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Hasina Jamal Degree College
Sheikh Hasina (''née'' Wazed; born 28 September 1947) is a Bangladeshi politician who served as the tenth prime minister of Bangladesh from June 1996 to July 2001 and again from January 2009 to August 2024. Her second term in office, which critics characterized as a dictatorship, ended in self-imposed exile following the July Revolution in 2024. Hasina is the daughter of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bangladesh's founding president, and is a member of the Tungipara Sheikh political family. She had little presence in politics before her father's assassination in August 1975. Afterwards, she took asylum in India and became involved with the Awami League and was elected as its president, a position which she continues to hold to this day while residing in India. After returning to Bangladesh in 1981, she and her party Awami League became involved with the pro-democracy movement against the military dictator Hussain Muhammad Ershad, culminating in the 1990 Bangladesh mass uprisin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iajuddin Ahmed
Iajuddin Ahmed (1 February 193110 December 2012) was the President of Bangladesh, serving from 6 September 2002 until 12 February 2009. With a doctorate in soil science, Ahmed became a full professor at the University of Dhaka and chairman of the department. Beginning in 1991, he started accepting appointments to public positions, as chairman of the Public Service Commission (1991 to 1993) and of the University Grants Commission (1995 to 1999). In 2002, he won election as president. In 2004, he helped establish the private university, Atish Dipankar University of Science and Technology (ADUST). Early life and education Iajuddin Ahmed obtained his Bachelor of Science, B.Sc and Master of Science, M.Sc froDepartment of Geology University of Dhaka in 1952 and 1954, respectively. He later received his MS and PhD degrees in 1958 and 1962, respectively, from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the United States. Teaching Returning to the University of Dhaka, Ahmed joined the fac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdul Malek Ukil
Abdul Malek Ukil (; 1 October 192417 October 1987) was the president of Bangladesh Awami League, speaker of parliament, home minister, health minister, a member of parliament for many years and a lawyer of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. He was one of the drafters of the Constitution of Bangladesh and also one of the founding members of East Bengal Muslim Students League. Early life Abdul Malek Ukil was born in Rajapur village of Noakhali Sadar Upazila in Noakhali District. His educational life began at Noakhali Ahmadia High Madrasa, from where he passed his Madrasa Examination with general scholarship and a Letter in mathematics. In the year 1947 he passed his IA Examination from the Magura College in Jessore District. Two years later, in 1949, he graduated in BA from the University of Dhaka (Dhaka University). The following year, he received his MA degree and completed LL. B from the same institution. He started his professional career as an advocate at Noakhali District Bar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib
Begum Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib (8 August 1930 – 15 August 1975), commonly known as Begum Mujib or Bangamata and also known by her nickname Renu was the wife of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding President of Bangladesh. She was the mother of Sheikh Hasina, the leader of the Awami League and former Prime Minister from 2009 to 2024. She was killed along with her family. Early life and marriage Sheikh Fazilatunnesa was born in 1930, to the Bengali Muslim Sheikh family in the village of Tungipara, Gopalganj in 1930. Her father was Sheikh Zahurul Haque and her mother Sheikh Husne Ara Begum. Her paternal grandfather Sheikh Kashem, was grandson of Sheikh Ekramullah, who was descended from Sheikh Abdul Awal Darwish, a dervish who had come to preach Islam in Bengal during the early 18th century. Her father, Sheikh Zahurul Haque, and mother, Husne Ara Begum, died when she was three years old. Her elder sister's name is Sheikh Jinnatunnesa. Fazilatunnesa was a paternal cousin o ... [...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] |
Grand Alliance (Bangladesh)
The Grand Alliance () is a Bangladeshi big-tent electoral alliance of consisting right-wing to far-left political parties in the leadership of Awami League (currently outlawed). It was formed ahead of the 2008 general election. The alliance was a '' de facto'' merger of the 14 Party Alliance with the Jatiya Party and LDP, although the 14 Party Alliance remained active individually. The Grand Alliance is regularly reformed before elections. 14 Party Alliance There is a common confusion that the 14 Party Alliance and the Grand Alliance were the same. While the 14 Party Alliance is the "idealistic" political alliance between the Awami League and secular- socialist parties, which is active in everyday politics, the Grand Alliance was a larger electoral alliance before elections. Party members *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 p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangladesh 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 achieving the independence of Bangladesh. It is one of the two dominant parties in the country, along with their traditional rival, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). The party's activities were banned on 10 May 2025, under the Anti-Terrorism Act, 2009, Anti-Terrorism Act. In 1949, the party was founded as the East Pakistan Awami Muslim League (after 1955, the East Pakistan Awami League) by Bengali nationalism, Bengali nationalists, Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani, Yar Mohammad Khan and Shamsul Huq, and joined later by Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy who went on to become Prime Minister of Pakistan. It was established as the Socialism, socialist Bengali people, Bengali alternative to the domination of the Muslim League (Pakistan), Muslim League in Pakist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Bengal
East Bengal (; ''Purbô Bangla/Purbôbongo'') was the eastern province of the Dominion of Pakistan, which covered the territory of modern-day Bangladesh. It consisted of the eastern portion of the Bengal region, and existed from 1947 until 1955, when it was renamed as East Pakistan. East Bengal had a coastline along the Bay of Bengal to the south, and bordered India to the north, west, and east and shared a small border with Burma (presently known as Myanmar) to the southeast. It was situated near, but did not share a border with Nepal, Tibet, the Kingdom of Bhutan and the Kingdom of Sikkim. Its capital was Dacca, now known as Dhaka. The Partition of India, which Partition of Bengal (1947), divided Bengal along religious lines, established the borders of the Muslim-majority area of East Bengal. The province existed during the reign of two monarchs, George VI and Elizabeth II; and three Governor General of Pakistan, governors-general, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Khawaja Nazimuddin and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tungipara Upazila
Tungipara () is an upazila of Gopalganj District in Dhaka Division, Bangladesh. It is the birthplace of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the first President of Bangladesh. In 1995, it was carved out of Gopalganj Sadar Upazila to become an upazila. Etymology There is a legend that this area used to be flooded. Some saints who practiced Islam relocated to this area from Persia. They started living in this area by making canopied houses at low cost. Such houses are called "Tong" in Bengali hence the name of the place is Tungipara (Tungi+para). " Para" means neighborhood. Geography Tungipara is located at on the north-eastern bank of the Modhumoti River. It is the most southern upazila of Gopalganj District. To the north is Gopalganj Sadar, the east is Kotalipara Upazila, on the south Nazirpur Upazila in Pirojpur District and in the west is Chitalmari Upazila of Bagerhat District. Tungipara Upazila has 20,575 households and a total area of 128.53 km2. The famous river Madhumati div ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asaduzzaman Khan (politician, Born 1916)
Asaduzzaman Khan (1916 – 21 January 1992) was a Bangladeshi politician and government minister. Early life Khan was born in 1916 in Kishoreganj, East Bengal, British Raj The British Raj ( ; from Hindustani language, Hindustani , 'reign', 'rule' or 'government') was the colonial rule of the British The Crown, Crown on the Indian subcontinent, * * lasting from 1858 to 1947. * * It is also called Crown rule .... He finished law degree from the University of Dhaka and M.A. in history from there. Career In 1941, Khan joined the Bengal Civil Service, judicial branch. He was also a part-time lecturer of University of Dhaka's Law Department and a lawyer in the High Court. In 1965, he was elected to the East Pakistan Provincial Assembly in 1965. He served as the leader of the opposition in the assembly 1967 and joined Awami League in 1969. He served as the minister of jute in the cabinet of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in 1975 and later the Minister of Port, Navigation, and Inland ... [...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] |
Kazi Firoz Rashid
Kazi Firoz Rashid (born 2 February 1947) is a Jatiya Party politician and a former member of parliament for Dhaka-6. He started politics from a very early life, when he was in class nine in school he participated in the movement against Pakistan's then President General Ayub Khan's education system. During his study at university he was elected vice president twice. Early life Rashid was born on 2 February 1947. He completed a B.A., M.A., and a LLB. His father, Kazi Mozaffar Hossain, was the founder of Awami League in Gopalganj. Career Rashid was elected to parliament from Dhaka-6 in 2014 and in 2018 Bangladeshi general elections as a candidate of Jatiya Party but Awami League supported. In parliament he criticised Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for making Hasanul Haq Inu Hasanul Haq Inu (born 12 November 1946) is a Bangladeshi politician and the former Minister of Information of Bangladesh. He leads a faction of the Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal and was involved in a Marxist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gopalganj-3
Gopalganj-3 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. As of August 2024, the seat of this constituency is vacant, and was last held by Sheikh Hasina who served as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh from 2009 to 2024. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Kotalipara upazilas. History The constituency was created in 1984 from a Faridpur constituency when the former Faridpur District was split into five districts: Rajbari, Faridpur, Gopalganj, Madaripur Madaripur is a town in Dhaka division in south-central Bangladesh. It is the headquarters of Madaripur District. It is named for Shah Madar, a Sufi saint who spread Islam in the region. Demographics According to the 2022 Bangladesh census ..., and Shariatpur. Members of Parliament Elections Elections in the 2010s Elections in the 2000s Elections in the 1990s References External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
