Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad was a Bangladeshi politician. He was the Minister of Commerce in the third Mujib Rahman ministry under Sheikh Mujibur Rahman,and assumed the presidency of Bangladesh after the Assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on August 15,1975. He praised the assassins as "sons of the sun" and put cabinet ministers loyal to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in jail. He was himself deposed by another coup,less than three months later on November 3,1975.
Tajuddin Ahmad was a Bangladeshi politician. He led the Provisional Government of Bangladesh as its prime minister during the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971,and is regarded as one of the most instrumental figures in the birth of Bangladesh.
Abul Fateh was a Bangladeshi diplomat,statesman and Sufi who was one of the founding fathers of South Asian diplomacy after the Second World War,having been the founder and inaugural Director of Pakistan's Foreign Service Academy and subsequently becoming Bangladesh's first Foreign Secretary when it gained its independence in 1971. He was Bangladesh's senior-most diplomat both during the 'Liberation War' period of its Mujibnagar administration as well as in peacetime.
Muhammad Mansur Ali was a Bangladeshi politician who was a close confidant of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman,the founding leader of Bangladesh. A senior leader of the Awami League,Mansur also served briefly as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh in 1975 until he was assassinated while incarcerated on 3 November 1975.
Abul Hasnat Muhammad Qamaruzzaman was a Bangladeshi politician,government minister and one of the founding leader of Bangladesh. He was the Home Minister to Mujibnagar Government,Qamaruzzaman was murdered along with Syed Nazrul Islam,Muhammad Mansur Ali and Tajuddin Ahmed in the jail killings in Dhaka Central Jail on 3 November 1975 by a group of army officers on the instruction of President Mostaq.
Jail Killing Day is observed by the Awami League (AL) of Bangladesh and many other political organisations on 3 November every year. It commemorates the killing of four Awami League and national leaders:former vice-president Syed Nazrul Islam,former prime minister Tajuddin Ahmed and Captain (Rtd.) Mansur Ali,and former home minister A H M Quamruzzaman on this date in 1975.
Mohammed Nasim was a Bangladesh Awami League politician who served as Bangladesh's minister of home affairs and minister of health and family welfare during 1999–2001 and 2014–2019,respectively. He was a 6-term Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Sirajganj-1 and Sirajganj-2 constituencies. He was a presidium member of Awami League and the spokesperson of the 14-party alliance.
Shah Abu Muhammad Shamsul Kibria,known as SAMS Kibria or Shams Kibria, was a Bangladeshi economist,diplomat and politician.
Mohammed Zillur Rahman was a Bangladeshi politician who served as the President from 2009 until his death in 2013. He was also a senior presidium member of the Awami League. He is the third president of Bangladesh,after Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Ziaur Rahman,to die in office,while being the first to die of natural causes.
Mostafizur Rahman Fizar was a Bangladeshi politician who was the minister for Primary and Mass Education,and a Jatiya Sangsad member who represented the Dinajpur-5 constituency for eight terms. He had previously served as the State Minister for the Ministry of Environment and Forest and later took over the Ministry of Land as State Minister,from 31 July 2009 to 21 November 2013.
The Provisional Government of Bangladesh,popularly known as the Mujibnagar Government;also known as the Bangladeshi government-in-exile,was the first and founding government of Bangladesh that was established following the proclamation of independence of East Pakistan as Bangladesh on 10 April 1971. Headed by prime minister Tajuddin Ahmad,it was the supreme leadership of the Bangladeshi liberation movement,comprising a cabinet,a diplomatic corps,an assembly,an armed force,and a radio service. It operated as a government-in-exile from Kolkata.
The Second Hasina ministry was the Government of Bangladesh during the 9th legislative session of the Jatiya Sangsad following the 2008 general election,and serving from 6 January 2009 until 24 January 2014.
The Armed Forces Division (AFD) is the principal national command authority for national defense of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. The command and control of the Bangladesh Armed Forces is exercised in this division,under direct control and supervision by the prime minister,who is also in charge of Ministry of Defence. The headquarters is located in Dhaka Cantonment.
Abul Kalam Abdul Momen,known as AK Abdul Momen,is a Bangladeshi economist,diplomat,and politician who served as minister of foreign affairs from January 2019 to January 2024. He served as permanent representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations from August 2009 until October 2015. He was elected a member of Jatiya Sangsad from the Sylhet-1 constituency at the 2018 general elections. Following his election,he was appointed the minister of foreign affairs by the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Muhammad Yusuf Ali was a Bangladesh politician. He was the first minister for Education and Cultural Affairs in the first cabinet of Bangladesh.
The Rohingya genocide is a term applied to the persecution—including mass killings,mass rapes,village-burnings,deprivations,ethnic cleansing,and internments—of the Rohingya people of western Myanmar.
M. Abdur Rahim was a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the Member of Parliament from Dinajpur-3. He was awarded Independence Day Award in 2018 posthumously by the Government of Bangladesh.
S.M. Abul Kalam is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the ambassador of Bangladesh to Kuwait.
The Office of the Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner is a Bangladesh government agency under the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief responsible for providing relief to Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh and plan their eventual repatriation to Myanmar. Shah Rezwan Hayat is the incumbent commissioner.
Mujibnagar Memorial is located at Mujibnagar in Meherpur District. This memorial was built at the place where the Provisional Government of Bangladesh was formed during the Liberation War. Its architect is Tanveer Naquib. Its construction work started in 1974 and completed in 1987. The Bangladesh government built a 23-level memorial to preserve the memory of independence. In 1996,first Hasina ministry started the construction of Mujibnagar Complex.
