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Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury
Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury (1 April 1949) is a Bangladeshi journalist and editor of ''The Daily Observer''. He served as the Media and Information Affairs advisor to Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina for almost 5 years. Career Iqbal Sobhan did his M.A. in public administration at the University of Dhaka. He serves as the editor of ''The Daily Observer''. He was ex president of Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists. He served as a member of Bangladesh Film Censor Board, Bangladesh Press Council, and National Education Policy Draft Committee. He is the chairman of the Mohammadi Group. He was the current media and information affairs advisor to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. He was appointed the advisor on 11 July 2013. He has also said it is not possible for Bangladesh government to rule out terrorism in the Rohingya community. Controversy Iqbal Sobhan was sued by Awami League members of parliament Enamul Haque Inam-ul-Haq ( ar, إنعام الحـــق ), meaning ''Gift of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feni District
Feni is a district located in southeastern Bangladesh. It was a part of the Greater Noakhali, Comilla, Chittagong and Tripura. , the district's estimated population stood at 1,437,371, making it the ninth-most populous district in Chittagong Division. The administrative hub of the district is in Feni City, which also serves as the headquarters of Feni Sadar Upazila in the central section of the district. The original name of the district was Shamshernagar, which served as a mahakuma under the district of Noakhali (greater part), Comilla (few part) and Chittagong District (at rest) until 6 December 1984. It is the 64th Number Districts of Bangladesh. The district consists of six sub-districts: Sonagazi, Fulgazi, Parshuram, Daganbhuiyan, Chhagalnaiya and Feni Sadar. History In the opinion of most historians, the area of this district is more ancient than the other areas of the greater Noakhali region. Many archaeological antiquities were found in this district which prov ... [...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] |
University Of Dhaka
The University of Dhaka (also known as Dhaka University, or DU) is a public research university located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is the oldest university in Bangladesh. The university opened its doors to students on July 1st 1921. Currently it is the largest public research university in Bangladesh, with a student body of 46,150 and a faculty of 1,992. Nawab Bahadur Sir Khwaja Salimullah, who played a pioneering role in establishing the university in Dhaka, donated 600 acres of land from his estate for this purpose. It has made significant contributions to the modern history of Bangladesh. After the Partition of India, it became the focal point of progressive and democratic movements in Pakistan. Its students and teachers played a central role in the rise of Bengali nationalism and the independence of Bangladesh in 1971. Notable alumni include Muhammad Yunus (winner 2006 Nobel Peace Prize, pioneer of microcredit), Natyaguru Nurul Momen (pioneer literature, theatre & cu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheikh Hasina
Sheikh Hasina Wazed (''née'' Sheikh Hasina ; ; bn, শেখ হাসিনা ওয়াজেদ, Shēkh Hasinā, , born 28 September 1947) is a Bangladeshi politician who has served as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Prime Minister of Bangladesh since January 2009. Hasina is the daughter of the founding father and first President of Bangladesh, President of Bangladesh, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. She previously served as prime minister from June 1996 Bangladeshi general election, June 1996 to 2001 Bangladeshi general election, July 2001. She is the longest serving prime minister in the History of Bangladesh (1971–present), history of Bangladesh, having served for a combined total of over 18 years. As of , she is the world's longest-serving female Head of government, Head of Government in history. Hasina's term as the Prime Minister witnessed worsening security situation that includes the Bangladesh Rifles revolt in 2009 which killed 56 officers of Banglades ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Daily Observer (Bangladesh)
The Daily Observer is an English-language newspaper in Bangladesh. The founding editor is Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury, who was formerly editor of ''The Bangladesh Observer''. History ''The Daily Observer'' hit the stands in Bangladesh on 1 February 2011. Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury, the last editor of ''Bangladesh Observer'', started the circulation of a new newspaper by the name of ''The Daily Observer'' in 2011. The editor was sued by MP Nizam Uddin Hazari in 2017 for publishing an allegedly defamatory article mentioning him. See also * List of newspapers in Bangladesh * The Daily Star (Bangladesh) * Dhaka Tribune * Prothom-alo ''The Daily Prothom Alo'' ( bn, প্রথম আলো) is a daily newspaper in Bangladesh, published from Dhaka in the Bengali language. It is the largest circulated newspaper in Bangladesh. According to National Media Survey 2018, conducte ... References Publications established in 2011 Newspapers published in Dhaka 2011 establishments in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangladesh Federal Union Of Journalists
The Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists () is a national trade union federation of professional journalists in Bangladesh and is located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is aligned with the left wing political party, Bangladesh Awami League 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 .... History The Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists was founded in 1950 as the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists. After the independence of Bangladesh in 1971 the name was changed to Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists. The Union has called for repeal of section 57 of the information and communication technology act of Bangladesh, which it said was being used to censor journalists. The union has 3786 members throughout Bangladesh. Manjurul Ahsan Bulbul was elected president of the union in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangladesh Film Censor Board
Bangladesh Film Censor Board is a regulatory agency that is responsible for the censorship of movies and is located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. History The censor board was set up in 1977 following the framing of Bangladesh Censorship of Film Rules. The agency is responsible for the censorship of locally produced movies, foreign imports and acts as the registration of film clubs in Bangladesh. Martuza Ahmed the secretary of Ministry of Information is the ex-officio chairman of the board. The board in 2015 blocked ''My Bicycle'', the first chakma language (a minority language) in Bangladesh. The Censor also blocked a movie about the Rana Plaza building collapse in which more than a thousand garment workers died. A movie was banned where the villain wore a Mujib coat, a style associated with the founding president of Bangladesh, Sheikh Mujib Sheikh (pronounced or ; ar, شيخ ' , mostly pronounced , plural ' )—also transliterated sheekh, sheyikh, shaykh, shayk, shekh, shai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangladesh Press Council
Bangladesh Press Council is an quasi-judicial institution that protects freedom of speech and regulates the press in Bangladesh and is located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. History The act to establish the institution was passed in 1974. The institution was established on 18 August 1979. In 2016 the Bangladesh Law commission The Law Commission of Bangladesh is an independent body, set up through an act passed in the national parliament that reviews laws and recommends reforms when necessary in Bangladesh and is located in Dhaka, Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), ... recommended that the council be given the power to close any newspaper temporarily. References 1979 establishments in Bangladesh Quasi-judicial bodies Organisations based in Dhaka Government agencies of Bangladesh Mass media complaints authorities Regulation in Bangladesh {{Bangladesh-org-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rohingya
The Rohingya people () are a stateless Indo-Aryan ethnic group who predominantly follow Islam and reside in Rakhine State, Myanmar (previously known as Burma). Before the Rohingya genocide in 2017, when over 740,000 fled to Bangladesh, an estimated 1.4 million Rohingya lived in Myanmar.UNHCR news briefing, 20 October 2020, https://www.unhcr.org/news/briefing/2020/10/5f8d7c004/unhcr-calls-solidarity-support-solutions-rohingya-refugees-ahead-urgent.html,accessed December 20, 2020 Described by journalists and news outlets as one of the most persecuted minorities in the world, the Rohingya are denied citizenship under the 1982 Myanmar nationality law. There are also restrictions on their freedom of movement, access to state education and civil service jobs. The legal conditions faced by the Rohingya in Myanmar have been compared to apartheidIbrahim, Azeem (fellow at Mansfield College, Oxford University, and 2009 Yale World Fellow"War of Words: What's in the Name 'Rohingya'?" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Awami League
In Urdu language, Awami is the adjectival form for '' Awam'', the Urdu language word for common people. The adjective appears in the following proper names: *Awami Colony, a neighbourhood of Landhi Town in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan *Awami Front, was a front of six Muslim political parties in Uttar Pradesh, India * Awami Muslim League (Pakistan), a Pakistani political party * Awami National Party, a secular and leftist Pashtun nationalist political party in Pakistan *Bangladesh Awami League, often simply called the Awami League or AL, one of the two major political parties of Bangladesh *National Awami Party, progressive political party in East and West Pakistan *National Awami Party (Bhashani), split-off from National Awami Party in East Pakistan *National Awami Party (Wali), Wali Khan faction of the National Awami Party was formed after the 1967 split in the original National Awami Party *National Awami Party (Muzaffar) or Bangladesh National Awami Party, political party in Banglad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enamul Haque
Inam-ul-Haq ( ar, إنعام الحـــق ), meaning ''Gift of the Truth'', is a masculine Islamic given name.). Notable bearers of the name include; Cricketers * Inam-ul-Haq (Lahore cricketer) (born 1943), Pakistani cricketer *Enamul Haque (cricketer, born 1966), Bangladeshi cricketer (also known as Enamul Haque Moni) * Inam-ul-Haq (cricketer) (born 1979), Pakistani cricketer * Inam-ul-Haq (Quetta cricketer) (active 1973-74), Pakistani cricketer *Enamul Haque (Sylhet cricketer, born 1986) (born 1986), Bangladeshi cricketer (also known as Enamul Haque Jr) *Anamul Haque (born 1992), Bangladeshi cricketer Footballers * Enamul Haque (footballer) (born 1985), Bangladeshi footballer * Anamul Haque Sharif (born 1985), Bangladeshi footballer Academic * Muhammad Enamul Haq (1902–1982), 3rd Vice-Chancellor of Jahangirnagar University. * Muhammad Enam-Ul Haque (1939–2015), 4th Vice-chancellor of Islamic University, Bangladesh. * Muhammad Enamul Huq (born 1947), Bangladeshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nizam Uddin Hazari
Nizam Uddin Hazari () is an Awami League politician and member of parliament from Feni-2. Early life Uddin was born on 1 January 1966. He has a B.com degree. His mother was Dil Afroze Begum and his father was Zainal Abedin. Career Uddin started politics while he was a student of Chittagong Govt. Commerce College. In the 1990s Uddin worked under AJM Nasir Uddin in Chittagong. Uddin was sentenced to jail on an arms case on 22 March 1992. He returned to Feni in 1997 to work under Joynal Hazari. On 16 August 2000, a court in Chittagong sentenced Uddin to ten years imprisonment on an arms case. He was released after serving five years in jail. He had appealed against the verdict with Bangladesh High Court and Bangladesh Supreme Court. Uddin was mayor of Feni in 2011. Uddin was elected to parliament from Feni-2 in 2014 unopposed as the election was boycotted by all major political parties. He resigned from the post of Mayor of Feni to participate in the election. In May 2014 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
