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Sheikh Tonmoy
Sheikh Sharhan Naser Tonmoy best known as Sheikh Tonmoy is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former member of Jatiya Sangsad representing the Bagerhat-2 constituency. He is a grand-nephew of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, nephew of Sheikh Hasina, and second-cousin of Sajeeb Wazed, Saima Wazed & Tulip Siddiq. He has been missing along with all of his family members since the fall of his aunt Sheikh Hasina's government on 5 August 2024. Early life Tonmoy's father is Sheikh Helal Uddin, member of parliament for Bagerhat-1 and cousin of Prime Minister 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 .... He completed his higher studies in London, United Kingdom. Career Tonmoy was elected to Parliament on 30 December 2018 from Bagerhat-2 as a Bangladesh Awami League c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bagerhat-2
Bagerhat-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024 the constituency is vacant. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Bagerhat Sadar and Kachua upazilas. History The constituency was created in 1984 from the Khulna-2 constituency when the former Khulna District was split into three districts: Bagerhat, Khulna Khulna (, ) is the third-largest city in Bangladesh, after Dhaka and Chittagong. It is the administrative centre of the Khulna District and the Khulna Division. It is the divisional centre of 10 districts of the division. Khulna is also the seco ..., and Satkhira. Members of Parliament Elections Elections in the 2010s Mir Showkat Ali Badsha 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 Refere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sajeeb Wazed
Sajeeb Ahmed Wazed Joy is a Bangladeshi businessman and politician. He is a member of the Bangladesh Awami League and served as an advisor to his mother, former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, on information and communication technology affairs. He is currently facing multiple corruption charges in Bangladesh. Early life and education Wazed was born in Dhaka during the Bangladesh Liberation War on 27 July 1971. His parents are Dr. M. A. Wazed Miah and Sheikh Hasina Wazed. His father was a nuclear scientist. In August 1975, his grandparents and uncles were assassinated during a military coup in Bangladesh; he and his mother, father and aunt survived as they were visiting West Germany. The family was barred by the military regime from entering the country until 1981. After returning to Bangladesh in 1981, his mother assumed the presidency of the Awami League and spearheaded the campaign for the restoration of democracy, along with her arch-rival Khaleda Zia. Wazed attended boa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Awami League Politicians
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People From Bagerhat District
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1987 Births
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Bagerhat-1
Bagerhat-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 Chitalmari Upazila, Chitalmari, Fakirhat Upazila, Fakirhat, and Mollahat Upazila, Mollahat upazilas. History The constituency was created in 1984 from the Khulna-1 constituency when the former Khulna District was split into three districts: Bagerhat District, Bagerhat, Khulna District, Khulna, and Satkhira District, Satkhira. Members of Parliament Elections Elections in the 2010s Sheikh Helal Uddin was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 Bangladeshi general election, 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election. Elections in the 2000s Sheikh Hasina stood for three seats in the 2008 general election: Bagerhat-1, Rangpur-6, and Gopalganj-3. After winning all three, she chose to represent Gopalganj-3 and quit the other two, trig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tulip Siddiq
Tulip Rizwana Siddiq (born 16 September 1982) is a British Bangladeshi politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hampstead and Highgate, previously Hampstead and Kilburn, since 2015. She served as Economic Secretary to the Treasury and City Minister from 9 July 2024 until her resignation on 14 January 2025, following allegations of misconduct. She was the Camden London Borough Councillor for Regent's Park from 2010 until 2014. She is a niece of the ousted former Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina. On 13 April 2025, Bangladesh issued an arrest warrant for Siddiq as part of investigations into corruption during Sheikh Hasina's premiership. In January 2025, Tulip Siddiq came under scrutiny over her links to the former Bangladeshi government led by her aunt, Sheikh Hasina, after the regime was deposed. According to a report by ''The Guardian'', Siddiq, who has previously identified as British Bangladeshi, emphasized her British citizenship when quest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saima Wazed
Saima Wazed (; born 9 December 1972), also known as Putul (), is the daughter of Bangladesh's former prime minister Sheikh Hasina. She is serving as the South East Asian regional director for the World Health Organization since November 1, 2023. Early life and education Wazed was born to Sheikh Hasina, the former prime minister of Bangladesh, and M. A. Wazed Miah, a nuclear scientist. Her brother is Sajeeb Wazed Joy. She graduated from Barry University. She is a licensed school psychologist. Career Wazed organized the first South Asian conference on Autism in 2011 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. She is the chairperson of National Advisory Committee on Autism and Neurodevelopmental disorders. She campaigned for “Comprehensive and Coordinated Efforts for the Management of Autism Spectrum Disorders” resolution at the World Health Assembly which adopted the resolution, Autism Speaks praised her for spearheading "a truly global push for support for this resolution". She had been drafte ... [...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] |
Mir Showkat Ali Badsha
Mir Showkat Ali Badsha (মীর শওকাত আলী বাদশা) is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the incumbent Member of Parliament from Bagerhat-2 Bagerhat-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024 the constituency is vacant. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Bagerhat Sadar and Kachua upazilas. History The con .... Early life Badsha was born on 31 December 1946. He has a M.A. and LLB degree. Career Badsha was elected to Parliament from Bagerhat-2 in 2014 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate. He is the chairperson of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on child rights. He is a member of the Treasury Bench. He is a member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Fisheries and Livestock Ministry. References Awami League politicians Living people 1946 births 10th Jatiya Sangsad members 9th Jatiya Sangsad members People from Bagerhat District {{Khulna-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] |
