Anwar Hossain Helal is a politician from Naogaon District of

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 ...

. He was elected a member of parliament from

Naogaon-6 Naogaon-6 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since October 2020 by Anwar Hossain Helal of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Atrai Upazila, Atrai and Raninagar Upazila, ...

in Oct 2020 by-election. He bagged 1,05,467 votes while BNP nominated candidate Sheikh Rezaul Islam got 4, 517 votes.

Birth and early life

Anowar Hossain Helal was born on 12 July 1964 in

Raninagar Raninagar is a town, with a police station, not identified in 2011 census as a separate town, in the Raninagar II CD block in the Domkol subdivision of Murshidabad district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography Location Raninagar ...

Naogaon Naogaon ( bn, নওগাঁ ''Nôogã'') is a city and district headquarter of Naogaon District in northern Bangladesh. It is located in the bank of Mini Jamuna river. It is the centre of commerce within the Naogaon District Naogaon Di ...

. His father is Azim Uddin Sardar. Anowar Hossain Helal has been nominated by the ruling Awami League in the by-election of Naogaon-6 (Raninagar-Atrai) constituency. He was the chairman of Raninagar Upazila Parishad. After receiving the nomination of Awami League, he resigned from the post of chairman. Helal was elected UP chairman once and chairman of the Upazila Parishad twice in his political career. He has been the vice president of Upazila Awami League since 2014. On 19 June 2000, his younger brother Nazrul Islam Naju, then president of Raninagar Upazila Chhatra League, was brutally slaughtered by the proletariat.

Career

Anowar Hossain Helal is the co-president of Raninagar Upazila Awami League. He was the chairman of Raninagar Upazila Parishad for 2009-2014 and 2019–2020. In 2003, he was elected chairman of Khatteshwar Raninagar Union.

Israfil Alam Israfil Alam (13 March 1966 – 27 July 2020) was a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a 3-term Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Naogaon-6 constituency. Career Alam at one point worked as a meter reader for the Titas Gas Transmission ...

, a Member of Parliament from Naogaon-6 constituency, died on 27 July 2020. He was elected a Member of Parliament in the by-election on 17 October 2020 in a vacant seat.

References

Living people 1964 births People from Naogaon District Politicians from Rajshahi Division Awami League politicians 11th Jatiya Sangsad members {{AwamiLeague-politician-stub