Ali Asgar Lobi is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a former member of parliament for

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 ...

. 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 Khaleda Zia (; born Khaleda Khanam Putul in 1945) is a Bangladeshi politician who served as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh from March 1991 to March 1996, and again from June 2001 to October 2006. She was the first female prime minister of Ba ...

, 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 The Bangladesh Cricket board ( bn, বাংলাদেশ ক্রিকেট বোর্ড; abbreviated as BCB) is the governing body of cricket in Bangladesh. The Bangladesh Cricket Board first became an associate member of the Inter ...

from 2001 to 2006. From 2002 to 2004 he served as the president of the

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Corruption

In October 2007, Lobi was sentenced to 13 years imprisonment for corruption by a special court in Bangladesh. He was jailed for amassing illegal wealth worth up to Tk. 204 million (US$3.5 million) and concealing his income. Lobi was also fined Tk. 1 million and had his illegal property confiscated. Earlier in July of the same year, he was sentenced to 8 years jail for evading taxes of US$2.4 million. His wife, Khusnar Asgar, was also jailed for 3 years for aiding him in his corruption.

References

Bangladesh Nationalist Party politicians Living people 8th Jatiya Sangsad members Year of birth missing (living people) People from Khulna District {{BangladeshNationalistParty-politician-stub