Jannatul Ferdous ( – 1 February 2012) was a Bangladeshi teacher and politician from

Pabna Pabna () is a city of Pabna District, Bangladesh and the administrative capital of the eponymous Pabna District. It is on the north bank of the Padma River and has a population of about . Etymology * According to the historian Radharaman Saha ...

belonging to the

Bangladesh Awami League The Awami League, officially known as Bangladesh Awami League, is a major List of political parties in Bangladesh, political party in Bangladesh. The oldest existing political party in the country, the party played the leading role in achievin ...

. She was a member of the

Jatiya Sangsad The Jatiya Sangsad (), often simply referred to as Sangsad and also known as is the unicameral Legislature, legislative body of Bangladesh. The current parliament of Bangladesh contains 350 seats, including 50 seats reserved exclusively for w ...

Biography

Ferdous was an assistant teacher of Pabna Government Girls' High School. Later, she joined Pabna Government Women's College and worked there from 1974 to 1995. She was elected as a member of the

from Reserved Women's Seat-5 in the

June 1996 Bangladeshi general election Snap general elections were held in Bangladesh on 12 June 1996. They were called following the controversial February 1996 elections, which were boycotted by the opposition and saw a turnout of just 21%. The result of the snap elections was a v ...

. Ferdous was married to

Amjad Hossain Amjad Hossain (14 August 1942 – 14 December 2018) was a Bangladeshi film director, actor, scriptwriter and lyricist. He won the Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Director twice, for the films '' Golapi Ekhon Traine'' (1978) and '' Bha ...

. He was a member of the

too. They had two daughters and one son. Ferdous died on 1 February 2012 at the age of 74.

References

People from Pabna District Politicians from Rajshahi Division Bangladeshi educators Bangladeshi women educators 7th Jatiya Sangsad members 1930s births 2012 deaths Awami League politicians Women members of the Jatiya Sangsad 20th-century Bangladeshi women politicians {{Rajshahi-AL-politician-stub