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Natore-1
Natore-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024 the constituency is vacant. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Bagatipara and Lalpur upazilas. History The constituency was created in 1984 from a Rajshahi constituency when the former Rajshahi District was split into four districts: Nawabganj, Naogaon, Rajshahi, and Natore Natore is a city ("town" in some sources) in western Bangladesh. It is the headquarters of the Natore District. Its current administrator is Asha Khatun. The Narod river is passing through the center of the city with pollution from upstream industr .... Members of Parliament Elections Elections in the 2010s Abul Kalam Azad was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election. Elections in the 2000s Elections in the 1990s References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abu Talha (politician)
Abu Talha (born 30 October 1939) is a Jatiya Party (Ershad) The Jatiya Party (, ; JaPa or JP(E)) is a political party of Bangladesh. The current chairman of the party is Ghulam Muhammed Quader. On 3 January 2019, the party announced its decision to join the Bangladesh Awami League-led Grand Alliance a ... politician and a former member of parliament for Natore-1. Career Talha was elected to parliament from Natore-1 as a Jatiya Party candidate in 2008. He is the vice-chairman of the Jatiya Party. In 2017, the Anti-Corruption Commission sued him for evading 18 million taka in taxes. References Living people 1939 births Jatiya Party politicians 9th Jatiya Sangsad members {{JatiyaParty-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shahidul Islam Bakul
Shahidul Islam Bakul is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and former Member of Parliament of Natore-1 Natore-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024 the constituency is vacant. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Bagatipara and Lalpur upazilas. History The constitue .... Career Bakul was elected to parliament from Natore-1 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate 30 December 2018. Before election, his supporters blocked train service at his area demanding his nomination to the ruling party. Bakul is a member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Ministry of Fisheries & Livestock. References Awami League politicians Living people 11th Jatiya Sangsad members 1972 births {{Rajshahi-AL-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abul Kalam Azad (Bangladeshi Politician, Born 1956)
Md. Abul Kalam (মোঃ আবুল কালাম) is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Natore-1 Natore-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024 the constituency is vacant. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Bagatipara and Lalpur upazilas. History The constitue ... constituency. Early life Abul Kalam was born on 25 July 1956. He has a B.A., M.A., and LLB degree. Career Abul Kalam was elected to Parliament from Natore-1 on 5 January 2014 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate. References Living people 1956 births Awami League politicians 10th Jatiya Sangsad members 12th Jatiya Sangsad members {{Rajshahi-AL-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fazlur Rahman Patal
Fazlur Rahman Potol (died 11 August 2016) was a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a 4-term Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Natore-1 Natore-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024 the constituency is vacant. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Bagatipara and Lalpur upazilas. History The constitue ... constituency. He also served as the state minister of Youth, Sports and Communications. References 1950s births 2016 deaths Bangladesh Nationalist Party politicians State ministers of youth and sports of Bangladesh 5th Jatiya Sangsad members 6th Jatiya Sangsad members 7th Jatiya Sangsad members 8th Jatiya Sangsad members Place of birth missing Date of birth missing {{BangladeshNationalistParty-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Momtaz Uddin
Momtaz Uddin (21 September 1946 – 6 June 2003) was a Bangladesh Awami League politician who served as a member of the Jatiya Sangsad representing the Natore-1 constituency. He was the senior vice president of the district Awami League. He was a member of Mukti Bahini in the Bangladesh Liberation war in 1971, commander in chief of Lalpur. Early life and education Momtaz Uddin was born on 21 September 1946 to a Bengali family of Muslim Pramaniks in the Milkipara of Abdulpur village in Lalpur, Natore, then part of the Rajshahi district of the Bengal Presidency. He studied at the Karimpur High School up until class 8. He received his Secondary School Certificate from the Chowk Nazirpur High School in 1966 and his Higher Secondary Certificate from the Nawab Siraj-Ud-Dowla Government College, Natore in 1968. He graduated with a Bachelor's degree from Ishwardi College in 1970. He is married to politician Shefali Momtaz. His son, Shamim Ahmad Sagore, is the general secretary of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 Bangladeshi General Election
General elections were held in Bangladesh on 7 January 2024 in accordance with the Constitution of Bangladesh, constitutional requirement, stating that elections must take place within the 90-day period before the expiration of the current term of the Jatiya Sangsad on 29 January 2024. The Awami League, led by incumbent Sheikh Hasina, won the election for the fourth consecutive time with less than 40% of the eligible voters voting according to an Election Commission, which was run by the ruling political party. The party won 224 seats while independent candidates, most of whom were Awami League members propped up as dummy candidates to give a semblance of competition, won 62 seats. In the lead-up to the election, the incumbent government led by Sheikh Hasina cracked down on opposition parties and silenced critics of the government. Hasina's prime ministership has been described as authoritarian since being re-elected in 2008, and in 2011 removed the requirement that a temporary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natore-2
Natore-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by Md. Shafiqul Islam Shimul of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Natore Sadar Upazila and Naldanga Upazila. History The constituency was created in 1984 from a Rajshahi constituency when the former Rajshahi District was split into four districts: Nawabganj, Naogaon, Rajshahi, and Natore Natore is a city ("town" in some sources) in western Bangladesh. It is the headquarters of the Natore District. Its current administrator is Asha Khatun. The Narod river is passing through the center of the city with pollution from upstream industr .... Members of Parliament Elections Elections in the 2010s Shafiqul Islam Shimul was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election. Elections in the 2000s Elections in the 1990s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rajshahi-6
Rajshahi-6 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024 the constituency is vacant. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Bagha and Charghat Upazilas. History The constituency was created from the former Rajshahi-5 constituency when, ahead of the 2008 general election, the Election Commission redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the 2001 Bangladesh census In 2001, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics conducted a national census in Bangladesh, ten years after the 1991 census. They recorded data from all of the districts, upazilas, and main cities in Bangladesh including statistical data on populati .... The 2008 reapportionment transferred one seat from Sirajganj District to Rajshahi District. The new seat took the name Rajshahi-3, bumping up by one the suffix of the former constituency of that name and higher numbered constituencies in the district. Members of Parliame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lalpur Upazila
Lalpur Upazila () is an upazila of Natore District, located the Rajshahi Division of Bangladesh. History According to the Imperial Gazetteer of India, all of ancient Natore was beel (wetland) with the exception of Lalpur. The Aryan migrations to Lalpur and Baraigram Upazila, Baraigram date back to the Gupta Empire, Gupta period in the 5th century. During the reign of the Pala Empire, Palas and Sena dynasty, Senas, Lalpur developed into an important administrative centre of Varendra and maintained river communication with Krishnanagar, Nadia. The Naodapara village near Salampur in Lalpur was home to a Sena-era fort and victory pillar. The territories now comprising Lalpur Upazila are home to several ''Bengal Sultanate, shahi'' mosques, particularly in the villages of Salampur, Mominpur, Baora, Nabirpara and Madhabpur. The Arbab Saraikhana and Mosque complex was constructed after the area was annexed to the Sur Empire in the 16th century. The name of Lalpur is thought to have been ... [...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 another landslide victory for the Awami League-led Grand Alliance (Bangladesh), Grand Alliance led by Sheikh Hasina. The elections were marred by 2018 Bangladesh election violence, violence. According to political scientist Ali Riaz the elections were not free and fair. BBC News, among others, observed some apparent vote rigging by the Awami League, with some referring to it as the 'midnight election' due to ballot boxes allegedly being filled the night before election day. 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. Background The 2014 Bangladeshi ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 Bangladesh General Election
General elections were held in Bangladesh on 5 January 2014, in accordance with the constitutional requirement that elections must take place within the 90-day period before the expiration of the term of the Jatiya Sangshad on 24 January 2014. The elections were not free and fair. They were preceded by a government crackdown on the opposition, with Bangladesh Nationalist Party and opposition leader Khaleda Zia put under house arrest. There were widespread arrests of other opposition members, violence and strikes by the opposition, attacks on religious minorities, and extrajudicial killings by the government, with around 21 people killed on election day. Almost all major opposition parties boycotted the elections, resulting in 153 of the 300 directly elected seats being uncontested and the incumbent Awami League-led Grand Alliance of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina winning a landslide majority. Hasina became the first prime minister in the history of Bangladesh to be re-elected to s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independent (politician)
An independent politician or non-affiliated politician is a politician not affiliated with any political party or bureaucratic association. There are numerous reasons why someone may stand for office as an independent. Some politicians have political views that do not align with the platforms of any political party and therefore they choose not to affiliate with them. Some independent politicians may be associated with a party, perhaps as former members of it or else have views that align with it, but choose not to stand in its name, or are unable to do so because the party in question has selected another candidate. Others may belong to or support a political party at the national level but believe they should not formally represent it (and thus be subject to its policies) at another level. In some cases, a politician may be a member of an unregistered party and therefore officially recognised as an independent. Officeholders may become independents after losing or repudiating a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
