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Shireen Huq
Shireen Huq, also known as Shireen Pervin Huq, is a women's rights activist, and founder of Naripokkho, a woman's rights organization. She is a trustee board member of Gono Bishwabidyalay. She is the co-convener of Bangladesh Civil Society Platform on Justice and Accountability for the Rohingyas. Career Huq was one of the founding member of ''Naripokkho'' in 1983. She worked for Danish International Development Agency from 1987 to 2006. Huq signed a letter with 57 other women leaders calling on the government to not interfere with Grameen Bank in August 2012. In August 2013, Huq called for the government to release Adilur Rahman Khan. Huq spoked against the short imprisonment of David Bergman (journalist), David Bergman for contempt of court in 2015. She is a founding member of the Committee for the Protection of Fundamental Rights. She called Rezaul Karim Bablu, member of parliament, a Neanderthal for his comments blaming feminist of rape. In 2023, Huq signed a letter criticiz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharmeen Murshid
Sharmeen Soneya Murshid is a member of the advisory council of the 2024 Bangladesh interim government, Bangladesh interim government. She was chief executive officer of human rights organization ''Brotee'' which has been working for the rights of marginalized groups, especially the indigenous people since 2001. She is currently serving as Adviser to the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs as well as Ministry of Social Welfare (Bangladesh), Ministry of Social Welfare. Murshid is a former Commissioner of the National River Conservation Commission. Early life Murshid's parents were Khan Sarwar Murshid and Nurjahan Murshid. Her father was a member of the planning commission of Mujibnagar government and confidante of Tajuddin Ahmad, Tajuddin Ahmed and her mother was a member of parliament. Her brother is Khan Ahmed Sayeed Murshid, former director general of the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies. Her elder sister is Tazeen Mahnaz Murshid, senior lecturer of King's College ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zafrullah Chowdhury
Zafrullah Chowdhury (27 December 1941 – 11 April 2023) was a Bangladeshi public health activist. He was the founder of Gonoshasthaya Kendra, a rural healthcare organisation. He was known more for his work in formulating the Bangladesh National Drug Policy in 1982. Chowdhury's work in population control earned him the inaugural Independence Day Award, the highest civilian award in Bangladesh, in 1977. Among other awards, he was given Ramon Magsaysay Award in 1985 and the Right Livelihood Award in 1992 for his work in the public health sector. Early life and career Chowdhury spent his early childhood in Kolkata and later his family settled in East Pakistan (which later became Bangladesh). He was one of ten children born to his parents. After attending primary school in Nabakumar Institution at Bakshibazar, he studied at Jubilee School and then Dhaka College. He studied medicine at Dhaka Medical College, where he got involved with leftist political ideologies. As the general s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muhammad Yunus
Muhammad Yunus (born 28 June 1940) is a Bangladeshi economist, entrepreneur, and civil society leader who has been serving as the Chief Adviser of Bangladesh, Chief Adviser of the Interim government of Muhammad Yunus, interim Yunus ministry, government of Bangladesh since 8 August 2024. Yunus pioneered the modern concept of microcredit and microfinance, for which he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 as the first Bangladeshi. He is the founder of Grameen Bank. Born in Hathazari Upazila, Hathazari, Chittagong District, Chittagong, Yunus passed his matriculation and intermediate examinations from Chittagong Collegiate School and Chittagong College, respectively. He completed his BA from University of Dhaka and joined as a lecturer in Chittagong College. He obtained his PhD in economics from Vanderbilt University in the United States. After the Bangladesh famine of 1974, devastating famine of 1974, Yunus started to work on poverty elevation in Bangladesh. He began experim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aynaghar
Aynaghar () is a colloquial term referring to a network of clandestine detention centers which were operated by the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI), the intelligence branch of Bangladesh's defence forces and Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), an elite force unit of Bangladesh Police, during the authoritarian rule of Sheikh Hasina. These facilities have been linked to enforced disappearances and human rights abuses during Sheikh Hasina's tenure as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, particularly from 2009 to 2024. The existence of Aynaghar sparked significant controversy and was consistently denied by the Hasina regime, which faced widespread criticism from human rights organisations and activists. However, after the regime fell in 2024, 500 to 700 cells were found in detention centres throughout the country. At least one centre, next to Dhaka International Airport, with many tiny, dark cells had been bricked up to hide it after the regime fell. People were incarcerated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Directorate General Of Forces Intelligence
The Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (), commonly known by its acronym DGFI, is the defense intelligence agency of the Bangladesh Armed Forces, tasked with collection, collation and evaluation of strategic and topographic information, primarily through human intelligence (HUMINT). As one of the principal members of the Bangladeshi intelligence forces, the DGFI reports to the Director-General under the executive authority of the head of government, the Prime Minister, and is primarily focused on providing intelligence for the Prime Minister, the Cabinet of Bangladesh, and the Armed Forces of Bangladesh. Formed in 1972 as Directorate of Forces Intelligence under the command and jurisdiction of the Ministry of Defense, it was organised as the principal intelligence arm of the nascent defense ministry of Bangladesh, limited to gathering critical information pertaining to the Armed Forces. The agency experienced dramatic reorganization and growth after the 1977 unrest a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
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] |
Tritiyo Matra
Tritiyo Matra is a Bangladeshi talk show aired on Channel I. On July 17, 2003 the program first aired on TV. Known as the first talk show in Bangladesh. At present, the show broadcasts on Channel I in Bangladesh at 1:00 am and at 9:45 am. The program's planner, director and presenter Zillur Rahman (journalist), Zillur Rahman. Description Tritiyo Matra discusses the important issues of politics. In each episode there are two guests, who argue for themselves. While the third dimension is primarily a politics-based discussion, it discusses every issue, including society, economics, science, literature, and humanities. On various important days in Bangladesh, the program also discussed outside politics. As of November 7, the show has aired a total of 8 episodes। Award # 2003 - Bangladesh Television Reporters Association Award, best talk-show # 2003, 2004, 2005 - Bangladesh Film Journalist Association Award, Television Department, Best Talk Show (Educational) # 2004 - Dhaka Cul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zillur Rahman (journalist)
Zillur Rahman is a Bangladeshi journalist and activist. He is the executive director of the Center for Governance Studies and host of Tritiyo Matra. Early life Rahman was born in Dhaka. His father A K M Khalilur Rahman was a lawyer, and his mother Shamim Parvin was a housewife. He graduated from Nawabpur Government High School. He completed his undergrad and a Post Graduated Degree in governance and politics at Jahangirnagar University. Career Rahman joined the weekly ''Bichitra'' in 1986. He became the executive editor of the Khaborer Kagoj in 1987. He joined the Ajker Kagoj in 1991 as an assistant editor and then Bhorer Kagoj next year. Rahman became the host of Tritiyo Matra in 2003. He had produced more than seven thousand episodes of the show. The show was stopped by the government during the 2006–2008 Bangladesh political crisis. In 2007, Rahman visited the United States as part of the International Visitor Leadership Program organized by the U.S. Department of Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Debapriya Bhattacharya
Debapriya Bhattacharya is an economist and public policy analyst from Bangladesh. He was the first executive director of Centre for Policy Dialogue in Dhaka. He also worked as a senior research fellow at Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS). Early life Bhattacharya's father, Debesh Bhattacharya, was a Supreme Court jurist. Bhattacharya's mother, Chitra Bhattacharya, was a nominated member of parliament of the government of Bangladesh on a seat reserved for women during 1996 to 2001. Bhattacharya attended St Gregory's High School and Dhaka College. He earned his MSc and PhD in economics at the Plekhanov Institute of the National Economy The Plekhanov Russian University of Economics () is a public research university in Moscow, Russia. It was founded in 1907 by entrepreneur Alexei Vishnyakov as the first finance-specialized college in the Russian Empire. In addition to accr ..., Moscow. Career Bhattacharya served as an executive director of the Centre for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
