Muhammad Shafiqur Rahman (born 25 September 1949) is a journalist and Bangladesh Awami League politician who is a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the

Chandpur-4 Chandpur-4 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2019 by Muhammad Shafiqur Rahman of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Faridganj Upazila. History The constitue ...

constituency.

Career

Rahman is the former president of the

Jatiya Press Club Jatiya Press Club is the professional club for journalists of Bangladesh located in the capital Dhaka. The current president is Farida Yasmin and the General Secretary is Elias Khan. History The Jatiya Press Club was founded in 1954 as the Ea ...

He was elected to parliament from Chandpur-4 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate on 30 December 2018. He received 173,369 votes while his nearest rival of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, Harunur Rashid, received 30,799 votes. Rahman was reelected to parliament from Chandpur-4 in 2024. Rahman alleged

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, former inspector general of

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and director general of

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, forcefully took control of 70 percent share of his company Citizen TV along with

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and Razzakul Hossain Tutul with the threat of violence.

References

Living people 1949 births Chandpur Government College alumni Awami League politicians 11th Jatiya Sangsad members 12th Jatiya Sangsad members {{AwamiLeague-politician-stub