Naheed Ezaher Khan (born 30 August 1972) is a

Bangladesh Awami League 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 ...

politician and the incumbent State Minister of Cultural Affairs since March 2024. She is a

Jatiya Sangsad The Jatiya Sangsad ( bn, জাতীয় সংসদ, lit=National Parliament, translit=Jatiyô Sôngsôd), often referred to simply as the ''Sangsad'' or JS and also known as the House of the Nation, is the supreme legislative body of B ...

member from a women's reserved seat. She was the daughter of Khondkar Nazmul Huda, killed in the coup d'état in November 1975.

Career

Khan was elected to parliament from the reserved women's seat as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate in February 2019. She is a member of the parliamentary caucus on child rights. In May 2023, Khan filed a murder case with Sher-e-Bangla Nagar police station in Dhaka in connection with the killing of her father, Colonel Khondkar Nazmul Huda, killed 47 years earlier in coup d'état in November 1975. He was serving as the 72 Special Commander of the

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in Rangpur. The case accused Major

Mohammad Abdul Jalil Mohammad Abdul Jalil was a freedom fighter and Mukti Bahini Sector Commander of Sector 9 of during the Bangladesh liberation war in 1971. He was also one of the founding members of political party Jatiyo Samajtantrik Dal. Early years Mohammad ...

of the then 10th

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and 20-25 others. The case also mentioned the then Chief of Army Staff and later President of Bangladesh

Ziaur Rahman Lt. General Ziaur Rahman (19 January 1936 – 30 May 1981), was a Bangladeshi military officer and politician who served as the President of Bangladesh from 1977 to 1981. He was assassinated on 30 May 1981 in Chittagong in an army coup d ...

as the mastermind for instructing to kill Huda.

References

1972 births Living people Awami League politicians Women members of the Jatiya Sangsad 11th Jatiya Sangsad members State Ministers of Cultural Affairs (Bangladesh) 21st-century Bangladeshi women politicians 21st-century Bangladeshi politicians 12th Jatiya Sangsad members Place of birth missing (living people) {{AwamiLeague-politician-stub