Muhammad Shafiqur Rahman
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Muhammad Shafiqur Rahman (born 25 September 1949) is a journalist and
Bangladesh 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 achievin ...
politician who is a former
Jatiya Sangsad The Jatiya Sangsad (), often simply referred to as Sangsad and also known as is the unicameral Legislature, legislative body of Bangladesh. The current parliament of Bangladesh contains 350 seats, including 50 seats reserved exclusively for w ...
member representing the Chandpur-4 constituency.


Career

Rahman is the former president of the Jatiya Press Club He was elected to parliament from Chandpur-4 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate on 30 December 2018. He received 173,369 votes while his nearest rival of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, Harunur Rashid, received 30,799 votes. Rahman was reelected to parliament from Chandpur-4 in 2024. Rahman alleged Benazir Ahmed, former inspector general of
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and director general of
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, forcefully took control of 70 percent share of his company Citizen TV along with
Chowdhury Nafeez Sarafat Chowdhury Nafeez Sarafat is a Bangladeshi businessman connected to the Awami League government. Sarafat is the founder chairman of the board of trustees of Canadian University of Bangladesh. He was the chairman of Padma Bank, Padma Bank PLC. Ea ...
and Razzakul Hossain Tutul with the threat of violence.


References

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