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Sunamganj-4
Sunamganj-4 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by Pir Fazlur Rahman of the Jatiya Party (Ershad). Boundaries The constituency encompasses Bishwamvarpur and Sunamganj Sadar upazilas. History The constituency was created in 1984 from a Sylhet constituency when the former Sylhet District was split into four districts: Sunamganj, Sylhet, Moulvibazar, and Habiganj. Ahead of the 2008 general election, the Election Commission redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the 2001 Bangladesh census. The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency. Ahead of the 2014 general election, the Election Commission reduced the boundaries of the constituency. Previously it had also included one union parishad of Dowarabazar Upazila Dowarabazar ( bn, দোয়ারাবাজার) is an upazila of Sunamganj District in the Division of Sylhet, Bangladesh. Geography Dowara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fazlul Haque Aspia
Fazlul Haque Aspia (1935/6 – 15 September 2021) was a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a member of parliament of Sunamganj-4 Sunamganj-4 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by Pir Fazlur Rahman of the Jatiya Party (Ershad). Boundaries The constituency encompasses Bishwamvarpur and Sunamganj Sadar upazil .... Career Aspia was elected to parliament from Sunamganj-4 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in 1996 and 2001. He served as the Whip during the 8th parliamentary session. Aspia died on 15 September 2021 at the age of 85. References 1930s births 2021 deaths Bangladesh Nationalist Party politicians 7th Jatiya Sangsad members 8th Jatiya Sangsad members Year of birth missing People from Sunamganj District Politicians from Sylhet Division {{BangladeshNationalistParty-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Momtaj Iqbal
Momtaj Iqbal is a Jatiya Party (Ershad) politician and the former Member of Parliament of Sunamganj-4. She was married to Major (retired) Iqbal Hossain Chowdhury Iqbal Hossain Chowdhury is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a former member of parliament for Sylhet-4 Sylhet-4 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2008 by Imran Ahmad of t ..., former Jatiya Party minister. Career Iqbal was elected to parliament from Sunamganj-4 as a Jatiya Party candidate in 2008. Death Iqbal died on 17 April 2009. References Jatiya Party (Ershad) politicians 2009 deaths Women members of the Jatiya Sangsad 8th Jatiya Sangsad members 21st-century Bangladeshi women politicians {{Sylhet-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pir Fazlur Rahman
Pir Fazlur Rahman ( bn, পীর ফজলুর রহমান) is a Bangladeshi politician and the incumbent Member of Parliament from Sunamganj-4 Sunamganj-4 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by Pir Fazlur Rahman of the Jatiya Party (Ershad). Boundaries The constituency encompasses Bishwamvarpur and Sunamganj Sadar upazil .... Early life Rahman was born on 9 January 1969. He completed his undergraduate and graduate degrees in law. Career Rahman was elected to Parliament from Sunamganj-4 as a Jatiya Party candidate in 2014 and re-elected on 30 December 2018. References Living people 9th Jatiya Sangsad members 10th Jatiya Sangsad members 1969 births Jatiya Party politicians People from Sunamganj District Politicians from Sylhet Division {{JatiyaParty-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bishwamvarpur Upazila
Bishwamvarpur ( bn, বিশ্বম্ভরপুর) or Bishwambarpur, is an upazila of Sunamganj District in the Division of Sylhet, Bangladesh. Geography Bishwamvarpur is located at . It has 19705 households and total area 127.76 km2. Demographics As of the 1991 Bangladesh census In 1991, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, conducted a national census in Bangladesh. They recorded data from all of the districts and upazilas and main cities in Bangladesh including statistical data on population size, households, sex and age ..., Bishwamvarpur has a population of 106182. Males constitute 50.96% of the population, and females 49.04%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 52628. Bishwamvarpur has an average literacy rate of 17.2% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate. Religions: Muslim 80.3%, Hindu 19.5%, and others 0.2%. Administration Bishwamvarpur Upazila is divided into five union parishads: Dakshin Badaghat, Dhanpur, Fatepur, Palash, and Sol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunamganj Sadar Upazila
Sunamganj Sadar ( bn, সুনামগঞ্জ সদর) is an upazila of Sunamganj District in the Division of Sylhet, Bangladesh. Geography Sunamganj Sadar is located at . Geographically, it is situated on the northeastern part of Bangladesh. It has 50664 households and total area 268.61 km2. It is the meeting place of three different upazilas. People are comparatively rich here and love fashion. Also It is placed near the bank of the Surma which is the longest river of Bangladesh. This area has mineral resources like natural gas, mineral oil, raw material for industries, crops, fish and so on. "Tanguar haor" has been included the world heritage site which has thousand species of bird, fish, reptiles and so on are living together. Every year many Bangladeshi and foreign tourists, researchers, nature-lovers, etc. visit. Demographics In the 1991 Bangladesh census, Sunamganj Sadar had a population of 303,153. Males constituted 51.27% of the population, and females 48. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iqbal Hossain Chowdhury
Iqbal Hossain Chowdhury is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a former member of parliament for Sylhet-4. His wife, Momtaj Iqbal Momtaj Iqbal is a Jatiya Party (Ershad) politician and the former Member of Parliament of Sunamganj-4. She was married to Major (retired) Iqbal Hossain Chowdhury Iqbal Hossain Chowdhury is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a form ..., was also elected member of parliament. Career Chowdhury was elected to parliament from Sylhet-4 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in 1979. References Bangladesh Nationalist Party politicians Living people 2nd Jatiya Sangsad members Year of birth missing (living people) {{BangladeshNationalistParty-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jatiya Sangsad
The Jatiya Sangsad ( bn, জাতীয় সংসদ, lit=National Parliament, translit=Jatiyô Sôngsôd), often referred to simply as the ''Sangsad'' or JS and also known as the House of the Nation, is the supreme 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, or MP. The 11th National Parliamentary Election was held on 30 December 2018. Elections to the body are held every five years, unless a parliament is dissolved earlier by the President of Bangladesh. 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 the government. The President of Bangladesh, the ceremonial head of state, is chosen by Parliament. Since the December 2008 national election, the current majority party is the Awami League led by Sheikh Hasina. Etymology The Cons ... [...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 the Islamic party Jamaat-e-Islami, 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%. Background In 1990 a popular mass uprising led by future Prime Ministers Khaleda Zia and Sheikh Hasina deposed the former Army Chief Hussain Muhammad Ershad from the Presidency in December. Ershad had assumed the Presidency in 1983 following a coup d'état in 1982. The previous parliamentary elections had been held in 1988 and saw Ershad's Jatiya Party win 251 of the 300 seats. However, the ele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Awami League
In Urdu language, Awami is the adjectival form for ''Awam Awam ( ur, ) is the Urdu language word for common people or general public. In the early 20th century, the word was extensively used in the Indian subcontinent to refer to the general population. After Partition, the word remained in use in Paki ...'', the Urdu language word for common people. The adjective appears in the following proper names: * Awami Colony, a neighbourhood of Landhi Town in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan * Awami Front, was a front of six Muslim political parties in Uttar Pradesh, India * Awami Muslim League (Pakistan), a Pakistani political party * Awami National Party, a secular and leftist Pashtun nationalist political party in Pakistan * Bangladesh Awami League, often simply called the Awami League or AL, one of the two major political parties of Bangladesh * National Awami Party, progressive political party in East and West Pakistan * National Awami Party (Bhashani), split-off from National Awami Party ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
February 1996 Bangladeshi General Election
General elections were held in Bangladesh on 15 February 1996. They were boycotted by most opposition parties, and saw voter turnout drop to just 21%.Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) ''Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I'', p525 The result was a victory for the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), which won 278 of the 300 elected seats. This administration was short-lived, however, only lasting 12 days before the installation of caretaker government and fresh elections held in June. Background In March 1994, controversy over a parliamentary by-election, which the Bangladesh Awami League-led opposition claimed the BNP government had rigged, led to an indefinite boycott of Parliament by the entire opposition. The opposition also began a program of repeated general strikes to press its demand that Khaleda Zia's government resign and that a caretaker government supervise a general election. Efforts to mediate the dispute, under the auspices of the Com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nazir Hossain
Nazir or Nazeer may refer to: * Nazir (title) * Nazir (name) * Nazirite, in the Hebrew Bible, one who took the ascetic vow described in Numbers 6:1-21 * Nazir (Talmud), a tractate of the Talmud dealing with Nazirites * Nazeer (horse), an Arabian stallion of "straight Egyptian" bloodlines See also * Naseer (other) * Nasir (name) Nasir ( ar, ناصر, translit=Nāṣir) is a masculine given name, commonly found in Arabic which can mean "helper" or "one who gives victory" (grammatically the Stem I masculine singular active participle of consonantal verb root ''n-ṣ-r''). ... * Nazar (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangladesh Nationalist Party
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party ( bn, বাংলাদেশ জাতীয়তাবাদী দল, Bangladesh Jātīyotābādī Dol; BNP) is a centre-right to right-wing nationalist, political party in Bangladesh and one of the major political parties of Bangladesh. It was founded on 1 September 1978 by former Bangladeshi President Ziaur Rahman after the Presidential election of 1978, with a view of uniting the people with a nationalist ideology. Since then, the BNP won the second, fifth, sixth and eighth national elections and two Presidential elections in 1978 and 1981. The party also holds the record of being the largest opposition in the history of parliamentary elections of the country, with 116 seats in the seventh national election of June 1996. It has currently 7 MPs in parliament after 2018 general election. Although the party was initially founded on a nationalistic principle, many of its leaders want an Islamic government and its main supporters are I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
