HBM Iqbal is a

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 ...

Awami League politician and former Member of Parliament from

Ramna Ramna Thana ( bn, রমনা থানা) is a police jurisdiction in central Dhaka. It is a historic colonial neighborhood. Once the site of Mughal gardens, it developed into an institutional area during British rule in the late 19th centu ...

- Tejgaon, Dhaka.

Biography

Iqbal was elected from

Dhaka-10 Dhaka-10 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2020 by Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh Dhaka-10 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2020 ...

in 1996. He faced criticism after shots were fired from his rally on a rally of then opposition party, Bangladesh Nationalist Party, in 2001. Four people in the Bangladesh Nationalist Party rally were killed in the shooting. He was charged in 2003, but the case was dropped in 2010 after the Ministry of Home Affairs recommended charges be dropped in 2009. In 2007, he was charged with corruption by the

Bangladesh Anti Corruption Commission The Anti Corruption Commission ( bn, দুর্নীতি দমন কমিশন) ''often abbreviated:'' ACC ( bn, দুদক) is the principal government agency against corruption in Bangladesh. History The Anti Corruption Commissio ...

(ACC). The High Court acquitted him in 2011. The ACC filed a petition against the acquittal but in 2015 dropped their petition. He has sent more than 30 legal notices to bdnews24.com to remove past articles on criminal cases against him. As of 2010, he was a vice-president of the Awami League's Dhaka city unit. He is the chairman of Premier Group of Companies. He is also the chairman of

Premier Bank Limited The Premier Bank Limited (PBL) is a private commercial bank with its registered office in Banani, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Dr. H. B. M. Iqbal is the Chairman and Shafiqur Rahman is one of the founder & Director of this Bank. M. Reazul Karim, FCMA is ...

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