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Bangladesh Mohila Awami League
The Bangladesh Mohila Awami League is the women wing of Bangladesh Awami League. Meher Afroze Chumki is the president and Shabnam Jahan Shila is the general secretary of the league. The Mohila League has infrequent elections for local and national positions, and witnesses fractional conflicts. History The Bangladesh Mohila Awami League was established on 27 February 1969. Nurjahan Murshid was the first general secretary of Mohila Awami League, serving from 1969 to 1971, and would go on to become first health Minister of Bangladesh. On 12 July 2003, the Bangladesh Mohila Awami League held its council in which Ashrafunnesa Mosharraf, a former member of the Mukti Bahini, was elected president and Fazilatunnesa Indira was elected general secretary. On 24 December 2004, a Mohila Awami League meeting at the home of Syeda Jebunnesa Haque, former Member of Parliament, in Sylhet was bombed by Islamic extremists. President of Mohila League, Ivy Rahman, was killed in the 2004 Dhaka grena ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dhaka
Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh, as well as the world's largest Bengali-speaking city. It is the eighth largest and sixth most densely populated city in the world with a population of 8.9 million residents as of 2011, and a population of over 21.7 million residents in the Greater Dhaka Area. According to a Demographia survey, Dhaka has the most densely populated built-up urban area in the world, and is popularly described as such in the news media. Dhaka is one of the major cities of South Asia and a major global Muslim-majority city. Dhaka ranks 39th in the world and 3rd in South Asia in terms of urban GDP. As part of the Bengal delta, the city is bounded by the Buriganga River, Turag River, Dhaleshwari River and Shitalakshya River. The area of Dhaka has been inhabited since the first millennium. An early modern city developed from the 17th century as a provincial capital and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivy Rahman
Ivy Rahman ( bn, আইভি রহমান;; 7 July 1934 – 24 August 2004) was a Bangladeshi politician. She was the Women's Affairs secretary of Awami League. She was killed in the 2004 Dhaka grenade attack. Career Rahman was the founding organizing secretary of Awami League's Women's wing, Mohila Awami League, established by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in 1969. She was elected Women Affairs Secretary of Awami League Central Working Committee in 1978 and 2 years later she became the President of Mohila Awami League. She had served in those positions until 2002. From 1996 to 2001, Ivy served as the chair of ''Jatiya Mohila Sangstha'' and ''Bangladesh Jatiya Mohila Samabaya Samity''. She was the President of ''Mohila Samity'' and General Secretary of ''Bangladesh Andhakalyan Samity'' until her death. Personal life Ivy Rahman was born in Bhairab Upazila, Kishoreganj District. She was the fifth among the eleven children of the Principal of Dhaka College, Jalal Uddin Ahmed and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moinul Hossain
Moinul Hossain is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He made his List A debut for Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club in the 2016–17 Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League The 2016–17 Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League was the fourth edition of the Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League, a List A cricket competition that was held in Bangladesh between April and June 2017. The tournament started on 12 April 201 ... on 5 June 2017. References External links * Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Bangladeshi cricketers Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club cricketers Place of birth missing (living people) {{Bangladesh-cricket-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A B M Mohiuddin Chowdhury
A. B. M. Mohiuddin Chowdhury (1 December 1944 – 15 December 2017) was a Bangladesh Awami League politician. He was the mayor of Chittagong, the second-largest city in Bangladesh, for three consecutive terms. Early life Chowdhury was born on 1 December 1944 in Gohira village, Raozan upazila, Chittagong District, East Bengal, British Raj. His father was Hosen Ahmed Chowdhury, a railway officer, and his mother was Bedowra Begum. After completing his SSC he joined Chittagong City College in 1962. He transferred the same year to Chittagong Polytechnic Institute. He was expelled from the institute for his involvement in student politics. He returned to Chittagong City College in 1965 and graduated in 1967. He started post graduate course at the University of Chittagong with a major in Islamic History and Culture. He dropped out before completing his master's degree. Career Chowdhury was the general secretary of the Chittagong city unit of Chhatra League. He was leader of Sorbod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ataur Rahman Khan Kaiser
Ataur Rahman Khan Kaiser (7 September 1940 – 9 October 2010) was a Bangladesh Awami League politician and member of the National Assembly of Pakistan. Early life Kaiser completed his master's in political science from the University of Dhaka. Career Kaiser joined Awami League in 1969 after being inspired by Awami League politician M. A. Aziz. After the independence of Bangladesh, he was elected general secretary of the South Chittagong chapter of the Awami League. He was made Bangladesh's ambassador to Russia and South Korea. He was a presidium member of the Bangladesh Awami League. Death Kaiser was injured in a road accident while on his way to the funeral of Osman Sarwar Alam Chowdhury Osman Sarwar Alam Chowdhury was a Bangladesh Awami League politician, diplomat, and a former Member of Parliament from Cox's Bazar-3. Early life Chowdhury completed an M.A. in international relations at the University of Dhaka. He was also engag ... on 28 August 2010. He received treat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hasina Mohiuddin
Hasina is a female Arabic given name meaning ''chaste'', ''virtuous''. It is also used as a surname. It may refer to: Female people * Sheikh Hasina, incumbent Prime Minister of Bangladesh *Hasina Murshed, Bengali politician * Hasina Miya, Nepalese politician Male people * Ny Hasina Andriamanjato, Malagasy politician Other * Haseena (other) Haseena may refer to: * ''Haseena'' (film), a 2018 Indian Hindi-language film * ''Haseena'', a 1998 album by Lesle Lewis Given name * Haseena Begum (born 1961), Pakistani politician * Haseena Haneef, known as Usha, Indian actress * Haseena Kh ... * ''Hasina'' (film), a 2004 Indian film * Hasina, the concepts of personal sanctity, sanctification and imbued authority in the traditional cultures of Madagascar {{Disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangladesh Shipping Corporation
Bangladesh Shipping Corporation is a state-owned, autonomous corporation in Bangladesh. It owns a number of ships and oil tankers, and also charters sea-going vessels from other operators. The vessels are used to carry ready-made garments and other export items, and also to import crude oil from Saudi Arabia and UAE. History In 1971, Pakistan's National Shipping Corporation took all the merchant fleet. Beginning of 1972, Bangladesh inherited no merchant vessel registered under her flag. Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman realized the importance of the shipping sector at that time. On 5 February 1972, he established 'Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (BSC) under the President Order no-10 of 1972. On 10 June of the same year, BSC acquired the first national ship 'Banglar Doot' which was the first registered ship in independent Bangladesh. Soon after BSC acquired 'Banglar Sampad' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 Dhaka Grenade Attack
The 2004 Dhaka grenade attack took place at an anti-terrorism rally organised by Awami League on Bangabandhu Avenue on 21 August 2004. The attack left 24 dead and more than 500 injured. The attack was carried out at 5:22 pm after Sheikh Hasina, the leader of opposition had finished addressing a crowd of 20,000 people from the back of a truck. The attacks targeted Awami League president Sheikh Hasina. Hasina was injured in the attack. Events and casualties Awami League chief Sheikh Hasina had been speaking at a public meeting on Bangabandhu Avenue, protesting blasts against the party's workers in Sylhet. The rally drew a crowd of 20,000 people. As Hasina finished her speech, a total of 13 grenades were thrown into the crowd from the rooftops of nearby buildings, killing at least 16 people on spot, later the death toll reached 24. The blast left more than 500 injured. Among the dead were Hasina's bodyguard, Mahbubur Rahman and Awami League Women's Affairs Secretary Ivy Rahman, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fazilatunnesa Indira
Fazilatun Nessa Indira is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the incumbent State Minister of Women and Children Affairs. She was selected as a member of parliament from reserved seats of women consecutively in the 9th, 10th and 11th parliamentary elections. Career Indira was elected as the general secretary of Mohila Awami League through council election of 2003. She was elected as the women affairs secretary of Bangladesh Awami League in the triennial council in October 2016. References Living people Awami League politicians Women members of the Jatiya Sangsad Women government ministers of Bangladesh State Ministers of Women and Children Affairs (Bangladesh) 9th Jatiya Sangsad members 10th Jatiya Sangsad members 11th Jatiya Sangsad members Place of birth missing (living people) Date of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Bangladeshi women politicians {{AwamiLeague-politician-stub ... [...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 eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the most densely populated countries in the world, and shares land borders with India to the west, north, and east, and Myanmar to the southeast; to the south it has a coastline along the Bay of Bengal. It is narrowly separated from Bhutan and Nepal by the Siliguri Corridor; and from China by the Indian state of Sikkim in the north. Dhaka, the capital and largest city, is the nation's political, financial and cultural centre. Chittagong, the second-largest city, is the busiest port on the Bay of Bengal. The official language is Bengali, one of the easternmost branches of the Indo-European language family. Bangladesh forms the sovereign part of the historic and ethnolinguistic region of Bengal, which was divided during the Partition of India in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashrafunnesa Mosharraf
Ashrafunnesa Mosharraf (died 18 January 2019) was a Bangladesh Awami League politician who served as a Jatiya Sangsad member from a seat reserved for women and was the president of the Bangladesh Mohila Awami League The Bangladesh Mohila Awami League is the women wing of Bangladesh Awami League. Meher Afroze Chumki is the president and Shabnam Jahan Shila is the general secretary of the league. The Mohila League has infrequent elections for local and nation .... Career Mosharraf fought in the Bangladesh Liberation war. She was elected to parliament from a women's reserved seat in 2009. She became the president of the Mohila Awami League on 12 July 2003. Death Mosharraf died on 18 January 2019 in Square Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh. References 1940s births 2019 deaths Awami League politicians Women members of the Jatiya Sangsad 9th Jatiya Sangsad members Place of birth missing Date of birth missing 21st-century Bangladeshi women politicians {{AwamiLeague- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nurjahan Murshid
Nurjahan Murshid (; 22 May 1924 – 1 September 2003) was a journalist and teacher, a Bangladesh cabinet minister, and social activist. Personal life Murshid was born as Noorjahan Beg in Taranagar, Murshidabad, on 22 May 1924. She married Khan Sarwar Murshid in 1948. They had four children: economist Khan Ahmed Sayeed Murshid, historian Tazeen Murshid, Sharmeen Murshid, and Kumar Murshid Education The fourth of seven daughters of Janab Ayub Hussain Beg and Bibi Khatimunnessa, she received her early schooling at home under her father, chief of police, daroga, in Lalgola, Murshidabad, under the British Police Service, and later under her paternal uncle Professor Husam Uddin Beg, who was the Principal of B M College in Barisal of East Bengal. She finished her secondary education with a first division at Victoria Institution, Calcutta. She received a master's degree in history from Calcutta University, Work She was a broadcaster for All India Radio. Notably, she was the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
