Abdur Rahman is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the former Member of Parliament of

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 cons ...

. He was a

jute Jute is a long, soft, shiny bast fiber that can be spun into coarse, strong threads. It is produced from flowering plants in the genus ''Corchorus'', which is in the mallow family Malvaceae. The primary source of the fiber is ''Corchorus olit ...

workers union leader.

Early life

Rahman was born in

Senbagh Upazila Senbagh ( bn, সেনবাগ), also spelt Senbag and Senbug, is an upazila of Noakhali District. It is named after its administrative centre, the municipality of Senbagh. Geography Senbagh is located at . It has 38,067 units of households an ...

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 offici ...

Career

Rahman worked at a Jute mill in

Narsingdi Narsingdi /Narsingdi Sadar ( bn, নরসিংদী) is a city and headquarters of Narsingdi District in the division of Dhaka, Bangladesh. The Dhaka-Sylhet highway connects Narsingdi with the capital and other major cities. The district is ...

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 Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League (BaKSAL) ( bn, বাংলাদেশ কৃষক শ্রমিক আওয়ামী লীগ "Bangladesh Worker-Peasant's People's League"; বাকশাল) was a political front comprising B ...

and went into decline after the government collapsed in 1975. Rahman was assassinated in 1981 after attending a meeting on the Labor Act.

References

Awami League politicians 1st Jatiya Sangsad members Year of birth missing (living people) People from Noakhali District 1981 deaths Bangladeshi murder victims Bangladeshi trade unionists People murdered in Bangladesh {{Chittagong-politician-stub