Mir Mohammad Nasiruddin is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a former State Minister of Civil Aviation and Tourism.

Career

Nasiruddin served as the State Minister of Civil Aviation and Tourism in the

Second Khaleda Cabinet The second Khaleda cabinet was the Government of Bangladesh during the 8th legislative session of the Jatiya Sangsad following the 2001 general election. The cabinet took office on 10 October 2001 and left office on 29 October 2006. The Prime M ...

. He was the Four-party Alliance candidate in the 2005

Chittagong Chittagong ( /ˈtʃɪt əˌɡɒŋ/ ''chit-uh-gong''; ctg, চিটাং; bn, চিটাগং), officially Chattogram ( bn, চট্টগ্রাম), is the second-largest city in Bangladesh after Dhaka and third largest city in B ...

Mayoral election. He was defeated by the incumbent Mayor

A. B. M. Mohiuddin Chowdhury A. B. M. Mohiuddin Chowdhury (1 December 1944 – 15 December 2017) was a Bangladesh Awami League politician. He was the mayor of Chittagong, the second-largest city in Bangladesh, for three consecutive terms. Early life Chowdhury was born on ...

of the Bangladesh Awami League. He is an adviser of Bangladesh Nationalist Party Chairperson and former Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Khaleda Zia. On 5 May 2017, he met the chief

Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh ( bn, হেফাজতে ইসলাম বাংলাদেশ) is an Islamic Advocacy group of madrassah teachers and students. In 2013, it submitted to the government of Bangladesh a 13-point charter, which inc ...

, Shah Ahmad Shafi, at Hathazari Madrasa, Chittagong.

Corruption

On 12 July 2007, Nasiruddin was jailed by a special Anti-Corruption court for corruption along with his son

Mir Mohammed Helal Uddin Mir Mohammad Nasiruddin is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a former State Minister of Civil Aviation and Tourism. Career Nasiruddin served as the State Minister of Civil Aviation and Tourism in the Second Khaleda Cabinet. He was t ...

for 13 years.

Bangladesh High Court The High Court Division, Supreme Court of Bangladesh ( bn, হাইকোর্ট ডিভিশন) popularly known as the 'High Court' is one of the two divisions of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh, the other division being the Appellate D ...

nullified the sentences in August 2010. On 3 July 2014,

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 ...

scrapped the High Court order that acquitted him of all charges.

References

Living people Bangladesh Nationalist Party politicians State Ministers of Tourism and Civil Aviation (Bangladesh) Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) {{BangladeshNationalistParty-politician-stub