Tariqul Islam (16 November 1946 – 4 November 2018) was a

Bangladesh Nationalist Party The Bangladesh Nationalist Party ( bn, বাংলাদেশ জাতীয়তাবাদী দল, Bangladesh Jātīyotābādī Dol; BNP) is a centre-right to right-wing nationalist, political party in Bangladesh and one of the major ...

politician. He served as the Cabinet Minister of

Ministry of Food An agriculture ministry (also called an) agriculture department, agriculture board, agriculture council, or agriculture agency, or ministry of rural development) is a ministry charged with agriculture. The ministry is often headed by a minister f ...

, Ministry of Information and

Ministry of Environment and Forest The ''Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change'' ( bn, পরিবেশ, বন ও জলবায়ু পরিবর্তন মন্ত্রণালয়; ''Paribēś, bana o jalabayou paribarton mantraṇālaẏa'') is a ...

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 represented the Jessore-3 constituency in the 6th and 8th

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 ...

Political life

Tariqul got the dilapidated Shaheed Minar of Michael Madhusudan College repaired in Jessore in 1962 and was arrested by the then military government. He served as the General Secretary of the Satra Union of Michael Madhusudan College as a candidate of the students' union in the academic year 1963–1964. He was imprisoned in Rajshahi and Jessore for nine months in 1968 for his anti-Ayub movement. While at Rajshahi University, he was again imprisoned for leading the mass uprising of 1968. He joined the National Awami Party led by Abdul Hamid Khan Bhasani in 1970. He actively participated in the liberation war. From the National Awami Party, he first joined the Nationalist Democratic Party and then Ziaur Rahman's Bangladesh Nationalist Party. He was one of the seventy six members of the first convening committee of the BNP. He was the founding convener of Jessore District Bangladesh Nationalist Party. In 1980, he served as chairman of the Nationalist Party. He was also elected joint secretary general, acting secretary general, vice chairman of the BNP and a member of the standing committee of the fifth council of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party in 2009.

Career

Islam was a standing committee member of

(BNP). He served as the Minister of Information in the

Personal life

Islam had two sons, Shantonu Islam Sumit and Aninda Islam Amit. Amit is an assistant organising secretary of the BNP. Islam died at Apollo Hospital in Dhaka on 4 November 2018. He had been suffering from kidney related complications and diabetes.

References

1946 births 2018 deaths People from Jessore District Bangladesh Nationalist Party politicians 6th Jatiya Sangsad members 8th Jatiya Sangsad members Food ministers of Bangladesh Information ministers of Bangladesh Environment, Forest and Climate Change ministers of Bangladesh {{BangladeshNationalistParty-politician-stub