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Khulna-2
Khulna-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2019 by Sheikh Salahuddin Jewel of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Khulna Sadar and Sonadanga thanas. 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. In the 2018 general election, the constituency was one of six chosen by lottery to use electronic voting machines. Members of Parliament Elections Elections in the 2010s Elections in the 2000s Khaleda Zia stood for five seats in the October 2001 general election: Bogra-6, Bogra-7, Khulna-2, Feni-1, and Lakshmipur-2. After winning all five, she chose to represent Bogra-6 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muhammad Mizanur Rahman
Mohammad Mizanur Rahman (born 1 June 1957) is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member from the Khulna-2 constituency. Early life Rahman completed his bachelor's in commerce. Career Rahman was elected to Parliament from Khulna-2 on 5 January 2014 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate. In April 2018, the Bangladesh Anti Corruption Commission The Anti Corruption Commission ( bn, দুর্নীতি দমন কমিশন) ''often abbreviated:'' ACC ( bn, দুদক) is the principal government agency against corruption in Bangladesh. History The Anti Corruption Commissio ... announced an investigation into his wealth. In August 2019, the commission filed a case against him for allegedly amassing wealth worth about Tk 1.5 crore beyond the known source of income. References 1957 births Living people People from Khulna Awami League politicians 10th Jatiya Sangsad members Place of birth missing (living people) {{Awam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheikh Salahuddin Jewel
Sheikh Salahuddin Jewel is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the incumbent Member of Parliament from Khulna-2. He is a nephew of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and cousin of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Early life Jewel is the second son of Sheikh Abu Naser, younger brother of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Prime Minister 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 ... is his cousin. Career Jewel's house was attacked on 30 October 2014 by individuals with firearms. No one was harmed in the attack. He was elected to Parliament on 30 December 2018 from Khulna-2 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate. References Awami League politicians Living people 11th Jatiya Sangsad members Sheikh Mujibur Rahman family Year of birth missing (living people) Bangladesh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammad Mizanur Rahman
Mohammad Mizanur Rahman (born 1 June 1957) is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member from the Khulna-2 constituency. Early life Rahman completed his bachelor's in commerce. Career Rahman was elected to Parliament from Khulna-2 on 5 January 2014 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate. In April 2018, the Bangladesh Anti Corruption Commission The Anti Corruption Commission ( bn, দুর্নীতি দমন কমিশন) ''often abbreviated:'' ACC ( bn, দুদক) is the principal government agency against corruption in Bangladesh. History The Anti Corruption Commissio ... announced an investigation into his wealth. In August 2019, the commission filed a case against him for allegedly amassing wealth worth about Tk 1.5 crore beyond the known source of income. References 1957 births Living people People from Khulna Awami League politicians 10th Jatiya Sangsad members Place of birth missing (living people) {{AwamiL ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ali Asgar Lobi
Ali Asgar Lobi is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a former member of parliament for Khulna-2. He is also a former president of the Bangladesh Cricket Board. Career Lobi was elected to parliament in a 2001 by-election for Khulna-2 as a candidate of Bangladesh Nationalist Party. The seat had been won by Khaleda Zia, Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson, in the 2001 general election. She resigned from the seat, having won multiple seats but only being able to occupy one, leading to the by-election. Lobi owned Hawa Bhaban, the political office of Khaleda Zia. He served as the president of the Bangladesh Cricket Board from 2001 to 2006. From 2002 to 2004 he served as the president of the Asian Cricket Council The Asian Cricket Council also known as ACC is a cricket organisation which was established in 1983, to promote and develop the sport of cricket in Asia. Subordinate to the International Cricket Council, the council is the continent's regional .... Corrup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammad Mohsin (politician)
Mohammad Mohsin is a Jatiya Party (Ershad) politician and the former Member of Parliament of Khulna-2 Khulna-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2019 by Sheikh Salahuddin Jewel of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Khulna Sadar and Sonadanga thanas. History .... Career Mohsin was elected to parliament from Khulna-2 as a Jatiya Party candidate in 1986. 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] |
Nazrul Islam Manju
Nazrul Islam Manju is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and the former Member of Parliament of Khulna-2 Khulna-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2019 by Sheikh Salahuddin Jewel of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Khulna Sadar and Sonadanga thanas. History .... Career He was elected to parliament from Khulna-2 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in 2001. He was the General Secretary of the Khulna District unit of the party. He was expelled from Bangladesh Nationalist Party in 2008 for trying to reform the party. References Awami League politicians Living people 9th Jatiya Sangsad members Year of birth missing (living people) {{AwamiLeague-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheikh Abdur Rahman
Sheikh Abdur Rahman is a Jatiya Party (Ershad) politician and the former member of parliament of Khulna-2 and Bagerhat-2 Bagerhat-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2019 by Sheikh Tanmoy of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Bagerhat Sadar and Kachua Kachua or 'Kachuadham' .... Career Rahman was elected to parliament from Khulna-1 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate in 1973. He was elected to parliament from Bagerhat-2 as a Jatiya Party candidate in 1986. References Jatiya Party politicians Living people 3rd Jatiya Sangsad members Year of birth missing (living people) 1st Jatiya Sangsad members {{JatiyaParty-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mia Musa Hossain
Mia Musa Hossain is a Jatiya Party (Ershad) politician and the former Member of Parliament of Khulna-2 Khulna-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2019 by Sheikh Salahuddin Jewel of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Khulna Sadar and Sonadanga thanas. History .... Career Hossain was elected to parliament from Khulna-2 as a Jatiya Party candidate in 1988. References Jatiya Party politicians Living people 4th Jatiya Sangsad members Year of birth missing (living people) {{JatiyaParty-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheikh Razzak Ali
Sheikh Razzak Ali (28 August 1928 – 7 June 2015) was a Bangladeshi politician, Deputy Law Minister of State and Deputy Speaker and two time Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad, Speaker of Bangladesh Jatiya Sangsad. Ali died on 7 June 2015. Early life Born in 1928 in Hitampur village, Paikgacha in Khulna district, Ali obtained his MA in economics from Dhaka University in 1952. He obtained his LLB from Dhaka University in 1954 and later his MA in Bengali literature from the same university. He actively participated in the Language Movement of 1952, mass-upsurge of 1969, the Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971 and movement against autocracy during 1982–1990. Career Teacher Between 1949 and 1950, Ali worked as a teacher in the RKBK Harishchandra Collegiate School of Prafulla Chandra Ray in Paikgachha Upazila. Journalist In the early 1950s, he started his career as a journalist briefly working for the then ''Pakistan Observer'' as a reporter and as a commercial editor for the ''We ... [...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] |
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] |
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] |
