakhali-1 constituency when the former Noakhali District was split into three districts: Feni, Noakhali, and Lakshmipur. Members of Parliament Key Elections Elections in the 2010s Shirin Akhter was elected unopposed in the 2014 General Election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election. Elections in the 2000s Khaleda Zia stood for five seats in the 2001 general election: Bogra-6, Bogra-7, Khulna-2 Khulna-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024 the constituency is vacant. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Kotwali Thana (Khulna), Khulna Sadar and Sonadan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdur Rahman Fakir
Abdur Rahman Fakir is a Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami politician and a former member of parliament for Bogra-6 Bogra-6 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024, the constituency has been vacant. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Bogra Sadar Upazila. History The constituency wa .... Career Fakir was elected to parliament from Bogra-6 as a Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami candidate in 1986. References Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami politicians Living people 3rd Jatiya Sangsad members Year of birth missing (living people) {{Rajshahi-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ragebul Ahsan Ripu
Ragebul Ahsan Ripu (born 6 November 1956) is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Bogra-6 constituency during 2023–2024. He is serving as Awami League's Bogura district unit general secretary since 2019. Career Ripu was elected as a joint secretary of the Bogra District Awami League on 2015 council. He got nomination from Awami League on 3 January 2023. Ripu was detained after the fall of the Sheikh Hasina led Awami League The Awami League, officially known as Bangladesh Awami League, is a major List of political parties in Bangladesh, political party in Bangladesh. The oldest existing political party in the country, the party played the leading role in achievin ... government. He suffered from a cardiac arrest while in pre-trial detention at Bogura District Jail. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Ripu, Ragebul Ahsan Living people 1956 births People from Bogra District Politicians from Rajshahi Division Awami Leag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 Bangladeshi General Election
General elections were held in Bangladesh on 30 December 2018 to elect 300 directly-elected members of the Jatiya Sangsad. The result was another landslide victory for the Awami League-led Grand Alliance (Bangladesh), Grand Alliance led by Sheikh Hasina. The elections were marred by 2018 Bangladesh election violence, violence. According to political scientist Ali Riaz the elections were not free and fair. BBC News, among others, observed some apparent vote rigging by the Awami League, with some referring to it as the 'midnight election' due to ballot boxes allegedly being filled the night before election day. Opposition leader Kamal Hossain rejected the results, calling it "farcical" and demanding fresh elections to be held under a neutral government. The Bangladesh Election Commission said it would investigate reported vote-rigging allegations from "across the country." The election saw the use of electronic voting machines for the first time. Background The 2014 Bangladeshi ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nurul Islam Omar
Nurul Islam Omar () is a Bangladeshi politician and the incumbent Member of Parliament from Bogra-6 Bogra-6 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024, the constituency has been vacant. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Bogra Sadar Upazila. History The constituency wa .... Early life Omar was born on 13 January 1955. He has a B.A. degree. Career Omar was elected to Parliament from Bogra-6 as a Jatiya Party candidate in 2014. References Living people 10th Jatiya Sangsad members 1955 births Jatiya Party politicians {{JatiyaParty-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muhammad Jamiruddin Sircar
Muhammad Jamiruddin Sircar ( ; born 1 December 1931) is a Bangladeshi lawyer and politician who served as the acting President of Bangladesh in 2002. He served as the Speaker of the Parliament of Bangladesh. He is one of the founding members of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and was a member of the standing committee, which was the policy making body of the party, from its inception. He also establisheBarrister Jamiruddin Sircar Collegiate Institutein Panchagarh in 1990. Early life Sircar was born on 1 December 1931 to a Bengalis, Bengali family of Muslim Sarkar (surname), Sircars in the village of Nayabari in Tetulia Upazila, Tetulia, Jalpaiguri district, Bengal Presidency (now in Panchagarh District, Bangladesh). He was the son of jotedar Moulvi Ali Baksh and stay-at-home mother Begum Fakhrunnessa. He obtained his M.A and LL.B degrees from the University of Dhaka and joined the bar to practice law in 1960. He left for London in 1961 for the degree of Barrister-at-Law and was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mojibar Rahman
Mojibar Rahman is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a former member of parliament for Bogra-6 Bogra-6 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024, the constituency has been vacant. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Bogra Sadar Upazila. History The constituency wa .... Career Rahman was elected to parliament from Bogra-6 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in 1991. References Bangladesh Nationalist Party politicians Living people 5th Jatiya Sangsad members Year of birth missing (living people) {{BangladeshNationalistParty-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saifur Rahman Bhandari
Saifur Rahman Bhandari is a politician of Bogra District of Bangladesh and former member of parliament for the Bogra-6 constituency in 1988. Career Bhandari is a businessman. He is the son of Bhandari Shilpa family, a well-known industrial group in Bogra. He was elected to parliament from Bogra-5 as an independent Independent or Independents may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Artist groups * Independents (artist group), a group of modernist painters based in Pennsylvania, United States * Independentes (English: Independents), a Portuguese artist ... candidate in 1988. He was also an independent candidate in the 2019 by-elections. He is the founding president and current advisor of the Bogra District Association. References Living people Year of birth missing (living people) People from Bogra District Politicians from Rajshahi Division 4th Jatiya Sangsad members {{Rajshahi-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
