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Chittagong-6
Chittagong-6 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by A.B.M. Fazle Karim Chowdhury of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Raozan Upazila. History The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973. Ahead of the 2008 general election, the Election Commission redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the 2001 Bangladesh census. The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency. Ahead of the 2014 general election, the Election Commission renumbered the seat for Chittagong-16 (Sandwip) to Chittagong-3, bumping up by one the suffix of the former constituency of that name and higher numbered constituencies in the district. Thus Chittagong-6 covers the area previously covered by Chittagong-5. Previously Chittagong-6 encompassed Rangunia Upazila and one union parishad of Boalkhali Upazila Boalk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raozan Upazila
Raozan,gohira ( bn, রাউজান) is an upazila of Chattogram District, in Chattogram Division, Bangladesh. It was established in 1947. Geography Raozan has 45,777 households and a total area of 246.58 km2. The two main rivers are Karnaphuli and Halda. Raozan is surrounded by Fatikchhari Upazila on the north, Boalkhali Upazila and Karnafuli river on the south, Rangunia and Kawkhali (Rangamati) Upazilas on the east, and Hathazari and Fatikchhari Upazila on the west. The river Karnaphuli flows on the south side of the Raozan Upazila and the river Halda flows on the west side. Historical events From about 1000 years before the conquest of Chittagong in 1666, the entire Chittagong region was under the control of the Buddhist religion, Mog or Arakanese. It is believed that in Arakan, it was called 'Raajwang' or the land of the royal family. The idea of eminent scholars is to say that Raozan has originated from the name of this name. In August 1947, the activit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammad Khaled
Mohammad Khaled (6 July 1922 - 21 December 2003) was a Bangladeshi politician, academician and journalist who was a Member of Parliament for Chittagong-6 constituency. He was awarded the "Independence Award, Swadhinata Puraskar" by the Government of Bangladesh in 2019 for his unique general contribution to the war of liberation. Birth and early life Mohammad Khaled was born on 6 July 1922 in Patna, the capital of the then British Indian state of Bihar, to the work of his father Abdul Hadi Chowdhury. His ancestral home is Daroga Bari in Sultanpur village of Raozan Upazila, Raozan in Chittagong District, Chittagong. He completed his higher secondary and bachelor's degree from Chittagong College in 1942 and obtained his MA degree in History of Islam from Calcutta University. Political and career Mohammad Khaled was the editor of the The Azadi, daily Azadi from 1962 to 2003. He joined the anti-British movement in 1944 while studying at Calcutta University. He joined the Awami Mus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golam Akbar Khandaker
Golam Akbar Khandaker is a politician from Chittagong District of 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 mos .... He was elected a member of parliament from Chittagong-6 in February 1996. Career Golam Akbar Khandaker is the central organizing secretary of the BNP and advisor to the chairperson. He was elected a Member of Parliament from Chittagong-6 constituency as an Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in the Sixth Parliamentary Election on 15 February 1996. After the BNP came to power in 2001, he served as ambassador. References Living people Year of birth missing (living people) People from Chittagong District Bangladesh Nationalist Party politicians 6th Jatiya Sangsad members {{BangladeshNationalistParty-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury
Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury (13 March 1949 – 22 November 2015) was a Bangladeshi politician, minister and six-term member of Jatiya Sangsad and member of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Standing Committee, who served as the adviser of parliamentary affairs to Prime Minister Khaleda Zia in from 2001 to 2006. On he was convicted of 9 of 23 charges and sentenced to death by the International Crimes Tribunal of Bangladesh for crimes during the 1971 Bangladesh War of Independence. He was executed in Dhaka on 22 November 2015. Early life Chowdhury was born on 13 March 1949 in Gahira village. He was from a political family of Raozan Upazila in erstwhile East Pakistan. His father, Fazlul Quader Chowdhury, was a Speaker of Pakistan National Assembly and Acting President of Pakistan from time to time before the independence of Bangladesh. He was the eldest among the six siblings. He received his education from the boarding school, Sadiq Public School at Bahawalpur, Pakistan. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giasuddin Quader Chowdhury
Giasuddin Quader Chowdhury is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member from Chittagong-6 and Chittagong-7 constituencies. Career Chowdhury's candidacy in the 2008 election was cancelled by the returning officer of Bangladesh Election Commission as a court order that cleared him a loan defaulting case did not reach the commissions office before the deadline. In November 2009, Chowdhury's residence was attacked allegedly by Awami League activists. On 20 May 2010, Chowdhury collected nominations papers to contest the Chittagong City Corporation mayoral elections. In September 2010, an arrest warrant was issued against him and his brother, Saifuddin Quader Chowdhury, on a bad check case. Two of Chowdhury's followers were lynched by a mob when they were fleeing after shooting a local Jubo League leader on 24 October 2013. Chowdhury is a vice chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party as of August 2016. He is the former President of Chittagong ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ziauddin Ahmed Bablu
Ziauddin Ahmed Bablu (31 December 1954 – 2 October 2021) was a Bangladeshi politician of the Jatiya Party and served as the Secretary General for two terms. He was a Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Chittagong-9 constituency at the 10th Jatiya Sangsad and the Chittagong-6 constituency at the 4th Jatiya Sangsad. He served as the Cabinet Minister for Energy during Ershad's regime in the 1980s. He was appointed an advisor to the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in November 2013. Early life Bablu was born on 31 December 1954 to parents Abul Qashem Chowdhury and Noor Mahal Begum in Chittagong. He completed his Higher Secondary School Certificate from Notre Dame College, Dhaka. He held a bachelor's and master's from the University of Dhaka in English Literature, and a Bachelor of Laws from the same institution. Career Active in student government from a young age, Ahmed served as the General Secretary of the English Departmental Association of Dhaka University from 1974 to 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Democratic Party (Bangladesh)
National Democratic Party is right wing political party in Bangladesh. Salahuddin Kader Chowdhury was elected member of 5th parliament of Bangladesh. Khandaker Golam Mortuza was the chairman till 2018 of the National Democratic Party. Now K M Abu Taher is the Chairman and Abdullah-Al-Harun (Sohel) is Secretary General of the National Democratic Party (NDP). History Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury led the National Democratic Party in the early 1990s and worked against the Bangladesh Awami League against the Bangladesh Nationalist Party government. The National Democratic Party joined the National Democratic Front, an alliance of 10 nationalist party, in September 2014. The Party had quit the Bangladesh Nationalist Party led Grand Alliance in October 2014. Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury was elected to Parliament on a National Democratic Party nomination from Chittagong-6 Chittagong-6 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by A.B. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chittagong-7
Chittagong-7 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by Muhammad Hasan Mahmud of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Rangunia Upazila and one union parishad of Boalkhali Upazila: Sreepur Kharandwip. History The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973. Ahead of the 2008 general election, the Election Commission redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the 2001 Bangladesh census. The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency. Ahead of the 2014 general election, the Election Commission renumbered the seat for Sandwip Upazila from Chittagong-16 to Chittagong-3, bumping up by one the suffix of the former constituency of that name and the higher numbered constituencies in the district. Prior to that, Chittagong-7 had encompassed all but one union parishad (Sreepur Kharandwip) of Boalk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
June 1996 Bangladeshi General Election
General elections were held in Bangladesh on 12 June 1996. The result was a victory for the Bangladesh Awami League, which won 146 of the 300 seats, beginning Sheikh Hasina's first-term as Prime Minister. Voter turnout was 74.96%, the highest to date. This election was the second to be held in 1996, following controversial elections held in February a few months earlier. Electoral system In 1996, the 330 members of the Jatiya Sangsad consisted of 300 directly elected seats using first-past-the-post voting in single-member constituencies, and an additional 30 seats reserved for women. The reserved seats are distributed based on the election results. Each parliament sits for a five-year term. Background The June 1996 election marked the second general election to be held within only a four-month period. Previously in February, a general election had been held which was boycotted by all major opposition parties. The opposition were demanding the installation of a neutral caretake ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
February 1996 Bangladeshi General Election
General elections were held in Bangladesh on 15 February 1996. They were boycotted by most opposition parties, and saw voter turnout drop to just 21%.Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) ''Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I'', p525 The result was a victory for the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), which won 278 of the 300 elected seats. This administration was short-lived, however, only lasting 12 days before the installation of caretaker government and fresh elections held in June. Background In March 1994, controversy over a parliamentary by-election, which the Bangladesh Awami League-led opposition claimed the BNP government had rigged, led to an indefinite boycott of Parliament by the entire opposition. The opposition also began a program of repeated general strikes to press its demand that Khaleda Zia's government resign and that a caretaker government supervise a general election. Efforts to mediate the dispute, under the auspices of the Com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1991 Bangladeshi General Election
General elections were held in Bangladesh on 27 February 1991. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) emerged as the largest party in parliament, winning 140 of the 300 directly-elected seats. The BNP formed a government with the support of the Islamic party Jamaat-e-Islami, and on 20 March Khaleda Zia was sworn in for her first term as Prime Minister. The elections were described to be free and fair by many international observers, and it played a major role in solidifying Bangladeshi democracy in aftermath of the anti-government protests in late 1980s. Voter turnout was 55.4%. Background In 1990 a popular mass uprising led by future Prime Ministers Khaleda Zia and Sheikh Hasina deposed the former Army Chief Hussain Muhammad Ershad from the Presidency in December. Ershad had assumed the Presidency in 1983 following a coup d'état in 1982. The previous parliamentary elections had been held in 1988 and saw Ershad's Jatiya Party win 251 of the 300 seats. However, the election ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jatiya Party (Ershad)
The Jatiya Party ( bn, জাতীয় পার্টি, translit=Jatiyo Party, lit=National Party) is a conservative, nationalist political party in Bangladesh and is currently the main opposition in the Jatiya Sangsad, against the Awami League. The current chairman of the party is Ghulam Muhammad Quader. On 3 January 2019, the party announced its decision to join the Bangladesh Awami League-led Grand Alliance after having been in opposition for the previous parliamentary term. However, the party backtracked the next day and announced that it intended to remain part of the opposition. Currently, it holds Rangpur out of Bangladesh's 12 city corporations. History The party was established by a retired army officer, Hussain Mohammad Ershad on 1 January 1986. He was the Chief of Army Staff of Bangladesh Army. He had seized power through a coup d'état on 24 March 1982. He ruled the country as chief martial law administrator till December 1983. Politics was banned durin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
