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Dhaka-10
Dhaka-10 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2020 by Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh Dhaka-10 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2020 by Shafiul Islam Mohiuddin of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Dhaka South City Corporation wards 14 through 18, and 22. 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 Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election. Elections in the 2000s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdul Mannan (politician, Born 1942)
Abdul Mannan (born 2 July 1942) is a Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh politician and the incumbent Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Laxmipur-4 constituency. He is the Chairman of Sunman Group. Career Mannan was elected to parliament from Dhaka-10 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in 1991. Mannan was elected to parliament from Dhaka-10 Dhaka-10 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2020 by Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh Dhaka-10 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2020 ... as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in the February 1996 Bangladeshi general election. Mannan contested the parliamentary election from Dhaka-10 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in the June 1996 Bangladeshi general election and lost. He received 63,631 votes. Mannan was elected to parliament from Dhaka-10 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in 2001. He recei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh
Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh (born 19 November 1971) is a Bangladeshi politician and current Mayor of South Dhaka. He previously served as a Member of the Jatiya Sangsad for Dhaka-10 and Dhaka-12 from the Bangladesh Awami League. Early life Taposh was born to Awami League leader Sheikh Fazlul Haque Mani and Arzu Moni. His parents were both assassinated on 15 August 1975 in a military coup that also killed Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and other members of his family. Taposh and his elder brother Sheikh Fazle Shams Parash survived. Career Taposh was elected to the Jatiya Sangsad in Bangladesh General Election, 2008 from the Dhaka-12 constituency. Taposh vehicle came under bomb attack on 21 October 2009. There was property damage and 13 people were injured in the attack. In the 2014 general election he was elected unopposed to represent the Dhaka-10 constituency. In 2015 there was a bomb attack on his rally. In 2018 election he has been elected as member of parliament for consecutive thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khondakar Harun-ur-Rashid
Khondakar Harun-ur-Rashid is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the former Member of Parliament of Dhaka-10 Dhaka-10 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2020 by Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh Dhaka-10 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2020 .... Career Harun-ur-Rashid was elected to parliament from Dhaka-10 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate in 1973. References Awami League politicians Living people 1st Jatiya Sangsad members Year of birth missing (living people) {{AwamiLeague-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shafiul Islam Mohiuddin
Shafiul Islam Mohiuddin is a Bangladeshi business leader and current Member of Parliament of the Dhaka-10 area. He is the former president of Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industries (FBCCI). He led the RMG sector of the country over thirty years and became the president of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA), the largest export earning sector of the country. Early life and education Mohiuddin obtained B.Com (Hon's) and M.Com degree in accountancy from University of Dhaka The University of Dhaka (also known as Dhaka University, or DU) is a public research university located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is the oldest university in Bangladesh. The university opened its doors to students on July 1st 1921. Currently i .... Career Mohiuddin was involved with the RMG sector of the country over thirty years. He entered the garment industry in 1992 by establishing Onus Apparel Ltd. Since then he has started his export oriented ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AKM Rahmatullah
A.K.M. Rahmatullah (born 4 December 1950) is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the incumbent Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Dhaka-11 constituency. He also represented the Dhaka-5 and Dhaka-10 in the past. Career Rahmatullah was elected to parliament from Dhaka-11 in 2014 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate. On 10 April 2016, he was appointed the president of South Dhaka unit of the party. In April 2018, a gunfight between Rahmatullah's supporters and those of Beraid Union Parishad Chairman Jahangir Alam killed one person. In January 2023, Rahmatullah disclosed that he had been a follower of Ahl-i Hadith organization of Sunni Sunni Islam () is the largest branch of Islam, followed by 85–90% of the world's Muslims. Its name comes from the word '' Sunnah'', referring to the tradition of Muhammad. The differences between Sunni and Shia Muslims arose from a disagr ... muslims. References Living people 1950 births Awami League politicians Ahl-i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atauddin Khan
Atauddin Khan is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and the former Member of Parliament of Dhaka-10. Career Khan was elected to parliament from Dhaka-10 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in 1979. He was previously elected to the Parliament of Pakistan in 1965 as a Muslim League candidate. He served as the State Minister of Finance in the cabinet of President Ziaur Rahman. In 1980, he joined Janata Dal, founded by KM Obaidur Rahman. He served as the State Minister of Labor and Social Welfare. He was arrested by General Hussain Mohammad Ershad Lt. Gen. Hussain Muhammad Ershad ( bn, হুসেইন মুহাম্মদ এরশাদ; 1 February 1930 – 14 July 2019) was a Bangladeshi Army Chief politician who served as the President of Bangladesh from 1983 to 1990, a time ma ..., who had launched a coup. Death Khan died on 1 December 2015. He was buried in Nawabganj, Dhaka. References Bangladesh Nationalist Party politicians 2015 deaths 2nd Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammad Mosaddak Ali
Mohammad Mosaddak Ali (born 7 April 1960), also known as Phalu, is a Bangladeshi entrepreneur and a politician who was a former parliamentarian from Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). He served as the political secretary to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh Begum Khaleda Zia between 2001 and 2004. He was responsible for building special relations and partnership for development between the government and the private sector that is interested in investing in new and highly potential industrial sectors, and introducing new products and services to local industries, at a time when Bangladesh's economic growth accelerated. In 2003, Ali launched Bangladesh's first automation-based private satellite television station NTV. He also founded another satellite channel RTV and Bengali daily newspaper ''Amar Desh''. He is the founding President of Association of Television Channel Owners (ATCO). Early life and education Ali was born on 7 April 1960. His father Alhaj Abdul Mannan was a bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh
Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh ( bn, বিকল্প ধারা বাংলাদেশ, translit=Bikôlpa Dhāra Bānglādesh, lit=Alternate Path Bangladesh) is a political party in Bangladesh founded by former President of Bangladesh and BNP parliamentarian Dr. A. Q. M. Badruddoza Chowdhury in 2004. Abdul Mannan (BDB Secretary General) and recent (BDB Women Vice-President) Rabaya Begum; two of the most deepest assets of BDB play the most vital role by recruiting and managing the party to promote itself towards its objectives. Their party symbol during the polls is the ''kula'' ( bn, কুলা, a handmade winnowing fan). Its current political alignment is ambiguous, and has two seats in the parliament. Background The party was conceived by Dr Chowdhury in 2003 after he was forced to abdicate his presidency. Dr Chowdhury felt the need of a third force in the ''de facto'' two-party democracy in Bangladesh. He expressed recruiting civil society members in politics to fight cor ... [...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] |
HBM Iqbal
HBM Iqbal is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and former Member of Parliament from Ramna- Tejgaon, Dhaka. Biography Iqbal was elected from Dhaka-10 in 1996. He faced criticism after shots were fired from his rally on a rally of then opposition party, Bangladesh Nationalist Party, in 2001. Four people in the Bangladesh Nationalist Party rally were killed in the shooting. He was charged in 2003, but the case was dropped in 2010 after the Ministry of Home Affairs recommended charges be dropped in 2009. In 2007, he was charged with corruption by the Bangladesh Anti Corruption Commission The Anti Corruption Commission ( bn, দুর্নীতি দমন কমিশন) ''often abbreviated:'' ACC ( bn, দুদক) is the principal government agency against corruption in Bangladesh. History The Anti Corruption Commissio ... (ACC). The High Court acquitted him in 2011. The ACC filed a petition against the acquittal but in 2015 dropped their petition. He has sent mor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
February 1996 Bangladeshi General Election
General elections were held in Bangladesh on 15 February 1996. They were boycotted by most opposition parties, and saw voter turnout drop to just 21%.Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) ''Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I'', p525 The result was a victory for the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), which won 278 of the 300 elected seats. This administration was short-lived, however, only lasting 12 days before the installation of caretaker government and fresh elections held in June. Background In March 1994, controversy over a parliamentary by-election, which the Bangladesh Awami League-led opposition claimed the BNP government had rigged, led to an indefinite boycott of Parliament by the entire opposition. The opposition also began a program of repeated general strikes to press its demand that Khaleda Zia's government resign and that a caretaker government supervise a general election. Efforts to mediate the dispute, under the auspices of the Com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jatiya Sangsad
The Jatiya Sangsad ( bn, জাতীয় সংসদ, lit=National Parliament, translit=Jatiyô Sôngsôd), often referred to simply as the ''Sangsad'' or JS and also known as the House of the Nation, is the supreme legislative body of Bangladesh. The current parliament of Bangladesh contains 350 seats, including 50 seats reserved exclusively for women. Elected occupants are called Member of Parliament, or MP. The 11th National Parliamentary Election was held on 30 December 2018. Elections to the body are held every five years, unless a parliament is dissolved earlier by the President of Bangladesh. The leader of the party (or alliance of parties) holding the majority of seats becomes the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, and so the head of the government. The President of Bangladesh, the ceremonial head of state, is chosen by Parliament. Since the December 2008 national election, the current majority party is the Awami League led by Sheikh Hasina. Etymology The Cons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
