Shafiqul Islam Shimul (born 3 July 1976) is a

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politician and a former

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 ...

member representing the

Natore-2 Natore-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by Md. Shafiqul Islam Shimul of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Natore Sadar Upazila and Naldanga Upazila N ...

constituency in 2014.

Early life

Shimul was born on 3 July 1976. He has an LLB degree.

Career

In July 2010, '' The Daily Star'' reported that Shariful Islam Ramjan and Shimul, president and general secretary of the Natore District unit of the Jubo League, controlled a syndicate that manipulated and controlled the tender process at Bangladesh Water Development Board. The syndicate was involved in corruption that harmed the dredging of rivers like Narod river in Natore District. Shimul was elected to the parliament from

on 5 January 2014 as an Awami League candidate. He was elected unopposed after the election was boycotted by all major opposition parties. In 2014, he was charged in a murder case but his name was later withdrawn from the charge sheet. On 13 August 2015, Shimul and his supporters snatched a criminal, Redwan Sabbir, in handcuffs from

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custody after getting into a verbal argument with the law enforcement agency. On 11 April 2016, Shimul's supports attacked a rebel candidate of Awami League who was standing for Halsa Union Parishad chairperson post. In October 2016, he claimed that he got Shafiqul Islam Ramjan elected chairperson of

Natore Sadar Upazila Natore Sadar ( bn, নাটোর সদর) is an upazila of Natore District in the Division of Rajshahi, Bangladesh. Geography Natore Sadar is located at . It has 67,852 households and a total area of 401.29 km2. The upazila is bounded b ...

on 17 February 2014. Shimul campaigned for A. H. M. Khairuzzaman Liton for the mayor of Rajshahi post in July 2018. Shimul at the public rally on 17 December said that only those who vote for Awami League will be allowed to vote in the upcoming national elections on 30 December 2018. After his statements were published in the ''

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'' his supports in Chhatra League prevented the distribution of newspaper in Natore District. He was re-elected from Natore-2 as a candidate of Awami League on 30 December 2018. He received 262,745 votes and his nearest rival, Sabina Yasmin of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, received 13,197 votes. Shimul became a member of the parliamentary standing committee on Railways Ministry's sub committee formed to investigate tender manipulation at the Ministry of Railways in October 2020. Shimul's nephew, Nafiul Islam Antar, was arrested for assaulting an engineer of Natore

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. Antar assaulted the engineer after he criticised a construction work for the Board completed by his father, Mir Amirul Islam Jahan, for poor quality. Nafiul Islam Antar is a contractor and leader of Bangladesh Awami Swechasebak League and his father is the treasurer of the Natore District unit of the Awami League.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shimul, Shafiqul Islam Living people 1976 births Awami League politicians 10th Jatiya Sangsad members 11th Jatiya Sangsad members Place of birth missing (living people) 12th Jatiya Sangsad members