Politics of Bangladesh takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic republic,whereby the Prime Minister of Bangladesh is the head of government,and of a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and parliament. The Constitution of Bangladesh was written in 1972 and has undergone seventeen amendments.
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party is a major political party in Bangladesh. Founded on 1 September 1978 by the late Bangladeshi president Ziaur Rahman,with a view of uniting people with a nationalist ideology,BNP later came out as one of the two most dominant parties in Bangladesh,along with its archrival Awami League. Initially being a big tent centrist party,it moved towards more right-wing politics later.
Begum Khaleda Zia is a Bangladeshi politician who served as the prime minister of Bangladesh from March 1991 to March 1996,and again from June 2001 to October 2006. She was the first female prime minister of Bangladesh and second female prime minister in the Muslim world,after Benazir Bhutto. She is the widow of former president of Bangladesh Ziaur Rahman. She is the chairperson and leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) since 1984,which was founded by her late husband in 1978.
Sheikh Hasina Wazed is a Bangladeshi politician who has served as the tenth prime minister of Bangladesh from June 1996 to July 2001 and again since January 2009. She is the daughter of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman,the founding father and first president of Bangladesh. Having served for a combined total of over 20 years,she is the longest serving prime minister in the history of Bangladesh. As of 7 July 2024,she is the world's longest-serving female head of government.
Hussain Muhammad Ershad was a Bangladeshi military officer and politician who served as the president of Bangladesh from 1983 to 1990,heading a military dictatorship.
The Daily Star is a Bangladeshi English-language daily newspaper. It is by far the largest circulating English-language newspaper in the country. Founded by Syed Mohammed Ali on 14 January 1991,as Bangladesh transitioned and restored parliamentary democracy,the newspaper became popular for its outspoken coverage of politics,corruption,and foreign policy. It is considered a newspaper of record for Bangladesh. The newspaper has been described as having a "reputation for journalistic integrity and liberal and progressive views - a kind of Bangladeshi New York Times".
M Ilias Ali was a Bangladeshi politician and member of the Jatiya Sangsad (2001–2006) representing the Sylhet-2 constituency. He served as the organising secretary of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party. He,along with his personal car driver,Ansar Ali,went missing on 18 April 2012. Later that day,local police recovered his abandoned car near his residence in Banani neighborhood and found Ansar's cellphone inside. They have not been seen since. On the tenth anniversary of his disappearance,Netra News,an independent news platform in Sweden,reported on 21 April 2022,that Rapid Action Battalion (RAB),an elite Bangladeshi police unit,had carried out the disappearance. The platform cited leaked confidential documents and internal investigations documents from RAB to reach the conclusion.
Mohammad Abdul Hamid is a Bangladeshi politician who served as the president of Bangladesh from 2013 to 2023. He was elected to his first term in April 2013,and re-elected in 2018. Previously,he served as the speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad from January 2009 to April 2013. He was the acting president after the death of Zillur Rahman in March 2013. He was the longest serving president in the history of Bangladesh.
Mirza Abbas Uddin Ahmed,known as Mirza Abbas,is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a member of the national standing committee of the party. He was the Mayor of Dhaka City Corporation from 1990 to 1994. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Dhaka-6 from 2001 to 2006,and Minister of Housing and Public Works in Khaleda's cabinet.
Nur Mohammad is a Member of Parliament in Bangladesh from Kishorganj 2. He was earlier a Bangladeshi ambassador and also the Inspector General of Police of Bangladesh Police during 2007–2010. In October 2012,he was appointed as the Youth and Sports Secretary by the Government of Bangladesh.
Nazmul Huda was a Bangladeshi barrister and politician. He served as the minister of information (1991–1996) and the minister of communications (2001–2006) of the government of Bangladesh. He was a four-term Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Dhaka-1 constituency. He was a member of Bangladesh Nationalist Party since its inception until 2012 when he left the party as its vice chairman.
Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury is a standing committee member of Bangladesh Nationalist Party,and former Minister of Commerce. He hails from a political family in Chittagong and headed the city's BNP unit momentarily to organize the party.
Abdullah Al Noman is a Bangladeshi politician who is a vice-chairman of Bangladesh Nationalist Party. He is a 3-term Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Chittagong-9 constituency. He served as a minister of fisheries and food in the Second Khaleda Cabinet.
Osman Faruk is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a former minister of education of Bangladesh. He served as a Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Kishoreganj-4 constituency.
Md. Akhtaruzzaman is a Bangladeshi academic who served as the 28th vice-chancellor of the University of Dhaka. Prior to this position,he served in different academic,administrative and co-curricular development activities at the University of Dhaka including the pro-vice chancellor (administration),dean,chairman,Department of Islamic History &Culture,and provost of the Kabi Jashim Uddin Hall,University of Dhaka.
Netrokona-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad of Bangladesh since 2019 by Ashraf Ali Khan Khasru of the Awami League.
Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury also known as Nowfel is a Bangladesh Awami League politician. He is the current Minister of Education and a Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Chittagong-9 constituency. He was the eldest son of Awami politician ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury.
AKM Fazlul Haque Milon is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and the former Member of Parliament of Gazipur-3.
ABM Zahidul Haq was a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a Jatiya Sangsad member (MP) representing the Kishoreganj-1 constituency during 1991–1996. He also served as the Deputy Minister of Shipping in the same period. He founded Pakundia Adarsha Mohila College in 1993.
Masood Helali is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician. He was elected a member of parliament from Kishoreganj-3 in February 1996.
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