Iqbalur Rahim 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 the incumbent member of parliament for

Dinajpur-3 Dinajpur-3 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2008 by Iqbalur Rahim of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Dinajpur Sadar Upazila. History The constituency was ...

Career

Rahim was elected to Parliament from Dinajpur-3 in 2008 as a Bangladesh Awami candidate. He was re-elected on 5 January 2014 from Dinajpur-3. Rahim laid the foundation stone of a bridge over Dhepa River in Dinajpur on 23 October 2011 and then on 10 November 2011,

Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury (born 1 January 1970) is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the incumbent Member of Parliament representing the Dinajpur-2 Dinajpur-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of B ...

, Member of Parliament from Dinajpur-2 laid the foundation stone on the other side. On 15 February 2014 he visited Hindu families in Chirirbandar upazila, Dinajpur District attacked by members of

Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami ( bn, বাংলাদেশ জামায়াতে ইসলামী, Bānglādēsh Jāmāyatē Islāmī, Bangladesh Islamic Assembly), previously known as Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh, or Jamaat for short, was ...

Islami Chhatra Shibir Bangladesh Islami Chhatrashibir ( bn, বাংলাদেশ ইসলামী ছাত্রশিবির), is an Islamic student organization based in Bangladesh. It was established on 15 February 1996. The organisation is generally under ...

, and

Bangladesh Nationalist Party The Bangladesh Nationalist Party ( bn, বাংলাদেশ জাতীয়তাবাদী দল, Bangladesh Jātīyotābādī Dol; BNP) is a centre-right to right-wing nationalist, political party in Bangladesh and one of the major ...

following the 5 January 2014 General Elections in Bangladesh. He is a whip in the parliament of Bangladesh.

Award

World Leadership Federation (WLF), a global platform based in India, has nominated Iqbalur Rahim, the whip of the Bangladesh Parliament, for WLF Award-2017 for his outstanding contribution to social services. The WLF has decided to give him the award in the social innovator category and the award will be handed over to Iqbalur Rahim on February 23 at a gala event in Dubai. The federation has chosen Iqbalur Rahim, a ruling Bangladesh Awami League lawmaker elected from Dinajpur, to construct and maintain a shelter house "Manab Palli" for transsexuals under his constituency.

Personal life

His father,

M. Abdur Rahim M. Abdur Rahim (21 November 1927 - 4 September 2016) was a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the Member of Parliament from Dinajpur-3. He was awarded Independence Day Award in 2018 posthumously by the Government of Bangladesh. Early life a ...

, was Member of Parliament from the same constituency and famous politician from Dinajpur who was awarded

Independence Day Award The Independence Day Award ( bn, স্বাধীনতা পদক), also termed Independence Award ( bn, স্বাধীনতা পুরস্কার), Swadhinata Padak, and Swadhinata Puroskar, is the highest state award given by t ...

. His only brother

M Enayetur Rahim M Enayetur Rahim is a justice on the Appellate Division (Bangladesh), Appellate Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court. Earlier, he was justice of the High Court Division, Bangladesh Supreme Court. He also served as the chairman of the International ...

is a justice on the Appellate Division of

Bangladesh Supreme Court The Supreme Court of Bangladesh ( bn, বাংলাদেশ সুপ্রীম কোর্ট) is the highest court of law in Bangladesh. It is composed of the High Court Division and the Appellate Division, and was created by Part VI C ...

References

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