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Ivy Rahman
Ivy Rahman (; ; 7 July 1934 – 24 August 2004) was a Bangladeshi politician. She was the Women's Affairs secretary of Awami League. She was injured and later died following the 2004 Dhaka grenade attack. Career Rahman was the founding organizing secretary of Awami League's Women's wing, Mohila Awami League, established by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in 1969. She was elected Women Affairs Secretary of Awami League Central Working Committee in 1978 and two years later she became the president of Mohila Awami League. She had served in those positions until 2002. From 1996 to 2001, Rahman served as the chair of Jatiya Mohila Sangstha and Bangladesh Jatiya Mohila Samabaya Samity. She was the president of Mohila Samity and General Secretary of Bangladesh Andhakalyan Samity until her death. Personal life Ivy Rahman was born in Bhairab Upazila, Kishoreganj District. She was the fifth among the eleven children of the principal of Dhaka College, Jalal Uddin Ahmed and Hasina Begum. Her elder s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bhairab Upazila
Bhairab () is a upazila of Kishoreganj District in the Division of Dhaka Division, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Olukanda was another name of Bhairab. The city centre of this upazila is Bhairab. As of the 2022 census, 156,297 people live in Bhairab municipality which makes this city the largest in Kishoreganj District and List of cities and towns in Bangladesh, 28th largest city in Bangladesh. Geography Bhairab is located at . It has 58,940 households and total area is 139.32 km2. Bhairab is situated beside the rivers of Meghna and Brahmaputra. Bhairab Bazar (town) is notable for the Bhairab Railway stations in Bangladesh, railway station and the railway bridge, Bhairab bridge that goes over the river of Meghna. Demographics According to the 2011 Bangladesh census, 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Bhairab Upazila had 58,940 households and a population of 298,309. 86,278 (28.92%) were under 10 years of age. Bhairab had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 42.71%, compared to the national a ... [...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] |
Assassinated Bangladeshi Politicians
Assassination is the willful killing, by a sudden, secret, or planned attack, of a personespecially if prominent or important. It may be prompted by political, ideological, religious, financial, or military motives. Assassinations are ordered by both individuals and organizations, and are carried out by their accomplices. Acts of assassination have been performed since ancient times. A person who carries out an assassination is called an assassin. Etymology ''Assassin'' comes from the Italian and French Assissini, believed to derive from the word ''hashshashin'' (), and shares its etymological roots with ''hashish'' ( or ; from ').''The Assassins: a radical sect in Islam'' – Bernard Lewis, pp. 11–12 It referred to a group of Nizari Ismailis known as the Order of Assassins who worked against various political targets. Founded by Hassan-i Sabbah, the Assassins were active in the Near East from the 11th to the 13th centuries. The group killed members of the Abbasid, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 Deaths
This is a list of lists of deaths of notable people, organized by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in ) and then linked below. 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 Earlier years ''Deaths in years earlier than this can usually be found in the main articles of the years.'' See also * Lists of deaths by day * Deaths by year (category) {{DEFAULTSORT:deaths by year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1934 Births
Events January–February * January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established. * January 15 – The 8.0 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake, Nepal–Bihar earthquake strikes Nepal and Bihar with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli intensity of XI (''Extreme''), killing an estimated 6,000–10,700 people. * February 6 – 6 February 1934 crisis, French political crisis: The French far-right leagues rally in front of the Palais Bourbon, in an attempted coup d'état against the French Third Republic, Third Republic. * February 9 ** Gaston Doumergue forms a new government in France. ** Second Hellenic Republic, Greece, Kingdom of Romania, Romania, Turkey and Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia form the Balkan Pact. * February 12–February 15, 15 – Austrian Civil War: The Fatherland Front (Austria), Fatherland Front consolidates its power in a series of clashes across the country. * February 16 – The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dhaka Post
''Dhaka Post'' () is a Bengali and English language online news portal in Bangladesh. Launched on 16 February 2021, As of December 2021, Alexa ranked the website 3,479 worldwide and sixth in Bangladesh which is the second among the News websites and first position Internet-based newspaper in Bangladesh. History ''Dhaka Post'' is owned by The Bijoy Bangla Media Limited (BBML) is a sister concern of the US Bangla Group of Companies. It officially launched on 16 February 2021 with the slogan `Treaty with the truth'. Mohiuddin Sarker is editor. He is former Acting Editor of Jagonews24.com. The portal has started the multimedia journalism and podcast at starting time. English daily Dhaka Tribune published news To Dhaka post source. In 2021, Dhaka Post achieved the DRU, Best reporting award for reporting on the series titled 'Dhaka University in its centenary'. 5 farmers in Bangladesh go to jail after falling into the 'trap of motivation' of fraudsters. On July 12, 2021, Dhaka Post ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivy Rahman Swimming Pool
Brojen Das Swimming pool is Bangladesh's first swimming sports organizing and training swimming pool. Built in the 1970s, the sports facility belongs to the Bangabandhu National Stadium Complex in Paltan, Dhaka. It is one of the three swimming pools located in Dhaka city. Its was posthumously named after Ivy Rahman. Renamed again on 23rd March, 2025 after Brojen Das legacy, who crossed English Channel six times. It is affiliated to the National Sports Council The National Sports Council (NSC) is the national overseer of the control authorities of 41 different sports in Bangladesh. It is responsible to the Bangladesh Ministry of Youth and Sports and is based in Purana Paltan, Dhaka. History Prior ..., like the official venues for all swimming sports events in Bangladesh. Bangladesh Swimming Federation maintains the pool. Events Ivy Rahman Swimming Pool is the venue for various swimming competitions. Bangladesh Swimming Federation conducts swimming training workshops he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harkat-ul-Jihad Al-Islami
Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (, HuJI) is a Pakistani Islamist extremist, fundamentalist and terrorist organization affiliated with Al-Qaeda and the Taliban. It has been the most active in the South Asian countries of Pakistan, Bangladesh and India since the early 1990s. The militant organisation has been designated as a terrorist group by India, Israel, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States and Bangladesh when its Bangladesh branch was banned in 2005. The operational commander of HuJI, Ilyas Kashmiri, was killed in a US drone strike in South Waziristan on 4 June 2011. He was linked to the 13 February 2010 bombing of a German bakery in Pune. A statement was released soon after the attack which claimed to be from Kashmiri; it threatened other cities and major sporting events in India. A local Taliban commander named Shah Sahib was named as Kashmiri's successor. History HuJI or HJI was formed in 1984, during the Soviet–Afghan War, by Fazlur Rehman Khalil and Qari Saifull ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheikh Hasina
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. Premiership of Sheikh Hasina, Her second term in office, which critics characterized as a dictatorship, ended in self-imposed exile following the July Revolution (Bangladesh), July Revolution in 2024. Hasina is the daughter of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bangladesh's President of Bangladesh, founding president, and is a member of the Tungipara Sheikh family, Tungipara Sheikh political family. She had little presence in politics before Assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prime Minister Of Bangladesh
The prime minister of Bangladesh (, : Bāṅlādēśēr Prôdhānmôntrī), officially prime minister of the People's Republic of Bangladesh (, : Gôṇôprôjātôntrī Bāṅlādēśēr Prôdhānmôntrī), is the head of government of the Bangladesh. The prime minister and the cabinet are collectively accountable for their policies and actions to the Parliament, to their political party and ultimately to the electorate. The prime minister is ceremonially appointed by the president of Bangladesh. The position was taken over by the military during the years of 1975–78, 1982–86 and 1990–91 due to imposed martial law. In each of these periods, the national government leadership was controlled by the military with the executive authority of the president and the prime minister. During the period between 1996 and 2008, the chief adviser of the caretaker government exercised authority as per the constitution as chief executive for 90 days during the transition from one ele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
President Of Awami League
The Awami League, officially known as Bangladesh Awami League, is a major 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. In 1949, the party was founded as the East Pakistan Awami Muslim League (after 1955, the East Pakistan Awami League) by 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 socialist Bengali people, Bengali alternative to the domination of the Muslim League (Pakistan), Muslim League in Pakistan and over centralisation of the government. The party quickly gained a massive popular support ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
