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First Lady Of Bangladesh
First Lady of Bangladesh () is the unofficial title given to the spouse of the president of Bangladesh. Prominent former first ladies include Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib, former prime minister Khaleda Zia and former Leader of the Opposition (Bangladesh), opposition leader Rowshan Ershad. The incumbent first lady is Rebecca Sultana. The title should not be confused with the husband or wife of the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, prime minister of Bangladesh. Rashida Hamid was the longest serving first lady of Bangladesh. Duties Duties of the first lady are receiving foreign leaders along with the president, conversing with the spouse of the foreign leader, being a role model for the people of the nation, promoting of policies by the government urging public support of policies, and advocating for socio-economic change. An example of this is Rowshan Ershad who called for improvements in women's rights. Appointment The first lady takes up her role and office after the in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rebecca Sultana
Rebecca Sultana () is a Bangladeshi academic and former civil servant who has been serving as the first lady of Bangladesh since 2023 as the wife of President Mohammed Shahabuddin. She is the first former bureaucrat to become first lady, and has held roles in both government and education, including as a university professor and advisor in higher education institutions. Career Rebecca Sultana joined BCS administration cadre as Assistant Commissioner and retired in 2009 as Joint Secretary. She was a professor in the Department of Human Resources Program at Primeasia University and also Chief Advisor of Primeasia University and is serving as the Founder Chairman of Friends for Children Organization. Personal life On 16 November 1972, Rebecca Sultana married Mohammed Shahabuddin. They have a son named Arshad Adnan, who produced several Bangladeshi films, including the highest grossing Bangladeshi film ''Priyotoma ''Priyotoma'' is a 2023 Bangladeshi tragedy romantic drama fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (17 March 1920 – 15 August 1975), also known by the honorific Bangabandhu, was a Bangladeshi politician, revolutionary, statesman and activist who was the founding president of Bangladesh. As the leader of Bangladesh, he led the country as its President of Bangladesh, president and Prime Minister of Bangladesh, prime minister from 1972 until his Assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, assassination in a 15 August 1975 Bangladesh coup d'état, ''coup d'état'' in 1975. His nationalist ideology, socio-political theories, and political doctrines are collectively known as Mujibism. Born in an aristocratic Bengali Muslim family in Tungipara, Mujib emerged as a student activist in the Bengal Presidency, province of Bengal during the final years of the British Raj. He was a member of the All India Muslim League, All-India Muslim League, supported Muslim nationalism in South Asia, Muslim nationalism, and advocated for the Pakistan Movement, establishment ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hosne Ara Rahman
Hosne Ara Rahman (c. 1934 – 17 June 2017) was a Bangladeshi public figure, former First Lady of Bangladesh, and the wife of former President Abdur Rahman Biswas. Rahman served as the country's First Lady from 10 October 1991, until 9 October 1996. Rahman died from complications of old age at United Hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on 17 June 2017, aged 83. She was also a cousin of Rashed Khan Menon, the Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism. Her funeral rites were held at the Gulshan Azad Mosque in Gulshan Thana Gulshan () is a thana situated in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is an affluent residential and business neighbourhood and is now home to a number of the city's restaurants, five star hotels, shopping centers, schools, banks, offices and members' clubs; ... with burial at the Banani Graveyard. Her widower, Abdur Rahman Biswas, died just months later on 3 November 2017. He was also buried in Banani Graveyard. References 1934 births 2017 deaths First ladies of Bang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shahabuddin Ahmed
Shahabuddin Ahmed (1 February 1930 – 19 March 2022) was a Bangladeshis, Bangladeshi head of state who served as the president of Bangladesh from 1996 to 2001, and the Chief Justice of Bangladesh, chief justice of Bangladesh from 1990 to 1995. He previously served as the acting president during 1990–91 when Hussain Muhammad Ershad resigned from the post. He headed a Shahabuddin Ahmed ministry, caretaker government and oversaw a general election in February 1991. Early life and education Ahmed was born on 1 February 1930 in Pamal village in Kendua Upazila, Kendua, Netrokona District, Netrokona. His father Talukdar Resat Ahmed Bhuiyan was a philanthropist. After passing the matriculation and intermediate examinations he gained admission into the University of Dhaka in 1948, obtained a bachelor's degree in economics in 1951 and a master's in international relations in 1952 as a resident student of Fazlul Haq Hall. He attended a special course in public administration at the Uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hussain Muhammad Ershad
Hussain Muhammad Ershad (1 February 1930 – 14 July 2019) was a Bangladeshi military officer, dictator and politician who served as President of Bangladesh, the president of Bangladesh from 1982 to 1990. He seized power as a result of a 1982 Bangladesh coup d'état, bloodless coup against President Abdus Sattar (president), Abdus Sattar on 24 March 1982 (by imposing martial law and suspending the Constitution of Bangladesh, Constitution). He declared himself President in 1983, and subsequently won the controversial 1986 Bangladeshi presidential election. Despite claims to have legitimately won the 1986 election, many consider his regime as a military regime. Ershad founded the Jatiya Party (Ershad), Jatiya Party in 1986 and became a Member of Parliament for JP in the constituency of Rangpur-3 in 1991, with successful re-elections in all subsequent general elections. He was the longest serving male head of government in Bangladeshi history. During his tenure, Ershad pursued dev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Office Portrait Of The Leader Of Opposition, Bangladesh, Begum Raushan Ershad
An office is a space where the employees of an organization perform administrative work in order to support and realize the various goals of the organization. The word "office" may also denote a position within an organization with specific duties attached to it (see officer or official); the latter is an earlier usage, as "office" originally referred to the location of one's duty. In its adjective form, the term "office" may refer to business-related tasks. In law, a company or organization has offices in any place where it has an official presence, even if that presence consists of a storage silo. For example, instead of a more traditional establishment with a desk and chair, an office is also an architectural and design phenomenon, including small offices, such as a bench in the corner of a small business or a room in someone's home (see small office/home office), entire floors of buildings, and massive buildings dedicated entirely to one company. In modern terms, an office i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdus Sattar (president)
Abdus Sattar (1 March 1906 – 5 October 1985) was a Bangladeshi statesman. A leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), he served as the president of Bangladesh from 1981 to 1982, and earlier as the vice president. A jurist by profession, Abdus Sattar held numerous constitutional and political offices in British India, East Pakistan and Bangladesh. He was a cabinet minister, supreme court judge, and chief election commissioner. He took oath and became president shortly after the assassination of president Ziaur Rahman. Abdus Sattar was an elected president through a popular vote.His short lived presidency was marked by growing political turmoil and interference from the military. Abdus Sattar was overthrown in March of 1982 by the then army chief General H.M.Ershad. Early life and career Abdus Sattar was born in 1906 in Birbhum in the then Bengal Presidency, British India. He obtained his LLB and Master of Law from the University of Calcutta and joined the Calcutt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ziaur Rahman
Ziaur Rahman (19 January 193630 May 1981) was a Bangladeshi military officer and politician who served as the sixth president of Bangladesh from 1977 until Assassination of Ziaur Rahman, his assassination in 1981. One of the leading figures of the Bangladesh Liberation War, country's independence war, Ziaur has been nicknamed as the "Liberation Announcer" for broadcasting the Proclamation of Bangladeshi Independence, Bangladeshi declaration of independence in March 1971 from Chittagong. He was the founder of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). He previously served as the third Chief of Army Staff (Bangladesh), Chief of Army Staff from 1975 to 1978 with a minor break. Ziaur, sometimes known as Zia, was born in Gabtali Upazila, Gabtali and trained at the Pakistan Military Academy in Abbottabad. He served as a commander in the Pakistan Army in the Second Kashmir War against the Indian Army, for which he was awarded the Hilal-i-Jur'at, Hilal-e-Jurrat from the Government of Pakis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem
Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem (29 March 1916 – 8 July 1997) was a Bangladeshi jurist and statesman. He was the first Chief Justice of Bangladesh from 1972 to 1975. He became the president of Bangladesh in the aftermath of counter-coups in November 1975. He held post of Chief Martial Law Administrator (CMLA). Sayem presided over a cabinet headed by the three chiefs of the armed forces. The cabinet included civilian technocrats and politicians. Sayem resigned on grounds of ill health in April 1977, and was replaced by Ziaur Rahman. Early life Sayem was born on 29 March 1916 in Rangpur district, Bengal Presidency, British India. He attended the Rangpur District School and Carmichael College. He later attended Presidency College in Calcutta and graduated from the University Law College of Calcutta University. Career Sayem started working as an advocate at the Calcutta High Court in 1944. After partition of India in 1947, he moved to Dhaka, East Bengal, Pakistan. He joined the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad
Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad (; 27 February 1919 – 5 March 1996) was a Bangladeshi politician. He was the Minister of Commerce in the third Mujib Rahman ministry under Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, and assumed the presidency of Bangladesh after the Assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on 15 August 1975. He praised the assassins as "sons of the sun" and put cabinet ministers loyal to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in jail. He was himself deposed by another coup, less than three months later on November 3, 1975. Formation of the Democratic League After his release from prison in 1978, Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad attempted to return to political life by forming a new political party named the Democratic League. The party was intended to position itself as a conservative alternative to the Awami League, which he had once helped found. However, due to his widely condemned role in the 1975 military coup and his perceived betrayal of Bangladesh's founding ideals, Mostaq was deeply unpopular with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammad Mohammadullah
Mohammad Mohammadullah (21 October 1921 – 12 November 1999) was the third president of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. Mohammadullah became the Acting President on 24 December 1973, was elected president on 24 January 1974, and took oath of office on 27 January 1974. He remained President until 25 January 1975. Early life and education Mohammadullah was born in Saicha, Raipur, Lakshmipur, on 21 October 1921. His father Munshi Abdul Wahab was a social worker. In 1943, he completed his secondary school certificate from Lakshmipur Adarsha Samad Government High School. Mohammadullah earned a bachelor's degree with honours in history from Dhaka University and obtained LLB degree from Ripon College Kolkata and again from Dhaka University in the same year 1948. In 1950, he became a member of the Dhaka Bar. In 1964, he was enrolled in Dhaka High Court as an advocate. Political career Mohammadullah was an active member of the East Pakistan Awami League from 1950. He had wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
