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Sushasaner Jonno Nagorik
Shushashoner Jonno Nagorik (translation: Citizens for Good Governance) (SHUJAN) is an organization in Bangladesh. The word SHUJAN, is a Bengali word. It came from an sentence "''Shushanar Janniya Nagorik – SHUJAN''". The headquarter of this organization located in Mohammadpur, Dhaka. History SHUJAN was founded in 2002. Badiul Alam Majumdar is the founding secretary of Shujan. In October 2022, Shujan said that it would be not possible for a political government in Bangladesh to hold a fair election using the by-elections from Gaibandha-5 as an example. Badiul Alam Majumdar denied allegations by the chief election commission, KM Nurul Huda, that he criticised the Election Commission after failing to get a job from the commission. Goals and objectives SHUJAN's goals and objectives are to create a good government around the country. It focuses mainly for creating a democratic country. Often, they arrange some meetings, press conference for gaining their goals and drawing atten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dhaka
Dhaka ( or ; , ), List of renamed places in Bangladesh, formerly known as Dacca, is the capital city, capital and list of cities and towns in Bangladesh, largest city of Bangladesh. It is one of the list of largest cities, largest and list of cities proper by population density, most densely populated cities in the world with a density of about 34,000 citizens per square kilometers within a total area of approximately 300 square kilometers. Dhaka is a megacity, and has a population of 10.2 million residents as of 2024, and a population of over 23.9 million residents in Greater Dhaka, Dhaka Metropolitan Area. It is widely considered to be the most densely populated built-up urban area in the world. Dhaka is an important cultural, economic, and scientific hub of Eastern South Asia, as well as a major list of largest cities in the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation member countries, Muslim-majority city. Dhaka ranks list of cities by GDP, third in South Asia and 39th in the worl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hameeda Hossain
Hameeda Hossain (; born 1936) is a Bangladeshi human rights activist and academic. She has published many books and articles relating to human rights and women's issues in Bangladesh, in Islam, and worldwide. She is a founding member of Ain o Salish Kendra, a legal aid and human rights organization. In 1969, in the then East Pakistan, along with economist Rehman Sobhan she founded English-language monthly current affairs magazine, Forum. The magazine became renowned for its outspoken criticism against the West Pakistani establishment, and advocacy of democracy and economic reforms in the Pakistani union. Hossain is a member of the board of directors of the Centre for Secular Space, an international human rights organization that stands for International Defense Against Religious Extremism. Early life and education Hameeda was born on December 28, 1936 to a Sunni Muslim family of Akhands in Hyderabad, Sindh (present-day Pakistan). Her father, Abdullah Shafi Muhammad Akhand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Organisations Based In Dhaka
An organization or organisation (Commonwealth English; see spelling differences) is an entity—such as a company, or corporation or an institution (formal organization), or an association—comprising one or more people and having a particular purpose. Organizations may also operate secretly or illegally in the case of secret societies, criminal organizations, and resistance movements. And in some cases may have obstacles from other organizations (e.g.: MLK's organization). What makes an organization recognized by the government is either filling out incorporation or recognition in the form of either societal pressure (e.g.: Advocacy group), causing concerns (e.g.: Resistance movement) or being considered the spokesperson of a group of people subject to negotiation (e.g.: the Polisario Front being recognized as the sole representative of the Sahrawi people and forming a partially recognized state.) Compare the concept of social groups, which may include non-organiz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
M Sikandar Khan
M, or m, is the thirteenth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of several western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''em'' (pronounced ), plural ''ems''. History The letter M is derived from the Phoenician Mem via the Greek Mu (Μ, μ). Semitic Mem is most likely derived from a " Proto-Sinaitic" (Bronze Age) adoption of the "water" ideogram in Egyptian writing. The Egyptian sign had the acrophonic value , from the Egyptian word for "water", ''nt''; the adoption as the Semitic letter for was presumably also on acrophonic grounds, from the Semitic word for "water", '' *mā(y)-''. Use in writing systems English In English, represents the voiced bilabial nasal . The Oxford English Dictionary (first edition) says that is sometimes a vowel, such as in words like ''spasm'' and in the suffix ''-ism''. In modern terminology, this is described as a syllabic consonant (IPA: ). M is the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rizwana Hasan
Syeda Rizwana Hasan (born 15 January 1968) is a Bangladeshi lawyer and environmentalist. She is currently an adviser to the 2024 Bangladesh interim government, interim government of Bangladesh and as Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (Bangladesh), Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. As an environmentalist, her work is focused on regulations for the shipbreaking industry in Bangladesh, and was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2009. She was also awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 2012 for her "uncompromising courage and impassioned leadership in a campaign of judicial activism in Bangladesh that affirms the people's right to a good environment as nothing less than their right to dignity and life." Early life and education Syeda Rizwana Hasan was born on 15 January 1968, into a Bengali Muslim Zamindar family called Taraf (Bengal), Narapati Haveli in Habiganj District, East Pakistan. She studied in Viqarunnisa Noon School and College for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shahdeen Malik
Shahdeen Malik () is a Bangladeshi lawyer, eminent jurist, constitutional expert, and legal activist. Early life and education Dr. Shahdeen Malik was born in Saruala village of Bishwanath Upazila, Biswanath Upazila under Sylhet district of Bangladesh. Malik's father, Abdul Malik Chowdhury, was the chief conservatory officer of the Forest Department (Bangladesh), Forest Department. Malik obtained LL.B (pass) degree from University of Dhaka. Later, He completed his master's in law at the Patrice Lumumba University, Patrice Lumumba Peoples' Friendship University of Russia in 1979. He obtained another LL.M degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1984. He completed his PhD at SOAS University of London, SOAS, University of London in 1994. Career Shahdeen Malik is a senior advocate of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh and head of chambers of a law firm named Ergo Legal Counsel. Shahdeen Malik’s practice spans over two decades in the Supreme Court and the district co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ali Imam Majumder
Ali Imam Majumder is an advisor to the Interim government of Bangladesh. He is a former Bangladeshi government official who served as the cabinet secretary. He is the secretary general of Transparency International Bangladesh and an executive committee member of Citizens for Good Governance (SHUJAN). Early life Majumder was born in 1950 in Kulubari Village, Sonamura, Tripura, India. He migrated to East Pakistan and settled in Comilla in 1962. He graduated from University of Chittagong with a master's in mathematics. Career Majumder joined the Bangladesh Civil Service on 11 February 1977 as an administration cadre. Majumder served for a time as Civil Affairs Liaison Aide to President Ershad from 1983 to 1986. He served as the district commissioner (DC) of Sylhet District, Moulvibazar District, Gazipur District and Cox's Bazar District between 1991 and 1998. In 2004, Majumder was the secretary of the Ministry of Labour and Employment. On 31 October 2006, Majumder was appoi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syed Abul Maksud
Syed Abul Maksud (23 October 1946 – 23 February 2021) was a Bangladeshi journalist, columnist, research scholar, essayist, and writer. He was acclaimed for his critical and research work. He was a regular contributor to the ''Daily Prothom Alo''. The Bangla Dictionary of Writers stats that his essays on literature, society, culture and politics are much appreciated for his clear view, lucid language and simple style. He carried out substantive research works on "the lives of famous litterateurs such as Rabindranath Tagore, Buddhadeva Bose", Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Syed Waliullah etc. His ''Journal of Germany'' is a popular travel book. In 1995, he was awarded Bangla Academy Literary Award by Bangla Academy for his contributions to Bengali Literature Bengali literature () denotes the body of writings in the Bengali language and which covers Old Bengali, Middle Bengali and Modern Bengali with the changes through the passage of time and dynastic patronization or non-pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
M Hafizuddin Khan
M Hafizuddin Khan is a Bangladeshi career bureaucrat, 6th comptroller and auditor general of Bangladesh, and former adviser to the caretaker government heading the Ministries of Finance, Planning, Jute and Textiles. Early life Khan completed his B.A. and M.A. in political science from Dhaka University in 1961. He obtained a diploma in Development Finance from the University of Birmingham. Career Khan joined the Central Civil Service of Pakistan in 1964 as an Audit and Accounts cadre. He served in the railway Accounts Service and Defence Finance Department. He was placed in the senior service pool of the Government of Bangladesh in 1977. He served as a director at BASIC Bank Limited and Rupali Bank. He was the chairman of Agrani Bank. He also did a stint in the Prime Minister's Secretariat. He was the 6th Comptroller and Auditor General of Bangladesh. He retired in 1999 from Government service. He served as an adviser in the caretaker government, Latifur Rahman Cabinet. He was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangladesh
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] |
Badiul Alam Majumdar
Badiul Alam Majumdar (born February 1946) is a Bangladeshi economist, activist and election expert. He is the vice president and country director of the US-based charity The Hunger Project. He is the founder-secretary of a civil society organization named Citizens for Good Governance (SHUJAN). In 2024, Majumdar was tasked by the Bangladesh interim government to oversee reforms of the county's electoral system after the end of Sheikh Hasina's authoritarian regime. Badiul's biography, ''Today I Saw a Revolution: From Grassroots to Global Change: The Badiul Majumdar Story'' was published in October, 2024. Early life Majumdar was born in February 1946 at Polaiya village at Laksham Upazila in Comilla of the then British India (now Bangladesh).The period in which Baidul was born was also known as the Bengal famine, where three million people died of hunger. He completed his Higher Secondary School Certificate in 1962 from and graduated from Dhaka University in 1967. He earned his po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
