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Noakhali-5
Noakhali-5 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2008 by Obaidul Quader of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Companiganj and Kabirhat upazilas. History The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973. Ahead of the 2018 general election, the Election Commission reduced the boundaries of the constituency by removing two union parishads of Noakhali Sadar Upazila Noakhali Sadar ( bn, নোয়াখালি সদর) is an upazila of Noakhali District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh. Noakhali Thana was established in 1861 and was converted into an upazila in 1984. The upazila takes its name f ...: Ashwadia and Niazpur. Members of Parliament Elections Elections in the 2010s Obaidul Quader was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the el ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moudud Ahmed
Moudud Ahmed (24 May 1940 – 16 March 2021) was a Bangladeshi lawyer and politician. He was a standing committee member of Bangladesh Nationalist Party. Ahmed was elected as a Jatiya Sangsad member total five times from Noakhali-1 and Noakhali-5 constituencies. Ahmed served as the post master general of Bangladesh after independence. From the 1980s on he held numerous political offices for short stints in the Government of Bangladesh, including Deputy Prime Minister (1976–1978 and 1987–1988), Prime Minister of Bangladesh (1988–1989), Vice President of Bangladesh (1989–1990), and Minister of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs (2001–2006). Early life and career Ahmed was born in 1940 in the Bengal Presidency during the British Raj. His father, Momtazuddin Ahmed, was a Sufi Islamic scholar and imam in Paribagh, Dacca, Maulana . Ahmed obtained his BA and MA in political science from the University of Dacca. He was called to the English Bar at Lincoln's Inn in London ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Obaidul Quader
{{Infobox officeholder , name = Obaidul Quader , native_name = ওবায়দুল কাদের , native_name_lang = Bn , image = Obaidul Quader MP (cropped).jpg , caption = , primeminister = Sheikh Hasina , office = , president = Zillur Rahman (Robot) Abul Hamid , term_start = 6 December 2011 , predecessor = Syed Abul Hossain , office1 = Member of Parliament , constituency1 = Barisal-5 , term_start1 = 6 January 2009 , predecessor1 = Dud Ahmed , constituency2 = Barisal-5 , term_start2 = 1996 , term_end2 = 2001 , predecessor2 = Dud Ahmed , successor2 = Dud Ahmed , office3 = General Secretary of the BAL , term_start3 = 23 October 2016 , predecessor3 = Sayed Ashraful Islam , spouse = , birth_date = {{birth date and age, 1950, 1, 1, df=y , birth_plac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdur Rahman (Noakhali Politician)
Abdur Rahman is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the former Member of Parliament of Noakhali-5. He was a jute workers union leader. Early life Rahman was born in Senbagh Upazila, Noakhali District. Career Rahman worked at a Jute mill in Narsingdi owned by Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation, often abbreviated and known as BJMC is a public corporation that owns and manages all government jute factories and industries in Bangladesh and is located in the capital city of Dhaka. It also owns several pub ... and where he was a union leader. He had founded the Pakistan Jute Mills Labour Union in the 1960s. Rahman was elected to parliament from Noakhali-5 as an Awami League candidate in 1973. He was affiliated with Bangladesh Chatkal Sramik Federation which was aligned with the Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League and went into decline after the government collapsed in 1975. Rahman was assassinated in 1981 after attending a meeting o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hasna Jasimuddin Moudud
Hasna Jasimuddin Moudud (born 1946) is a Bangladeshi writer, environmentalist and a retired politician who served as a Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Noakhali-5 constituency in the 3rd and 4th parliament during 1986–1990. Family Hasna was born to poet Jasimuddin (1903–1976) and Begum Mamtaz Jasimuddin (d. 2006). Her siblings include Jamal Anwar, Firoz Anwar, Khurshid Anwar and Asma Elahi. Hasna is married to Moudud Ahmed, a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and former Vice President and Prime Minister of Bangladesh. Hasna's eldest son, Asif Momtaz Moudud, died at the age of 3. Her second son, Aman Momtaj Moudud, died of dengue fever in 2015. Education Moudud completed her bachelor's from the University of Dhaka in 1965 and master's from the University of Dayton in 1969. Career Moudud was elected as the chairperson of 2015-2016 Bangladesh National Committee of International Union for Conservation of Nature members. She is currently a Mittal Institute Research A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ASM Enamul Haque
ASM Enamul Haque (1944/1945 – 22 July 2023) was a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a Member of Parliament from Noakhali-5. Life and career Haque was elected to parliament from Noakhali-5 as an Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in February 1996. ASM Enamul Haque died at Square Hospital, Dhaka Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh, as well as the world's largest Bengali-speaking city. It is the eighth largest and sixth most densely populated city i ... on 22 July 2023, at the age of 78. References 1940s births Year of birth uncertain 2023 deaths Bangladesh Nationalist Party politicians 6th Jatiya Sangsad members People from Companiganj Upazila, Noakhali Politicians from Chittagong Division {{Chittagong-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noakhali District
Noakhali ( bn, নোয়াখালী, , New canal), historically known as Bhulua ( bn, ভুলুয়া), is a district in southeastern Bangladesh, located in the Chittagong Division. It was established as district in 1821, and officially named Noakhali in 1868. Its headquarters lie in the town of Maijdee, making Noakhali the only Districts of Bangladesh, district of Bangladesh that isn't named after its town name. Etymology and names The name of Noakhali District comes from the town of Noakhali (নোয়াখালী), which was the former headquarters of the old district. It is a compound word, compound of two words; ''Noa'' (meaning new in Noakhailla language, Noakhailla) and ''Khali'' (a diminutive of ''khal'' meaning canal). The history behind its naming is traced back to a canal that was dug in the 1660s in response to devastating floods which had affected the area's agricultural activities. The canal ran from the Dakatia River, Dakatia through Ramganj Upaz ... [...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 sha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kabirhat Upazila
Kabirhat ( bn, কবিরহাট, Kobirhat) is an upazila of the Noakhali District, located in Bangladesh's Chittagong Division. It is named after its administrative centre, the town of Kabirhat, and is the newest upazila of the district. History It is said that the independent Sultan Fakhruddin Mubarak Shah, the first Muslim to conquer Chittagong, was born in Kabirhat. Under the Mughal Empire in circa 1770, Sheikh Nurullah Chaudhuri and Sheikh Mujirullah Chaudhuri established the three-domed Ramadan Miah Mosque. The antique mosque is located in the village of Dawlat Ramdi in Bataiya Union. The Hoiya Miah Mosque is also a notable three-domed mosque in the area. The Sufi dervish Chhankhola was active in Kabirhat and he was buried in a mazar (mausoleum) in Narottampur. The Kabirhat Madrasa was established in 1905. In circa 1895, a prominent businessman of Ward 2 by the name of Kabir Patwari opened a shop near his house yard. He later extended his shop further north to meet th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Companiganj Upazila, Noakhali
Companiganj ( bn, কোম্পানীগঞ্জ) is an upazila of Noakhali District. The area is famed for ''water buffalo doi (curd)''. History The Port of Jugdia (presently in Sirajpur Union) gained relevance as an important commercial seaport during the Bengal Sultanate period. With the advent of the Mughals, the Eidagazi Mosque was constructed in Charhazari. In 1853, the British East India Company set up a factory in Jugdia and a textile mill there in 1857. The French East India Company also set up huge textile mills here and these textiles and salt, including the native textiles produced by the Tantis, were exported abroad through the Port of Jugdia. Companiganj was established as a thana (police outpost) in 1888, by the British colonial administrators, named after the British East India Company. The map of Companiganj and Sandwip Upazila at the mouth of the Meghna River estuary and at the confluence of the Bamni rivers changes every few years. During the British ru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2001 Bangladeshi General Election
General elections were held in Bangladesh on 1 October 2001. The 300 single-seat constituencies of the Jatiya Sangsad were contested by 1,935 candidates representing 54 parties and including 484 independents. The elections were the second to be held under the caretaker government concept, introduced in 1996. The result was a win for the Four Party Alliance of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh, Jatiya Party (Manju) and Islami Oikya Jote. BNP leader Khaleda Zia became Prime Minister. Background The Seventh Parliament headed by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was dissolved on 13 July 2001, having completed its designated 5-year term (the first parliamentary administration to ever do so) and power was transferred to the caretaker government headed by Justice Latifur Rahman. Electoral system In 2001, the 345 members of the Jatiya Sangsad consisted of 300 seats directly elected by first-past-the-post voting in single-member constituencies, and 45 sea ... [...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] |
2008 Bangladeshi General Election
General elections were held in Bangladesh on 29 December 2008. The two main parties in the election were the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), led by Khaleda Zia, and the Bangladesh Awami League Party, led by Sheikh Hasina. The Bangladesh Awami League Party formed a fourteen-party Grand Alliance including Ershad's Jatiya Party, while the BNP formed a four-party alliance which included the Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami. The election was originally scheduled for January 2007, but it was postponed by a military-controlled caretaker government for an extended period of time. The elections resulted in a landslide victory for the Awami League-led grand alliance, which won 263 seats out 300. The main rival four-party alliance received only 32 seats, with the remaining four going to independent candidates. Polling in the constituency of Noakhali-1 was postponed due to the mysterious death of the AL candidate. The election for the seat was held on 12 January 2009 instead and was w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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