Abdullah Al Islam Jakob | |
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Deputy Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change | |
In office 2014–2019 | |
Succeeded by | Habibun Nahar |
Member of the Bangladesh Parliament for Bhola-4 | |
In office 25 January 2009 –6 August 2024 | |
Preceded by | Nazimuddin Alam |
Personal details | |
Born | Bhola,Bangladesh | 21 December 1972
Political party | Awami League |
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Abdullah Al Islam Jakob is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former chairman of the Standing Committee on Ministry of Youth & Sports and former deputy Minister of Environment and Forest. He is a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Bhola-4 constituency. [1] [2] [3] His father M. M. Nazrul Islam was also a member of the Jatiya Sangsad. [4]
Jakob was born on 21 December 1972 in Char Fasson, Bhola District, Bangladesh. [5]
Jakob was elected to parliament from Bhola-4 in 2014. [5] He won at 11th Jatiya Sangsad general election, held on 30 December 2018. [6] He built a 16-storey tower in Char Fasson, Bhola named Jakob Tower to promote tourism in Bhola. [7]
The Jatiya Party is a political party in Bangladesh. It is currently the main opposition in the Jatiya Sangsad, against the Awami League. The current chairman of the party is Ghulam Muhammed Quader. On 3 January 2019, the party announced its decision to join the Bangladesh Awami League-led Grand Alliance after having been in opposition for the previous parliamentary term. However, the party backtracked the next day and announced that it intended to remain part of the opposition. Currently, it holds Rangpur out of Bangladesh's 12 city corporations. The current chairperson of the party is Ghulam Muhammed Quader MP.
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M. M. Nazrul Islam was a Bangladeshi academic and politician from Bhola belonging to the Bangladesh Awami League. He was elected twice as a member of the Jatiya Sangsad. He was the father of Abdullah Al Islam Jakob.
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Jakob Tower is a tourist watchtower located in the Char Fasson town of Bhola Island in southern Bangladesh. Natural beauty can be enjoyed from this tower up to an area of 100 km2 (39 sq mi). It is the tallest watchtower in Bangladesh as well as in the subcontinent. Built in the style of the Eiffel Tower, the 16-story watch tower can accommodate 50 visitors on each floor and 500 visitors throughout the tower.