Sharif Khasruzzaman (1945 - 18 July 2018) was a

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politician and member of parliament for Narail-2.

Early life

Sharif Khasruzzaman was born in 1945 in Babra village under Joypur union of Lohagara Upazila,

Narail District Narail District () is a district in south-western Bangladesh. It is a part of Khulna Division. History Narail town was named after a feudal lord (a zamindar). The zamindars established a market at Roopgonj, also named after a zamindar. They est ...

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(then

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). He used to reside in the Khalishpur Housing Estate of

Khulna Khulna (, ) is the third-largest city in Bangladesh, after Dhaka and Chittagong. It is the administrative centre of the Khulna District and the Khulna Division. It is the divisional centre of 10 districts of the division. Khulna is also the seco ...

city with his family.

Career

Khasruzzaman started his political life as a student leader in

. During the

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, he fought as a

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and was the local commander of the

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in Narail. He was elected to the

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from Narail-2 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate in 1991 and June 1996. He joined the

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after not receiving the Awami League nomination in 2008.

Death

Sharif Khasruzzaman died on 18 July 2018, Anwar Khan Modern Hospital,

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References

1945 births 2018 deaths People from Lohagara Upazila, Narail Politicians from Khulna Division Awami League politicians Bangladesh Nationalist Party politicians 5th Jatiya Sangsad members 7th Jatiya Sangsad members {{BangladeshNationalistParty-politician-stub