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Second Khaleda Zia Cabinet
The second Khaleda cabinet was the Government of Bangladesh during the 8th legislative session of the Jatiya Sangsad following the 2001 general election. The cabinet took office on 10 October 2001 and left office on 29 October 2006. The Prime Minister and head of the government was Khaleda Zia. Ministers State Ministers Deputy Ministers The following table is the list of Deputy Ministers. Shuffles * 14 November 2001 ** Morshed Khan became the minister of the foreign affairs. * 11 March 2002 ** Tariqul Islam was transferred from the food ministry to the information ministry. ** Abdul Moyeen Khan was transferred from the information ministry to the ministry of science and ICT. ** Abdullah Al Noman was transferred from the labour and employment ministry to the food ministry. ** Lutfor Rahman Khan Azad became the state minister of labour and employment. * 22 May 2003 ** Seven ministers were removed: *** Wat ...
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Cabinet Of Bangladesh
The Cabinet of Bangladesh ( bn, বাংলাদেশের মন্ত্রিসভা) is the chief executive body of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. The cabinet is the collective decision-making body of the entire government under the Office of the Prime Minister, composed of the prime minister and some 25 cabinet ministers, 7 advisers, 18 state ministers and 3 deputy ministers. Responsibility Ministers of the government, according to the Constitution of Bangladesh, are selected primarily from the elected members of House of Nation, also known as Jatiya Sangsad. Cabinet ministers are heads of government departments, mostly with the office of the "Minister of epartment, e.g. Defence. The collective co-ordinating function of the cabinet is reinforced by the statutory position that all the ministers jointly hold the same office, and can exercise the same powers. The cabinet is the ultimate decision-making body of the executive within the parliamentary system of ...
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Motiur Rahman Nizami
Motiur Rahman Nizami ( bn, মতিউর রহমান নিজামী, links=no; 31 March 1943 – 11 May 2016) was a politician, former Minister of Bangladesh, Islamic scholar, writer, and the former leader of the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami. He is noted for leading the terror squad Al-Badr during the Bangladesh Liberation War. On 29 October 2014, he was convicted of masterminding the Demra massacre by the International Crimes Tribunal of Bangladesh. Nizami was the Member of Parliament for the Pabna-1 constituency from 1991 to 1996 and again from 2001 to 2006. He also served as the Bangladeshi Minister of Agriculture and Minister of Industry. While various political entities and international organizations had originally welcomed the trials, in November 2011 Human Rights Watch criticized the government for aspects of their progress, lack of transparency, and reported harassment of defense lawyers and witnesses representing the accused. Nizami was the last high-profil ...
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Morshed Khan
Morshed Khan (born 8 August 1940) is a Bangladeshi politician who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh from 2001 until 2006. He served as a Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Chittagong-10 constituency in the 6th, 7th and 8th parliaments. Khan was imprisoned in May 2009 in connection with a graft case in which he was sentenced to 13 years. Education Khan completed his Bachelor of Engineering study from Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology. Career In 1986, Khan was elected the member of Jatiya Sangsad. He was then elected to parliament three more times (February 1996, June 1996, and 2001). He was the special envoy to the Prime Minister during the tenure of the full-fledged minister from 12 to 8, and was also the chairman of the Bangladesh Special Committee on Foreign Affairs. Morshed Khan served as the Foreign Minister of the Government of Bangladesh from 2001 to 2006. Khan retired from politics by resigning from the vice president post of ...
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Ministry Of Foreign Affairs (Bangladesh)
Ministry of Foreign Affairs ( bn, পররাষ্ট্র মন্ত্রণালয়; Pronunciation, Pronounced: ''Pòrôrāshtro Mōntronàlôy''), abbreviated as MOFA, is the Bangladeshis, Bangladeshi state Ministry (government department), ministry which oversees Foreign policy, foreign relations of Bangladesh. Fundamental foreign policy of Bangladesh The State shall base its international relations on the principles of respect for national sovereignty and equality, non-interference in the internal affairs of other countries, peaceful settlements of international disputes, and respect for international law and the principles enunciated in the United Nations Charter, and on the basis of those principles shall; * Strive for the renunciation of the use of force in international relations and for general and complete disarmament; * Uphold the right of every people freely to determine and build up its own social, economic and political system by ways and means of its own ...
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Shajahan Siraj
Shajahan Siraj (1 March 1943 – 14 July 2020) was a Bangladeshi politician who served as the vice chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). As a student, he was involved with the Bangladesh Liberation War. He was one of the founders of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal. He was a member of Jatiya Sangsad representing the Tangail-4 constituency. Early life Siraj attended Government Saadat College, where he was twice elected vice president of the student council. He served as the general secretary of the Bangladesh Chhatra League, the student organization of the Awami League, from 1970 to 1972. He was a leader of the Mukti Bahini and one of the leaders of Bangladesh liberation. Siraj was one of the designers of the Bangladesh flag. Siraj read the manifesto of Bangladesh independence on March 3, 1971, in front of millions of people in the presence of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. He served as the acting General Secretary and also the president of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD). Career Siraj ...
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Ministry Of Environment And Forest (Bangladesh)
The ''Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change'' ( bn, পরিবেশ, বন ও জলবায়ু পরিবর্তন মন্ত্রণালয়; ''Paribēś, bana o jalabayou paribarton mantraṇālaẏa'') is a ministry of the government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh whose role is ensuring the sustainable environment and optimum forest coverage. Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change is an independent ministry of the Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. Its main function is to plan, promote, coordinate and monitor government activities related to the environment and forest. This Ministry was established to look after all environmental matters in Bangladesh, and the Ministry is a permanent member of the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council. The Ministry is a participant in the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP). The main functions of the Ministry include environmental conservation, survey o ...
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Abdullah Al Noman
Abdullah Al Noman is a Bangladeshi politician who is a vice-chairman of Bangladesh Nationalist Party. He is a 3-term Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Chittagong-9 constituency. He served as a minister of fisheries and food at the Second Khaleda Cabinet. Career Noman was elected to Parliament from Kotwali, Chittagong-9 in 1991. On 19 August 1998, the Bureau of Anti-Corruption Commission sued Noman for failure to submit a wealth statement with Dhanmondi Police Station. The charge sheet was submitted on 30 May 2000. The case was taken over by the Anti-Corruption Commission which succeeded the Bureau of Anti-Corruption Commission in 2004. Noman was elected to Parliament from Chittagong-9 in 2001 as a candidate of Bangladesh Nationalist Party. He served as the Minister of fisheries and livestock in the Second Khaleda Zia Cabinet. Noman contest the 9th General Election from Chittagong-9 in 2008 as a candidate of Bangladesh Nationalist Party. He lost the election to Afsarul ...
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Ministry Of Labour And Employment (Bangladesh)
The Ministry of Labour and Employment ( bn, শ্রম ও কর্মসংস্থান মন্ত্রণালয়; ''Śrama ō karmasansthāna mantraṇālaẏa'') is the government ministry of Bangladesh responsible for employment, to protect and safeguard the interest of workers and human resource development. Directorates *Inspector of Factories and Establishments *Child Labour Unit *Minimum Wage Board *Department of Labour References Labour and Employment Labour in Bangladesh 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 mos ...
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Shamsul Islam (politician)
M Shamsul Islam (1 January 1932 – 26 April 2018) was a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician, a diplomat and a Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Munshiganj-3 constituency for 4 terms. He served as the minister of information, land, commerce, food and post and telecommunications during the first (1991–1996) and second Khaleda cabinet (2001–2006). Career Islam served as the general secretary of Dhaka district unit and an executive member of the central committee of the now-defunct National Democratic Front party, led by Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy. He was also the general secretary of East Pakistan Family Planning Union during 1968–1971. Islam served as the Bangladesh ambassador to Indonesia during Ziaur Rahman's ruling. Islam was a member of the standing committee of Bangladesh Nationalist Party. On 2 September 2007, Anti-Corruption Commission filed a case against Islam, along with the former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia and others on charges of awarding Glob ...
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Tariqul Islam
Tariqul Islam (16 November 1946 – 4 November 2018) was a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician. He served as the Cabinet Minister of Ministry of Food, Ministry of Information and Ministry of Environment and Forest in the Second Khaleda Cabinet. He represented the Jessore-3 constituency in the 6th and 8th Jatiya Sangsad. Political life Tariqul got the dilapidated Shaheed Minar of Michael Madhusudan College repaired in Jessore in 1962 and was arrested by the then military government. He served as the General Secretary of the Satra Union of Michael Madhusudan College as a candidate of the students' union in the academic year 1963–1964. He was imprisoned in Rajshahi and Jessore for nine months in 1968 for his anti-Ayub movement. While at Rajshahi University, he was again imprisoned for leading the mass uprising of 1968. He joined the National Awami Party led by Abdul Hamid Khan Bhasani in 1970. He actively participated in the liberation war. From the National Awami Party, h ...
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Ministry Of Information (Bangladesh)
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting ( bn, তথ্য ও সম্প্রচার মন্ত্রণালয়) (abbreviated as MoIB) is a branch of the Government of Bangladesh and is the apex body for formulation and administration of the rules and regulations and laws relating to information, broadcasting, the press and films in Bangladesh. It is responsible for releasing government information, media galleries, public domain and government unclassified non-scientific data to the public and international communities. The Ministry is responsible for all the press and broadcasting arm of the Bangladesh Government. The Bangladesh Film Censor Board is the other important body under this ministry being responsible for the regulation of motion pictures shown in Bangladesh. The current Minister of Information and Broadcasting is Muhammad Hasan Mahmud. Organisation There are 14 agencies and departments under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting of Banglade ...
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Abdul Moyeen Khan
Dr. Abdul Moyeen Khan (born 1 January 1947) is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician. He is a member of the current Standing Committee of the Party. He served as the Minister of State for Planning, Government of Bangladesh during 1993-1996, Minister of Information during 2001–2002 and the Minister of Science and Information & Communication Technology (now renamed) during 2002–2006. He served as a Member of Bangladesh Parliament from 1991 until 2006. Background Khan is the son of Abdul Momen Khan, formerly the top Civil Servant in Bangladesh (Cabinet Secretary) and a former Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) politician, a founder member of BNP and the Minister of Food in the Cabinet of President Ziaur Rahman. Dr Khan, an academic by profession, topped all exams in schools and colleges in his life with awards and gold medals, graduated as a PhD from the University of Sussex , mottoeng = Be Still and Know , established = , type = Public research university , end ...
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