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Chittagong-3
Chittagong-3 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by Mahfuzur Rahaman of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Sandwip Upazila. History The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973. Ahead of the 2014 general election, the Election Commission renumbered the seat for Sandwip Upazila Sandwip ( bn, সন্দ্বীপ) is an upazila of Chattogram District in Chattogram Division, Bangladesh. It encompasses the islands of Sandwip and Urir Char. History Sandwip Thana's status was upgraded to an upazila (sub-district l ... from Chittagong-16 to Chittagong-3, bumping up by one the suffix of the former constituency of that name and the higher numbered constituencies in the district. Previously Chittagong-3 encompassed Sitakunda Upazila and Chittagong City Corporation wards 9 and 10. Members of Parliament Key Electi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mostafa Kamal Pasha
Mustafa Kamal Pasha is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a former member of parliament for Chittagong-3 and Chittagong-16 Chattogram-16 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2024 by Mujibur Rahman of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Banshkhali Upazila. History The constituency was .... Career Pasha was elected to parliament from Chittagong-16 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in 2008. He was elected to parliament from Chittagong-3 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in 2001. Pasha's son was shot and his house was set on fire during clashes between Bangladesh Awami League and Bangladesh Nationalist Party activists on 24 November 2013. References Bangladesh Nationalist Party politicians Living people 6th Jatiya Sangsad members 8th Jatiya Sangsad members 9th Jatiya Sangsad members 1950 births People from Sandwip Upazila {{BangladeshNationalistParty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alhaz Mustafizur Rahman
Mustafizur Rahman (31 December 1943 – 20 October 2001) was a member of the Jatiya Sangsad for the Chittagong-3 Chittagong-3 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by Mahfuzur Rahaman of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Sandwip Upazila. History The constituency was c ... constituency from 1991 to 1996, representing the Bangladesh Awami League. He was the editor and publisher of the ''Daily Rupali''. He also founded several life insurance companies, including: Karnaphuli Life Insurance Company Ltd, National Life Insurance Limited, Rupali Life Insurance Company Ltd, and Sandhani Life Insurance Ltd. Rahman died on 20 October 2001 at Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore. Legacy The 700-meter concrete Dwipbandhu Mustafizur Rahman Jetty at Guptachhara on the east coast of Sandwip is named in his honor. It was completed in January 2021 at a cost of Bangladeshi taka 510 million ($6M a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahfuzur Rahaman
Mahfuzur Rahaman Mita ( bn, মাহফুজুর রহমান মিতা) is a businessman and a politician of Bangladesh Awami League and the incumbent member of parliament from Chittagong-3. Early life Mahfuzur Rahaman was born on 1 June 1970. Kuciyamora, Bauriya Union , Sandwip, Chittagong, Bangladesh. He is the eldest son of Dipbondhu Alhajj Mustafizur Rahman (Father) and Mohsena Ara Begum (Mother). He has a master's degree in communication. He is the chairperson of Rupali Life Insurance and the director of Sonar Bangla. Career Mahfuzur Rahman Mita is a businessman and politician of Bangladesh Awami League. He is a Member of Parliament elected from Constituency No. 280 ( Chittagong-3) in the 2014 and 2018 National parliament elections and a member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry of Shipping in the Eleventh National parliament. References Awami League politicians Living people 1970 births 10th Jatiya Sangsad members 11th Jatiya Sang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AKM Shamsul Huda
AKM Shamsul Huda is a Jatiya Party (Ershad), Jatiya Party politician, lawyer and the former Member of Parliament of Chittagong-3. Career Huda was elected to parliament from Chittagong-3 as a Jatiya Party candidate in 1986 and 1988. References Awami League politicians Living people 3rd Jatiya Sangsad members 4th Jatiya Sangsad members Year of birth missing (living people) {{AwamiLeague-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A K M Rafiq Ullah Chowdhury
AKM Rafiq Ullah Choudhury is a Jatiya Gano Front politician and the former Member of Parliament of Chittagong-3 Chittagong-3 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by Mahfuzur Rahaman of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Sandwip Upazila. History The constituency was c .... Career Choudhury was elected to parliament from Chittagong-3 as a Jatiya Gano Front candidate in 1979. References Jatiya Gano Front politicians 2nd Jatiya Sangsad members Year of birth missing (living people) People from Sandwip Upazila 2011 deaths {{Chittagong-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AKM Rafiq Ullah Choudhury
AKM Rafiq Ullah Choudhury is a Jatiya Gano Front politician and the former Member of Parliament of Chittagong-3 Chittagong-3 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by Mahfuzur Rahaman of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Sandwip Upazila. History The constituency was c .... Career Choudhury was elected to parliament from Chittagong-3 as a Jatiya Gano Front candidate in 1979. References Jatiya Gano Front politicians 2nd Jatiya Sangsad members Year of birth missing (living people) People from Sandwip Upazila 2011 deaths {{Chittagong-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sitakunda Upazila
Sitakunda ( bn, সীতাকুণ্ড ''Shitakunḍo,'' ) is an upazila in the Chattogram District of Chattogram Division, Bangladesh. It includes one urban settlement, the Sitakunda Town, and 10 unions. Sitakunda is the home of the country's first eco-park, as well as alternative energy projects, specifically wind energy and geothermal power. Sitakunda is one of the oldest sites of human habitation in Bangladesh. During much of its history, it was ruled alternatively by various Buddhist rulers of Myanmar in the east and Muslims rulers of Bengal in the west. For a brief period in the 8th century, it was ruled by the Buddhist Pala Empire of India. The eastern rulers originated from the Kingdom of Arakan, the Mrauk U dynasty, Arakanese pirates and the Pagan Kingdom. The western rulers came from the Sultanate of Bengal and the Mughal province ( Suba) of Bangala. European rule of Sitakunda was heralded by Portuguese privateers in 16th and 17th centuries, who ruled to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ABM Abul Kashem
ABM Abul Kashem was a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the former Member of Parliament from Chittagong-2 Career Kashem was elected to Parliament in 2008 from Chittagong-3 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate. He served as the Chairmman Parliamentary Committee for the Ministry of Commerce. Controversy Kashem's son, SM Al Mamun, tried to grab land from ship breaking companies in Sitakunda Upazila for his ship breaking company, Unique Ship-breaking Yard, on 7 October 2009. His son also assaulted journalists trying to cover the incident. Kashem later apologized for his son's actions. Death Kashem died on 24 November 2015 in Square Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million pe .... References Awami League politicians 2015 deaths 7th Jatiy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandwip Upazila
Sandwip ( bn, সন্দ্বীপ) is an upazila of Chattogram District in Chattogram Division, Bangladesh. It encompasses the islands of Sandwip and Urir Char. History Sandwip Thana's status was upgraded to an upazila (sub-district level) in 1984. The construction works of a Bangladesh Navy fleet headquarters at the Sandwip Channel with ship berthing facilities is also going on as part of the Forces Goal 2030. In 2010, the Government of Bangladesh announced a plan to build a dam in Urir Char to reclaim land as it had suffered greatly from Tropical Storm One and the 1991 Bangladesh cyclone among other natural disasters. Geography Sandwip is located at . It has a total area of 762.42 km2. Demographics According to the 1991 Bangladesh census, Sandwip had a population of 272,179. Males constituted 49.68% of the population, and females 50.32%. The population aged 18 or over was 122,499. Sandwip had an average literacy rate of 35% (7+ years), against the national avera ... [...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 a landslide victory for the Awami League led by Sheikh Hasina. According to political scientist Ali Riaz, the elections were not free and fair. The BBC News reported that they were marred by violence and allegations of vote rigging. 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. Electoral system The 350 members of the Jatiya Sangsad consist of 300 directly elected seats using first-past-the-post voting in single-member constituencies, and an additional 50 seats reserved for women. The reserved seats are distributed based on the proportional vote share ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Bangladeshi General Election
General elections were held in Bangladesh on 29 December 2008. The two main parties in the election were the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), led by Khaleda Zia, and the Bangladesh Awami League Party, led by Sheikh Hasina. The Bangladesh Awami League Party formed a fourteen-party Grand Alliance including Ershad's Jatiya Party, while the BNP formed a four-party alliance which included the Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami. The election was originally scheduled for January 2007, but it was postponed by a military-controlled caretaker government for an extended period of time. The elections resulted in a landslide victory for the Awami League-led grand alliance, which won 263 seats out 300. The main rival four-party alliance received only 32 seats, with the remaining four going to independent candidates. Polling in the constituency of Noakhali-1 was postponed due to the mysterious death of the AL candidate. The election for the seat was held on 12 January 2009 instead and was w ... [...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] |
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