Syeda Iqbal Mand Banu is a social worker and mother-in-law of
Tarique Rahman
Tarique Rahman is a Bangladeshi politician who is the current acting chairman of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) since February 2018. He has been residing in London with his family since he left Bangladesh in September 2008.
Early life and ...
. She was awarded the Independence Day Award in 1995. She had published poetry books she and does watercolor paintings.
Biography
Banu founded SUROVI in 1979 which provides schooling for child domestic workers with her own maid being the first student of the school.
Banu received the Special Award for women from Kazi Mahbubullah and Begum Zebunnessa Janakalyan Trust in 1988.
Banu was married to
Mahbub Ali Khan
Mahbub Ali Khan ( bn, মাহবুব আলী খান; 3 November 1934 – 6 August 1984) was a Bangladesh Navy rear admiral and the Chief of Naval Staff from 1979 till his death in 1984. He is known for his heroic actions done for hi ...
, former
Chief of Naval Staff of
Bangladesh Navy
The Bangladesh Navy ( bn, বাংলাদেশ নৌবাহিনী, Bangladesh Nou Bahini) is the naval warfare branch of the Bangladesh Armed Forces, responsible for Bangladesh's of maritime territorial area, and the defence of imp ...
.
Their daughter,
Zubaida Rahman Zubaida or variants may refer to:
* Zubaida (name), or variant spellings, including a list of people with the given name or surname
* 865 Zubaida, an asteroid
* ''Zubeidaa'', a 2001 Indian film
* ''Zoebaida
''Zoebaida'' (Perfected Spelling: ''Zub ...
, married Tarique Rahman, son of then Prime Minister
Khaleda Zia and former president
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' ...
, in 1993.
Banu is the mother-in-law of Tarique Rahman, son of Prime Minister
Khaleda Zia.
In 2007,
Anti Corruption Commission
The Anti Corruption Commission ( bn, দুর্নীতি দমন কমিশন) ''often abbreviated:'' ACC ( bn, দুদক) is the principal government agency against corruption in Bangladesh.
History
The Anti Corruption Commissio ...
filed a case against Syed Iqbal Mand Banu, Zubaida Rahman, and Tarique Rahman for 48.1 million taka in unexplained wealth with Kafrul Police Station.
In January 2014, Anti-Corruption Commission filed a case against Banu for not submitting her wealth statement to the commission.
In 2017, Bangladesh Supreme Court squashed a corruption case against her by
Anti-Corruption Commission for improper paperwork.
In June 2019, Banu and other relatives visited former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, while she was receiving treatment
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) is a graduate medical university in Bangladesh. It was established in 1965. The university offers postgraduate degrees only, not offering undergraduate medical or dental degrees.
History
Est ...
, who had been in prison since 8 February 2018.
Bibliography
* Jhora Pata
* Mone Pore
References
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Living people
Recipients of the Independence Day Award
Year of birth missing (living people)
Bangladeshi women poets
Bangladeshi artists
Bangladeshi social workers