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Mirza Abdul Awal
Mirza Abdul Awal () is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a former member of parliament for Pabna-8. Early life and family Abdul Awal was born into a Bengali Muslim family of Mirzas in the village of Jainagar in Bera, Pabna District. His brother, Mirza Abdul Halim, was a former parliamentarian who served as the opposition minister of state for shipping. His other brother, Mirza Abdul Jalil, was a former president of the Bangladesh Krishak League. The retired army major Manzur Quader is his nephew. Career Abdul Awal competed in the 1954 East Bengal Legislative Assembly election and successfully won a seat at the East Bengal Legislative Assembly. He was involved in the Bengali language movement and six point movement during the Pakistan period. Following the independence of Bangladesh, he was elected to the 2nd Jatiya Sangsad from Pabna-8 (Bera- Santhia; now Pabna-1) as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate following the 1979 Bangladeshi general election. Abdul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jatiya Sangsad
The Jatiya Sangsad (), often simply referred to as Sangsad and also known as is the unicameral Legislature, 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 (Bangladesh), members of Parliament, or MPs. The 2024 Bangladeshi general election, 12th national parliamentary election was held on 7 January 2024. Elections to the body are held every five years, unless a parliament is dissolved earlier by the President of Bangladesh. On 6 August 2024, President Mohammed Shahabuddin dissolved parliament after the resignation of Sheikh Hasina and ordered to form an 2024 Bangladesh Interim Government, interim government. 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 government, head of the government. The President of Bangladesh, the ceremonial head of state, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bengali Muslim
Bengali Muslims (; ) 'Mussalman'' also used in this work./ref> are adherents of Islam who ethnically, linguistically and genealogically identify as Bengalis. Comprising over 70% of the global Bengali population, they are the second-largest ethnic group among Muslims after Arabs. Bengali Muslims make up the majority of Bangladesh's citizens, and are the largest minority in the Indian states of West Bengal, Tripura and Assam. They speak or identify the Bengali language as their mother tongue. The majority of Bengali Muslims are Sunnis who follow the Hanafi school of jurisprudence. Due to its extensive trade contacts, Bengal has had a Muslim presence in the region since the early 8th century CE, but conquest of the Bengal region by the Delhi Sultanate brought Muslim rule to Bengal. The governors of the region soon broke away to form a Bengal Sultanate, which was a supreme power of the medieval Islamic East. European traders identified the Bengal Sultanate as "the richest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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Bangladesh Nationalist Party Politicians
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 and among the List of countries and dependencies by population density, most densely populated with a population of over 171 million within an area of . Bangladesh shares land borders with India to the north, west, and east, and Myanmar to the southeast. It has a coastline along the Bay of Bengal to its south and is separated from Bhutan and Nepal by the Siliguri Corridor, and from China by the List of Indian states, Indian state of Sikkim to its north. Dhaka, the capital and list of cities and towns in Bangladesh, largest city, is the nation's political, financial, and cultural centre. Chittagong is the second-largest city and the busiest port of the country. The territory of modern Bangladesh was a stronghold of many List of Buddhist kingdoms and empires, Buddhist and List of Hindu empir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motiur Rahman Nizami
Motiur Rahman Nizami (; 31 March 1943 – 11 May 2016) was a politician, former Minister of Bangladesh, Islamic scholar, writer and a former Ameer of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami. He was accused of leading Al-Badr during the Bangladesh War of Independence. On 29 October 2014, he was convicted of masterminding the Demra massacre by the International Crimes Tribunal. Nizami was the Member of Parliament from Pabna-1 constituency from 1991 to 1996 and again from 2001 to 2006. He also served as the Bangladeshi Minister of Agriculture and Minister of Industry. While various political entities and international organizations had originally welcomed the trials, in November 2011, Human Rights Watch criticised the government for aspects of their progress, lack of transparency, and purported harassment of defense lawyers and witnesses representing the accused. Nizami was the last high-profile suspect to be tried for war crimes of the 1971 Bangladesh Genocide; the court delayed his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1991 Bangladeshi General Election
General elections were held in Bangladesh on 27 February 1991. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) emerged as the largest party in parliament, winning 140 of the 300 directly elected seats. The BNP formed a government with the support of Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh and on 20 March Khaleda Zia was sworn in for her first term as Prime Minister. The elections were described to be free and fair by many international observers, and it played a major role in solidifying Bangladeshi democracy in aftermath of the anti-government protests in late 1980s. Voter turnout was 55.4%. The election was disproportionate, with the BNP winning 52 more seats than the Awami League, despite their popular vote total differing by less than one percentage point. Background In 1990 a mass uprising led by future Prime Ministers Khaleda Zia and Sheikh Hasina deposed the former Army Chief Hussain Muhammad Ershad from power in December. Ershad had assumed the presidency in 1983 following a coup d'état i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1979 Bangladeshi General Election
General elections were held in Bangladesh on 18 February 1979. The result was a victory for the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), the party of the incumbent military regime, which won 207 of the 300 directly elected seats, although it only won 41% of the vote. Voter turnout was 51%. The Awami League became the main opposition party after winning 39 seats. The elections were organized by the military regime in Bangladesh. The elections were postponed twice, as they were initially supposed to be held in December 1978. The political opposition in Bangladesh intended to boycott the elections, unless the military regime the military regime withdrew martial law, assured that there would be a parliamentary system, released political prisoners, and restored full press freedom. Ziaur Rahman made some concessions to the opposition, but the fell short of their full demands. Subsequently some opposition parties decided to take part in the elections. Results References {{Bangladeshi ele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santhia Upazila
Santhia () is an upazila of Pabna District in the Division of Rajshahi, Bangladesh. Geography Santhia is located at . It has 89,032 households and a total area of 331.55 km2. Santhia has some forest-like areas with wild animals like foxes, mongooses, wild cats, etc. But these woods and animals are on the verge of extinction because of hunting and slash-and-burn. Demographics According to the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Santhia Upazila had 89,032 households and a population of 380,301. 88,808 (23.35%) were under 10 years of age. Santhia had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 43.88%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 989 females per 1000 males. 38,704 (10.18%) lived in urban areas. As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Santhia has a population of 283,463. Males constitute 52.2% of the population, and females 47.8%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 135,476. Administration Santhia Upazila is divided into Santhia Municipality and ten union paris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bengali Language Movement
The Bengali language movement was a political movement in East Bengal (modern-day Bangladesh) in 1952, advocating the recognition of the Bengali language as a co-lingua franca of the then-Dominion of Pakistan to allow its use in government affairs, the continuation of its use as a medium of education, its use in media, currency and stamps, and to maintain its writing in the Bengali alphabet and Bengali script. When the Dominion of Pakistan was formed after the separation of the Indian subcontinent in 1947, when the British left, it was composed of various ethnic and linguistic groups, with the geographically non-contiguous East Bengal province having a mainly ethnicity, ethnic Bengali people, Bengali population. In 1948, the Governor-General of Pakistan, Government of the Dominion of Pakistan ordained as part of Islamization of East Pakistan or East Bengal that Urdu will be the sole federal language, alternately Bengali writing in the Perso-Arabic script or Roman script (Rom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1954 East Bengal Legislative Assembly Election
Legislative elections were held in East Bengal between 8 and 12 March 1954, the first since Pakistan became an independent country in 1947. The opposition United Front led by the All-Pakistan Awami League and Krishak Sramik Party won a landslide victory with 223 of the 309 seats.Nair, p165 The Muslim League Chief Minister of East Pakistan Nurul Amin was defeated in his own constituency by Khaleque Nawaz Khan by over 7,000 votes, with all the Muslim League ministers losing their seats.Nair, p167 Background The Bengal Legislative Assembly was elected as part of the provincial elections in 1946 in British Bengal. Following the partition of Bengal, the East Bengal Legislative Assembly was created consisting of all Muslim members and some Hindu members of the former Assembly, alongside representives from Sylhet in the Assam Legislative Assembly (as the region had voted to join Pakistan). Due to delays in implementing the constitution of Pakistan, its term was extended several time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
