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Dhaka University Central Student's Union
Dhaka University Central Students' Union, also known by its acronym DUCSU, is the official students' union of the University of Dhaka. Called the second parliament of Bangladesh, DUCSU represents Dhaka University students in the university's decision-making, acts as the voice for students in the national higher education policy debate, and to provides direct services to the student body. History It was established in the academic year of 1923-24 as Dhaka University Student Union. Its first constitution was drafted in its general assembly on 30 October 1925. In 1953, its constitution was amended and the union was renamed Dhaka University Central Students' Union. The chancellor of the university acts as the president of the Union while other posts are elected from the students representatives. A teacher acts as the treasurer. The last election was held in 1990. Upon the order from the High Court, an election is scheduled to be held on 11 March 2019. Role in the politics of Bangl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammad Akhtaruzzaman
Md. Akhtaruzzaman is a Bangladeshi academic who is the current and the 28th vice-chancellor of the University of Dhaka. Prior to this position, he served in different academic, administrative and co-curricular development activities at the University of Dhaka including the pro-vice chancellor (administration), dean (Faculty of Arts), chairman, Department of Islamic History & Culture, and provost of the Kabi Jashim Uddin Hall, University of Dhaka. Early life and education Md. Akhtaruzzaman, the second son of Eron Banu and Abul Hashem Khan (the freedom fighters of Bangladesh in 1971), was born in Kalipur of Patharghata in Barguna. He earned Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in history from the prestigious Aligarh Muslim University in 1997. He was a Fulbright Scholar at Boston College, in the United States, where he researched "Religions in American Public Life". As a British Council Scholar at the Center for Christian Muslim Relations, Department of Theology and Religion, University of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangladesh Chhatra League
The Bangladesh Chhatra League ( bn, বাংলাদেশ ছাত্রলীগ; translation: Bangladesh Students' League; BSL), formerly known as the East Pakistan Student League, often simply called the Chhatra League, is a students' political organisation in Bangladesh, founded by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on 4 January 1948. BSL is the student wing of the Bangladesh Awami League. During the Bangladesh Liberation War, the Bangladesh Chhatra League was a key player, but in 1972, it broke up into two factions based on their allegiance to Shekh Mujibur Rahman. The group was a pioneer in the 1952 Language Movement, the 1954 general election victory of the United Front (East Pakistan), the anti-Aiyub movement in 1958, the education movement in 1962, the Six-Point movement in 1966, the mass uprising in 1968, and the 1970 general elections. BSL has been repeatedly accused of using torture, extortion, violence, forced prostitution, and killings to instill fear. At least 33 peop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mushfiq Mobarak
Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak (born 1976) is a Bangladeshi economist and a professor of economics at Yale University. Moreover, he is a co-chair of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab's (J-PAL) Urban Services Initiative and its Environment and Energy sector, as well as the lead academic for Bangladesh at the International Growth Centre (IGC). His research interests concentrate on environmental issues in developing countries. Biography A native of Bangladesh, Mushfiq Mobarak studied in the United States, where he earned a B.A. in mathematics and economics from Macalester College in 1997, and both an M.A. and a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Maryland, College Park in 1999 and 2002, respectively. During his graduate studies, Mobarak worked as a consultant and economist for the World Bank (1998-2001) and the International Monetary Fund before becoming an assistant professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder (2002–07). Following a visiting appointment in 2006, Mobarak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maitreesh Ghatak
Maitreesh Ghatak (born 7 February 1968) is an Indian economist who is the Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics. He is an applied microeconomic theorist with research interests in economic development, public economics, and the economics of organisations. Works His research interests include microfinance, property rights, occupational choice, collective action, and the economics of NGOs and non-profits. He did his schooling in Patha Bhavan, Kolkata and went on to do his undergraduate studies at Presidency College, Kolkata. He has a M.A. in economics from the Delhi School of Economics and a PhD in economics from Harvard University under the supervision of Eric Maskin and Abhijit Banerjee. He taught at the department of economics of University of Chicago before moving to the London School of Economics where he has taught since 2002. He has held visiting positions at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, Yale University, Northwestern University, and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Chatra Dal
Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Chatra Dal ( bn, জাতীয়তাবাদী ছাত্রদল ''Jatiyôtabadee Chhatrô Dôl''), also known as ''J.C.D'', is the student wing of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). Many of the top BNP leaders and policy-makers today were once closely associated with JCD and developed as student leaders. History After the Bangladesh Nationalist Party was founded by Ziaur Rahman, he realized a strong student organization was needed to cherish future leaders, and founded Chhatra Dal on 1 January 1979. As the student wing of the BNP, Chatra Dal has adopted a 19-point programme, based on the mother organization's structure and approach. Chatra Dal was one of the Vanguard organisation in the democracy movement against Military dictator Hussain Muhammed Ershad. Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Chatra Dal is led by a committee, of whom all the members are students. The Dal has 736 member national committee. The committee formed in 2016 came under criticis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amanullah Aman
Amanullah Aman is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and the former Member of Parliament. He is the joint secretary general of BNP. Early life Aman was born in Keraniganj Upazila, Dhaka District. Career Aman started his political career in the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal. He was elected as Vice President of Dhaka University Central Students' Union in 1990. He was one of the most prominent student leaders of anti autocracy movement in 1990 which resulted in resignation of General Ershad and a subsequent free fair election under caretaker government. Aman was first elected as the Member of Parliament for Dhaka-3 at the 1991 general election. He received 97,299 votes while his nearest rival, Mostafa Mohsin Montu of Awami League, received 66,220. Aman was elected to parliament from Dhaka-3 in the February 1996 Bangladeshi general election which was boycotted by all major parties. He was made the state minister of education. His entourage assaulted a life operator at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sultan Mohammad Mansur Ahmed
Sultan Muhammed Mansur Ahmed is a Bangladeshi politician. He was vice president of Dhaka University Central Students' Union. In 2018 Bangladesh general election he contested from Moulvibazar-2 as a candidate of Jatiya Oikya Front and won the seat. Early life He studied in Murari Chand College. He then graduated from Dhaka University. Career He was the president of the Bangladesh Chhatra League, the student wing of the Awami League, from 1985 to 1988. Then he became the vice president of Dhaka University Central Students' Union. After being elected as a Member of Parliament he was chosen as the Organising Secretary of Bangladesh Awami League. Currently he is the Member of Parliament from Moulvibazar-2 Moulvibazar-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2019 by Sultan Md. Mansur Ahmed of the Gano Forum. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Kulaura Upazila. History The constituency ... constituency. References {{D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal
The Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal ( bn, জাতীয় সমাজতান্ত্রিক দল, 'National Socialist Party of Bangladesh', JSD or 'জাসদ', JASAD) is a List of political parties in Bangladesh, political party in Bangladesh. The party was founded by Serajul Alam Khan. The current party president is Sharif Nurul Ambia, with Executive President Moinuddin Khan Badol MP, and General Secretary Nazmul Haq Prodhan MP. History The Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JASAD) was formed in 1972 when it split from Bangladesh Chhatra League, the student wing of the Bangladesh Awami League, under the leadership of Serajul Alam Khan, M. A. Jalil, ASM Abdur Rab and Shajahan Siraj. It had an armed wing, Gonobahini, led by Colonel Abu Taher and Hasanul Haq Inu, Kazi Aref Ahmed, Monirul Islam, Sharif Nurul Ambia that led a violent left-wing 1972-1975 Bangladesh insurgency, insurgency against the government of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Their aim was to form a new left wing democratic n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahmudur Rahman Manna
Mahmudur Rahman Manna ( bn, মাহমুদুর রহমান মান্না) is a Bangladeshi politician and a media personality. He was former Organizing Secretary of the ruling party Bangladesh Awami League. ''The Wall Street Journal'' described him as a "fierce critic of the government". He was arrested after a leaked conversion where he was asked if he would agree to talk to an army officer who was not named. Biography Manna was born to Afsar Uddin Ahmed and Meher Akhter in Bogura district. He is married to Meher Nigar. He was former vice president of Dhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU) and former general secretary of Chittagong University Central Student Union (CUCSU). He is the co-founding convener of Nagorik Oikko, a civil society platform of Bangladesh. He was arrested by Rapid Action Battalion on 25 February 2015, after a leaked conversation with Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leader Sadeque Hossain Khoka, on which he called for a stronger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tofail Ahmed (politician)
Tofail Ahmed (born 22 October 1943) is a Bangladeshi politician. He is a 7-term Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Bhola-1, Bhola-2 and Bakerganj-1 constituencies since 1973. Previously he served as the Minister of Commerce and Minister of Industries of the Government of Bangladesh. Background Ahmed was born on 22 October 1943 in Bhola in the then Bengal Presidency, British India. Ahmed joined the Awami League and in support of the 1966 Six point movement of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. was involved in the 1969 mass uprising in East Pakistan as a student leader. He was the vice-president of Dhaka University Central Students' Union. In 1970, Ahmed was a political secretary of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. He was a Bangladesh independence activist one of the organizers of Mujib Bahini during the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971. Career In 1996, prior to the controversial February elections, Ahmed was arrested along with Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami leader Abdul Quader Mollah under the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matia Chowdhury
Matia Chowdhury (born 30 June 1942) is a Bangladeshi politician serving as the incumbent Deputy Leader of the House, and the incumbent Member of Parliament from Sherpur-2. She was the Minister of Agriculture under the first, second and third premiership of Sheikh Hasina, from 1996 to 2001 and then again on 2009 to 2019 during the previous tenures of Bangladesh Awami League in power. She is known as a veteran politician from the Awami League, and currently a presidium member of the party. Early life and education Chowdhury was born on 30 June 1942 at Nazirpur of Pirojpur District. Her father, Mohiuddin Ahmed Chowdhury, was a police officer. She passed HSC from Dhaka Eden College. She later graduated from University of Dhaka. Political career Chowdhury started her political career from her student life. She actively participated in the movement against the Ayub regime and the movement against the Education Commission of 1962. She was elected the Vice-President of Dhaka Eden G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rashed Khan Menon
Rashed Khan Menon (born 18 May 1943) is a Bangladeshi politician. He is the president of Workers Party of Bangladesh and was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Dhaka-8 in the 2008 general election. Menon was re-elected at the 2014 general elections. He is the chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee of the Ministry of Education. Earlier, he served as the Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism. Early life Menon was born in Faridpur. He studied at Dhaka Collegiate School, finish in 1958. In 1960, he passed intermediate in arts group from Dhaka College. He graduated from Dhaka University in 1963 with a degree in economics. In 1964, he received his master's degree. In the late 1960s, Menon was president of the East Pakistan Students Union faction linked to the National Awami Party of Maulana Bhasani. However, he differed with Maulana Bhasani when the latter accepted participation in elections in January 1970. Menon's East Pakistan Student Union launched a campa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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