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Comilla-10
Comilla-10 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2008 by Mustafa Kamal of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Comilla Sadar Dakshin, Lalmai, and Nangalkot upazilas. History The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973. Ahead of the 2014 general election, the Election Commission expanded the boundaries of the constituency to include all of Comilla Sadar Dakshin Upazila. Previously it had excluded Comilla Dakshin Municipality and the upazila's six northernmost union parishads: Bara Para, Bijoypur, Chouara, Galiara, Purba Jorekaran, and Paschim Jorekaran. Ahead of the 2018 general election, the Election Commission expanded the boundaries of the constituency by adding Lalmai Upazila, which had been created in 2017 from union parishads of Comilla Sadar Upazila and Laksam Upazila Laksam ( bn, লাকসাম) is an upazila of Comilla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mustafa Kamal (politician)
Abu Hena Mohammad Mustafa Kamal (Bengali language, Bengali: আবু হেনা মুহাম্মদ মুস্তফা কামাল; born 15 June 1947) much commonly known as Lotus Kamal is a Bangladeshi politician and businessman. He is a member of the Jatiya Sangsad representing the Comilla-10 constituency and is a former Minister for Planning and current Minister of Finance. He is the owner of Lotus Kamal Group, which is a well-known Bengali textile industry. Kamal was awarded the Finance minister, Finance Minister of the Year 2020 by the Banker. Early life Kamal was born on 15 June 1947 in Laksham Upazila, Laksham, Comilla District, Cumilla, East Bengal, British India. After the primary education from local Dattapur Primary School, SSC from Bagmara High School in 1962, later HSC from Comilla Victoria Government College, Cumilla Victoria Government College, and B.Com. (Honors) degree from Chittagong Government Commerce College in 1964–1967. In 1967 he finish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ATM Alamgir
ATM Alamgir (1950 – 3 August 2020) was a Bangladeshi Jatiya Party (Ershad) politician and a Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Comilla-10 constituency as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party member. Career Alamgir was elected to parliament from Comilla-10 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in 1991. He left the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and joined the Jatiya Party (Ershad) on 23 April 2016. Death Alamgir died from COVID-19 at Greenlife Medical College Hospital in Dhaka on 3 August 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh The COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 () caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (). The virus was confirmed to have spread to Bangladesh in March 2020. The first .... References 1950 births 2020 deaths University of Dhaka alumni 20th-century Bangladeshi lawyers Jatiya Party politicians Bangladesh Nationalist Party politicians 5th Jatiya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wali Ahmed
Wali Ahmed is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the former Member of Parliament of Comilla-10 Comilla-10 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2008 by Mustafa Kamal of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Comilla Sadar Dakshin, Lalmai, and Nangalkot upazila .... Career Ahmed was elected to parliament from Comilla-10 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate in 1973. Death On 22 October 1994. References Awami League politicians 1994 deaths 1st Jatiya Sangsad members {{AwamiLeague-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Redwan Ahmed (politician)
Redwan Ahmed is a Bangladesh Liberal Democratic Party politician and a former state minister of liberation war affairs. He is a 4-term Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Comilla-6 and Comilla-10 constituencies. Career Ahmed was first elected to parliament from Comilla-6 Chandina Upazila under the first Ziaur Rahman government as a candidate of Bangladesh Nationalist Party. 1979. Subsequently, he was also elected in 1986, 1991 and 2001. He served as the State Minister for Jute and Textile in 1995 and again as State Minister for Liberation War affairs in the Second Khaleda Cabinet. Ahmed left Bangladesh Nationalist Party in 2006 and joined the Liberal Democratic Party. He is a presidium member and general secretary of the party. As a businessman, Ahmed served as the president of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association or BGMEA ( bn, বাংলাদেশ তৈরি পোশাক ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafiqul Hossain
Rafiqul Hossain ( - 10 February 2016) is a Jatiya Party (Ershad) politician and the former Member of Parliament of Comilla-10. Career Hossain was elected to parliament from Comilla-10 as a Jatiya Party candidate in 1986 and 1988. Death Hossain died on 10 February 2016 in Labaid Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh. References Jatiya Party politicians 2016 deaths 3rd Jatiya Sangsad members 1936 births {{JatiyaParty-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anwarul Azim (politician)
Anwarul Azim is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and the former Member of Parliament from Comilla-10. He has served in the Bangladesh Army as an engineer and retired as colonel, before moving on to become a pioneer of the garments industry as chairman of Alana Group. Career Col. M. Anwarul Azim began his military career when he enlisted in the 2nd War Course of the Pakistan Armed Forces. After the independence of Bangladesh, he became an officer of the newly established Bangladesh Army eventually retired as a colonel. After a successful career in the Armed forces, Col. Azim entered civilian life as one of the pioneers of the garments industry. The launch of his first factory, Alana Garments Ltd. grew to become what is now known as Alana Group, a conglomerate of ready made garment factories with operations in Dhaka, Chittagong, Mymensingh, currently headquartered in Mohakhali DOHS Dhaka. He was elected to Parliament in 2001 from Comilla-10 as a Bangladesh Nationalist ... [...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] |
Saiful Islam (politician)
Saiful Islam Hiru is a Bangladeshi politician from the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and a former Member of Parliament. CareerRokibul Saiful Islam Hiru was elected to Parliament from Comilla-10 in 1988 representing Laksham. He is the president of Laksham Upazila Laksam ( bn, লাকসাম) is an upazila of Comilla District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh. Laksam is widely known as the birthplace of Nawab Faizunnesa Chowdhurani. History Laksam was made into an upazila in 1983. On 6 April ... unit of Bangladesh Nationalist Party. Disappearance On 27 November 2013, Saiful Islam Hiru and fellow BNP politician Humayun Kabir Parvez were travelling from Laksham to Comilla on an ambulance when they disappeared. Tareque Sayeed, commanding officer of Rapid Action Battalion-11 was mentioned in the case filed by Hiru's relatives. Tareque would be arrested and sentenced to death in the Narayanganj Seven Murder case. References Bangladesh Nationalist Party polit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nangalkot Upazila
Nangalkot ( bn, নাঙ্গলকোট) is an upazila, an administrative unit, of the Comilla District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh. It is a rural area with no urban settlements. It has 11 unions, the lowest of administrative units in Bangladesh. It is one of the 16 upazilas, the second tier of administrative units, of the Comilla District. History In 1931 Kazi Zaker Husain, noted Bangladesh Zoologist was born in Nangalkot. During Bangladesh Liberation war Nangalkot was under Sector 2 of the Mukti Bahini. During the War 11 people were killed in Tejer Bazar of the Upazila. In August 2013 the area saw violence between citivists of Islami Chhatra Shibir and Bangladesh Police. In 2015 the Upazila experienced flooding due to heavy rainfall. Some villages experienced outbreak of diarrhea. The Upazila Nirbahi Officer distributed relief to affected areas. In 2015 a thief was lynched for stealing from Manikmora Bazar Mosque. Geography and climate Nangalkot Upazila ha ... [...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] |
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] |
1988 Bangladeshi General Election
General elections were held in Bangladesh on 3 March 1988. They were boycotted by several major parties, including the Bangladesh Awami League, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, the Communist Party of Bangladesh, Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh, the Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League, the National Awami Party (Muzaffar) and the Workers Party of Bangladesh. The result was a victory for the Jatiya Party, which won 251 of the 300 seats. Voter turnout was 52.5%. Background In 1982 a coup d'état led by Army Chief Hussain Muhammad Ershad overthrew democratically elected President Abdus Sattar. Parliament was dissolved and all political parties were banned. Ershad assumed the presidency in December 1983, promising to hold presidential elections in May 1984 and to restore parliamentary government the following year. However, neither elections were held until 1986. Amid increasing opposition from the general public, Ershad aimed to legitimise his regime by holding a referendum in Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
