Sirajul Islam Chowdhury () is a Jatiya Party (Ershad) politician, former student activist, social worker, and Ex Member of Parliament of Patiya

Chittagong-11 Chittagong-11 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by M. Abdul Latif of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Chittagong City Corporation wards 27 through 30 an ...

Career

Chowdhury was one of the 291 revolutionary student activists of Chattogram who led the protests against the Pakistani ruling elite in the sixties along with

Rezaul Karim Chowdhury Rezaul Karim Chowdhury (born 31 May 1953) is a Bangladeshi politician and incumbent mayor of Chittagong City Corporation. He is also the joint general secretary of Chattogram Mahanagar Awami League. Early life and education Chowdhury was born on ...

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 o ...

, and many others. Chowdhury is also a social reformer and co-founded

Non-governmental organization A non-governmental organization (NGO) or non-governmental organisation (see spelling differences) is an organization that generally is formed independent from government. They are typically nonprofit entities, and many of them are active in h ...

NOWZUWAN in 1977. NOWZUWAN was one of the three non-government organisations (NGOs) to sign 'Grant Contracts’ with Japanese Ambassador ITO Naoki under the Grassroots Human Security Projects (GGHSP) in March 2022. Chowdhury was elected to parliament from Chittagong-11 as a Jatiya Party candidate in 1988. He’s a member of the Jatiya Party and advisory council. He boycotted the 2014 parliamentary elections during the early hours, after experiencing rampant vote rigging by the agents of rival candidate.

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Jatiya Party politicians Living people 4th Jatiya Sangsad members Pakistani MNAs 1965–1969 Year of birth missing (living people) {{Chittagong-politician-stub