Syeda Iqbal Mand Banu is a Bangladeshi social worker. She is the mother-in-law of politician

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and wife of former

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chief

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. She was awarded the

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in 1995. She has published poetry books she and does watercolor paintings.

Biography

Banu founded SUROVI in 1979 which provides schooling for child domestic workers with her own maid being the first student of the school. Banu received the Special Award for women from Kazi Mahbubullah and Begum Zebunnessa Janakalyan Trust in 1988. Banu was married to

, former chief of naval staff of the

. Their daughter,

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, married Tarique Rahman, son of then prime minister

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and former president

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, in 1993. Banu is the mother-in-law of Tarique Rahman, son of Khaleda Zia. In 2007, the Anti Corruption Commission filed a case against Syed Iqbal Mand Banu, Zubaida Rahman, and Tarique Rahman for 48.1 million taka in unexplained wealth with Kafrul Police Station. In January 2014, the Anti-Corruption Commission filed a case against Banu for not submitting her wealth statement to the commission. In 2017, Bangladesh Supreme Court squashed a corruption case against her by the Anti-Corruption Commission for improper paperwork. In June 2019, Banu and other relatives visited former prime minister Khaleda Zia, while she was receiving treatment

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, who had been in prison since 8 February 2018.

Bibliography

* Jhora Pata * Mone Pore

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Banu, Syeda Iqbal Mand Living people Recipients of the Independence Award Year of birth missing (living people) Bangladeshi women poets 20th-century Bangladeshi artists Bangladeshi social workers 20th-century Bangladeshi women artists