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Brahmanbaria-4
Brahmanbaria-4 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by Anisul Huq of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Akhaura Akhaura ( bn, আখাউড়া ) is an upazila of Brahmanbaria District, a district under Chattogram, Bangladesh. Akhaura Upazila has an area of 99.28 km2. The main river that run through this upazila is the Titas River. Akhaura play ... and Kasba upazilas. History The constituency was created in 1984 from the Comilla-4 constituency when the former Comilla District was split into three districts: Brahmanbaria, Comilla, and Chandpur. Members of Parliament Elections Elections in the 2010s Anisul Huq was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election. Elections in the 2000s Elections in the 1990s Referen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shah Alam (Bangladeshi Politician, Born 1961)
Mohammad Shah Alam (born 20 April 1961) is a politician, lawyer, businessman, and the former Member of Parliament from Brahmanbaria-4 (Kasba-Akhaura). Career Shah Alam was elected to parliament from Brahmanbaria-4 (Kasba-Akhaura) as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate in 1996, 2001 and 2008. He served as the Vice-President of Brahmanbaria district unit of Bangladesh Awami League. He is former chairman of Standing Committee on Ministry of Hill Tracts and member of Standing Committee on Ministry of Railway (since 2008–2014). References Awami League politicians Living people 7th Jatiya Sangsad members 9th Jatiya Sangsad members 1961 births {{AwamiLeague-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anisul Huq (politician)
Anisul Huq (born 30 March 1956) is a Bangladeshi lawyer and politician. He has been the Bangladesh government's Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs since 2014. Early life and education Anisul Huq was the son of Serajul Huq, a lawyer and a former Member of parliament. He took his pre-primary education in viqarunnisa school. He was educated at Saint Joseph Higher Secondary School (Dhaka), the University of Dhaka (BA (Hons) English Literature; Masters in English Literature; LLB) and King's College London (LLM). Career Law profession Huq was enrolled as a lawyer in the Dhaka district bar in November 1985 and in the High Court Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh in November 1987. In 2001 he was enrolled in the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh as a lawyer and became a senior advocate of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh in 2010. On his father's death, Anisul Huq became the chief special prosecutor for both the assassination of Shei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mia Abdullah Wazed
Mia Abdullah Wazed is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and the former Member of Parliament of Brahmanbaria-4 Brahmanbaria-4 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by Anisul Huq of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Akhaura Akhaura ( bn, আখাউড়া ) is a .... Career Wazed was elected to parliament from Brahmanbaria-4 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in 1991. References Bangladesh Nationalist Party politicians Living people 5th Jatiya Sangsad members Year of birth missing (living people) {{BangladeshNationalistParty-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liaquat Ali (Bangladeshi Politician)
Liaquat Ali is a Jatiya Party (Ershad) politician and the former Member of Parliament of Brahmanbaria-4 Brahmanbaria-4 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by Anisul Huq of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Akhaura Akhaura ( bn, আখাউড়া ) is a .... Career Ali was elected to parliament from Brahmanbaria-4 as a Jatiya Party candidate in 1986 and 1988. References Jatiya Party politicians Living people 3rd Jatiya Sangsad members Year of birth missing (living people) {{JatiyaParty-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammad Jahangir Osman
Mohammad Jahangir Osman () is a Jatiya Party (Ershad) politician and the former Member of Parliament of Brahmanbaria-4 Brahmanbaria-4 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by Anisul Huq of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Akhaura Akhaura ( bn, আখাউড়া ) is a .... Career Osman was elected to parliament from Brahmanbaria-4 as a Jatiya Party candidate in 1988. References Jatiya Party politicians 2002 deaths 4th Jatiya Sangsad members {{Chittagong-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mushfiqur Rahman (politician)
Mushfiqur Rahman is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and the former Member of Parliament of Brahmanbaria-4 Brahmanbaria-4 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by Anisul Huq of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Akhaura Akhaura ( bn, আখাউড়া ) is a .... Career Mushfiq Ur Rahman was elected to parliament from Brahmanbaria-4 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in 2001. He was nominated for the 11th Jatiya Sansad election but his nomination was cancelled by the Bangladesh Election Commission. References Bangladesh Nationalist Party politicians Living people 8th Jatiya Sangsad members Year of birth missing (living people) {{BangladeshNationalistParty-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brahmanbaria District
Brahmanbaria ( bn, ব্রাহ্মণবাড়িয়া, translit=Brahmôṇbaṛiya) is a district in eastern Bangladesh located in the Chittagong Division. Geographically, it is mostly farmland and is topographically part of the Gangetic Plain. It is bounded by the districts of Kishoreganj and Habiganj to the north, Narsingdi District and Narayanganj to the west, Comilla to the south, and the Indian state of Tripura to its east. It was a part of Comilla until 15 February 1984.Musa, Muhammad. Brahmanbariar Itibrittyo, Shetu Prokashoni, Brahmanbaria,1998. History Brahmanbaria was a part of Samatata region of the ancient Bengal. The area Syed Mahmud resided in was named Kazipara (Kazi being a variant of Qadi) after him, and his mazar (mausoleum) remains there. The leader of the Baro-Bhuiyan zamindars, Isa Khan, had his first and temporary capital situated in Sarail. During the Mughal era, Brahmanbaria was famous for producing quality cloth muslin. Brahmanbaria wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 Bangladeshi General Election
General elections were held in Bangladesh on 30 December 2018 to elect 300 directly-elected members of the Jatiya Sangsad. The result was a landslide victory for the Awami League led by Sheikh Hasina. According to political scientist Ali Riaz, the elections were not free and fair. The BBC News reported that they were marred by violence and allegations of vote rigging. Opposition leader Kamal Hossain rejected the results, calling it "farcical" and demanding fresh elections to be held under a neutral government. The Bangladesh Election Commission said it would investigate reported vote-rigging allegations from "across the country." The election saw the use of electronic voting machines for the first time. Electoral system The 350 members of the Jatiya Sangsad consist of 300 directly elected seats using first-past-the-post voting in single-member constituencies, and an additional 50 seats reserved for women. The reserved seats are distributed based on the proportional vote share o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kasba Upazila
Kasba ( bn, কসবা) is an upazila of Brahmanbaria District, Chittagong Division in east-central Bangladesh. Kasba is located approximately 150 km north of Chittagong. It was part of greater Comilla District until 1984.Musa, Muhammad. Brahmanbariar Itibrittyo, Shetu Prokashoni, Brahmanbaria, 1998. History Present-day Kasba was formerly known as Kailagarh, which was said to have been a corruption of Qilagarh wherein qila referred to an army cantonment and ''garh'' referred to a fort. The area was later renamed to Kasba, a common place name that is used in the Muslim world to refer to a medina quarter or citadel. Geography Kasba is located in southeast Brahmanbaria District. It has a total area of . Kasba is bordered by Akhaura Upazila, Brahmanbaria Sadar Upazila and Nabinagar Upazila to the north, Brahmanpara Upazila to the south, Tripura State of India to the east, and Nabinagar, Muradnagar and Brahmanpara Upazilas to the west. The geography of the upazil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2001 Bangladeshi General Election
General elections were held in Bangladesh on 1 October 2001. The 300 single-seat constituencies of the Jatiya Sangsad were contested by 1,935 candidates representing 54 parties and including 484 independents. The elections were the second to be held under the caretaker government concept, introduced in 1996. The result was a win for the Four Party Alliance of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh, Jatiya Party (Manju) and Islami Oikya Jote. BNP leader Khaleda Zia became Prime Minister. Background The Seventh Parliament headed by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was dissolved on 13 July 2001, having completed its designated 5-year term (the first parliamentary administration to ever do so) and power was transferred to the caretaker government headed by Justice Latifur Rahman. Electoral system In 2001, the 345 members of the Jatiya Sangsad consisted of 300 seats directly elected by first-past-the-post voting in single-member constituencies, and 45 seat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Bangladesh. The current parliament of Bangladesh contains 350 seats, including 50 seats reserved exclusively for women. Elected occupants are called Member of Parliament, or MP. The 11th National Parliamentary Election was held on 30 December 2018. Elections to the body are held every five years, unless a parliament is dissolved earlier by the President of Bangladesh. The leader of the party (or alliance of parties) holding the majority of seats becomes the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, and so the head of the government. The President of Bangladesh, the ceremonial head of state, is chosen by Parliament. Since the December 2008 national election, the current majority party is the Awami League led by Sheikh Hasina. Etymology The Constit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Bangladeshi General Election
General elections were held in Bangladesh on 29 December 2008. The two main parties in the election were the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), led by Khaleda Zia, and the Bangladesh Awami League Party, led by Sheikh Hasina. The Bangladesh Awami League Party formed a fourteen-party Grand Alliance including Ershad's Jatiya Party, while the BNP formed a four-party alliance which included the Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami. The election was originally scheduled for January 2007, but it was postponed by a military-controlled caretaker government for an extended period of time. The elections resulted in a landslide victory for the Awami League-led grand alliance, which won 263 seats out 300. The main rival four-party alliance received only 32 seats, with the remaining four going to independent candidates. Polling in the constituency of Noakhali-1 was postponed due to the mysterious death of the AL candidate. The election for the seat was held on 12 January 2009 instead and was w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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