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Tangail-5
Tangail-5 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by Sanowar Hossain of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Tangail Sadar Upazila. 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. History The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973. Members of Parliament Elections Elections in the 2010s In December 2009, the High Court declared that Quasem's 2008 candidacy had been illegal and vacated the seat. The Election Commission An election commission is a body charged with overseeing the implementation of electioneering process of any country. The formal names of election commissions vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, and may be styled ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanowar Hossain
Md. Sanowar Hossain (মোঃ ছানোয়ার হোসেন) is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the incumbent Member of Parliament from Tangail-5 Tangail-5 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by Sanowar Hossain of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Tangail Sadar Upazila. Ahead of the 2008 general elec .... Early life Hossain was born on 1 February 1970. He has a B.A. degree. Career Hossain was elected to Parliament from Tangail-5 as a candidate of the Awami League in 2014. The election was boycotted by the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party. Hossain was re-elected to Parliament from Tangail-5 as a candidate of the Awami League in 2018. He received 149,362 votes while his closest rival, Mahmudul Hasan of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, received 78,992 votes. Hossain was elected to parliament from Tangail-5 as an Awami League candidate on 7 January 2024. Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahmudul Hasan (general)
Major General (Retd) Mahmudul Hasan is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and the former Member of Parliament from Tangail-5. Career Hasan retired from Bangladesh Army as a Major General. He served in the Cabinet of President Hossain Mohammad Ershad as the Home Minister. Hasan was elected to Parliament on 29 December 2012 from Tangail-5 in a by-election. The by-election was called after the Bangladesh Election Commission The Bangladesh Election Commission ( bn, বাংলাদেশ নির্বাচন কমিশন), abbreviated and publicly referred to as EC, is an independent constitutional body that operates the legal functions of election laws in ... cancelled the election of Jatiya Party MP Abul Kashem. He is also the founder of Major-general Mahmudul Hasan Ideal College, Tangail. References Bangladesh Nationalist Party politicians Living people 9th Jatiya Sangsad members Bangladesh Army generals 8th Jatiya Sangsad members 4th Jatiya Sangsa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mir Majedur Rahman
Mir Majedur Rahman is a Jatiya Party (Ershad) politician and a former member of parliament for Tangail-5 Tangail-5 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by Sanowar Hossain of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Tangail Sadar Upazila. Ahead of the 2008 general elec .... Career Rahman was elected to parliament from Tangail-5 as a Jatiya Party candidate in 1988. 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] |
Abul Quasem
Abul Kashem is a Jatiya Party (Ershad) politician and the former Member of Parliament of Tangail-5 Tangail-5 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by Sanowar Hossain of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Tangail Sadar Upazila. Ahead of the 2008 general elec .... Career Kashem was elected to parliament from Tangail-5 as a Jatiya Party candidate in 2008. His parliamentary membership was cancelled in 2009 for being a loan defaulter. References Jatiya Party politicians Living people 9th Jatiya Sangsad members Year of birth missing (living people) {{JatiyaParty-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirza Tofazzal Hossain Mukul
Mirza Tofazzal Hossain Mukul was a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the former Member of Parliament of Tangail-5. Career Mukul was elected to parliament from Tangail-5 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate in 1973. He was the former President of Tangail District unit of Bangladesh Awami League and Tangail District Bar Association. Death and legacy Mukul died on 5 April 2016 in Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh. His son in law, Abdur Rahman, is the member of parliament from Faridpur-1. On 22 January 2022, Mukul was awarded the Ekushey Padak Ekushey Padak ( bn, একুশে পদক; lit. "Twentyfirst Award") is the second highest civilian award in Bangladesh, introduced in memory of the martyrs of the Bengali Language Movement of 1952. The award is given to recognize contribut ..., the second most important award for civilians in Bangladesh. References Awami League politicians 2016 deaths 1st Jatiya Sangsad members Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdur Rahman (Tangail Politician)
Abdur Rahman is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and the former Member of Parliament of Tangail-5 Tangail-5 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by Sanowar Hossain of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Tangail Sadar Upazila. Ahead of the 2008 general elec .... Career Rahman was elected to parliament from Tangail-5 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in 1979. References Bangladesh Nationalist Party politicians Living people 2nd Jatiya Sangsad members Year of birth missing (living people) {{BangladeshNationalistParty-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdul Mannan (politician)
Abdul Mannan (7 October 1929 – 5 April 2005) was a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the first Minister of Home Affairs of independent Bangladesh from April 1972 to March 1973. Early life He was born in Katuli, Tangail on 7 October 1929. In 1944 he graduated from Bindubasini Government Boys High School. He studied at Karatia Sadat College and graduated from Dhaka University in 1951. He was a professor in Ananda Mohan College and Haraganga College. His later worked as an income tax adviser. Career He was involved in Bengali Nationalist movements such as the language movement of 1952, Six point movement, and 1969 uprising in East Pakistan. In 1969 he was president of the Tangail district unit of Awami League in 1969 and the publicity secretary of All Pakistan Awami League. He was one of the representatives of the committee of the Round table conference led by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman In 1970 he was elected to the Pakistan National Assembly. After the election of 1970, He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tangail District
Tangail ( bn, টাঙ্গাইল জেলা) formerly a small Mohokuma of Greater Mymensingh district is a district (''zila'') in the central region of Bangladesh. In 1969, Tangail district was created by Tangail Mohokuma from its 237 square kilometers of its land and 3177 square kilometers of land from Mymensingh district. It is the largest district of Dhaka division by area and second largest by population (after Dhaka district). The population of Tangail zila is about 3.8 million and its area is . The main city of the district is Tangail. It is surrounded by Jamalpur District on the north, the Dhaka and Manikganj Districts on the south, the Mymensingh and Gazipur on the east, and the Sirajganj on the west. History Tangail was a part of Greater Mymensingh till 1969. Tangail was separated from Mymensingh District in order to subdue its dominance. Before the 6 Upazila event, Mymensingh District had a greater economic growth rate than the capital, Dhaka. A ... [...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] |
Psephos
Psephos: Adam Carr's Electoral Archive is an online archive of election statistics, and claims to be the world's largest online resource of such information. Psephos is maintained by Dr Adam Carr, of Melbourne, Australia, a historian and former aide to Australian MP Michael Danby and Senator David Feeney. It includes detailed statistics for presidential and legislative elections from 182 countries, with at least some statistics for every country that has what Carr considers to be genuine national elections. "Psephos" is a Greek word meaning "pebble", a reference to the Ancient Greek method of voting by dropping pebbles into urns, and is the root of the word psephology, the study of elections. Carr began accumulating Australian election statistics in the mid-1980s, with the intention of publishing a complete print edition of Australian national elections statistics dating back to 1901. With the advent of the World Wide Web, Carr abandoned this idea and began to place election stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1991 Bangladeshi General Election
General elections were held in Bangladesh on 27 February 1991. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) emerged as the largest party in parliament, winning 140 of the 300 directly-elected seats. The BNP formed a government with the support of the Islamic party Jamaat-e-Islami, and on 20 March Khaleda Zia was sworn in for her first term as Prime Minister. The elections were described to be free and fair by many international observers, and it played a major role in solidifying Bangladeshi democracy in aftermath of the anti-government protests in late 1980s. Voter turnout was 55.4%. Background In 1990 a popular mass uprising led by future Prime Ministers Khaleda Zia and Sheikh Hasina deposed the former Army Chief Hussain Muhammad Ershad from the Presidency in December. Ershad had assumed the Presidency in 1983 following a coup d'état in 1982. The previous parliamentary elections had been held in 1988 and saw Ershad's Jatiya Party win 251 of the 300 seats. However, the election ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
High Court Division
The High Court Division, Supreme Court of Bangladesh ( bn, হাইকোর্ট ডিভিশন) popularly known as the 'High Court' is one of the two divisions of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh, the other division being the Appellate Division. It consists of the Chief Justice of Bangladesh and the Judges of the High Court Division. The High Court Division exercises both original jurisdiction and appellate jurisdiction in civil and criminal matters. The prime jurisdiction of it is the Writ Jurisdiction, pursuant to which it is empowered under article 102 of the Constitution of Bangladesh to issue writ of certiorari, mandamus, quo warranto, prohibition and habeas corpus. History Dhaka High Court (1947 - 1955) The High Court of judicature for East Bengal commonly known as the Dhaka High Court was established in 1947 under Pakistan (Provisional Constitutional) Order 1947 as a separate High Court with all Appellate, Civil and Original jurisdictions. East Pakistan High Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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