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.
On 17 August 2005,around 500 bomb explosions occurred at 300 locations in 63 out of the 64 districts of Bangladesh. The bombs exploded within a half-hour period starting from 11:30 am. A terrorist organization,Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) claimed responsibility for the bombings. The group,led by Shaykh Abdur Rahman and Siddiqur Rahman. Another terrorist group,named Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami,was associated with JMB in executing the co-ordinated attack. Following the bombings,both groups were banned by the BNP Government of Bangladesh.
Abdul Moyeen Khan is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician. He is a member of the current standing committee of the party. He served as the minister of state for planning,government of Bangladesh during 1993–1996,minister of information during 2001–2002 and the minister of science and information &communication technology during 2002–2006. He served as a member of the Bangladesh Parliament from 1991 until 2006.
Aminul Haque was a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician who served as the Bangladesh minister of post and telecommunications. A member of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP),he represented Rajshahi-1 as a member of parliament from 1991 to 2006.
Chapai Nawabganj-3 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad of Bangladesh since 2019 by Harunur Rashid of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.
Jafrul Islam Chowdhury was a Bangladeshi politician of Bangladesh Nationalist Party and a four-term Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Chittagong-15 constituency. He served as the state minister for forest and environment ministry in the Second Khaleda Cabinet during 2001–2006.
Chapai Nawabganj-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad of Bangladesh since 2019 by Shamil Uddin Ahmed Shimul of the Awami League.
Chapai Nawabganj-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad of Bangladesh since 2023 by Md. Ziaur Rahman of the Bangladesh Awami League.
Golam Mohammad Siraj,known as GM Siraj,is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician. He served as a Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Bogra-5 and Bogra-6 constituencies He resigned from the latest position on 11 December 2022.
Shahjahan Miah is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician. He was elected a member of parliament from Undivided Rajshahi-1 in 1979 and from Chapai Nawabganj-1 in 1991,15 February 1996,12 June 1996 and 2001 Bangladeshi general election. He was the organizer of the Liberation War of Bangladesh.
Md. Golam Mostofa Biswas is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former Member of Parliament from Chapai Nawabganj-2 constituency.
Md Mosharrf Hossain is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Bogra-4 constituency during 2019–2022. He resigned from the position on 11 December 2022.
Jahidur Rahman is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Thakurgaon-3 constituency. He resigned from the position on 11 December 2022.
Harunur Rashid is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and the incumbent Jatiya Sangsad member from the Chapai Nawabganj-3 constituency since January 2019.
Nadim Mostafa was a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a Member of Parliament of Rajshahi-4. He was a close associate of Tarique Rahman,son of Ziaur Rahman and Khaleda Zia.
Nurul Islam Moni is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a former member of parliament for Barguna-2.
Md. Ziaur Rahman is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the incumbent Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Chapai Nawabganj-2 constituency.
Syed Monjur Hossain is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and the former Member of Parliament of Chapai Nawabganj-2.
Kansat Palli Bidyut protests were a series of protest in Kansat against the Kansat Palli Bidyut Samity which are subsidiaries of Rural Electrification Board that resulted in 13 deaths. The protests ranged from January to April 2006.
In 2023,by-elections are scheduled to be held for vacant seats in the Jatiya Sangsad,the legislative body of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. In the Jatiya Sangsad,MPs for 300 seats are elected directly and MPs for 50 reserved women seats are elected indirectly by the MPs,thus popular by-elections are only held in the direct seats. As the 11th parliament is scheduled to be expire on 29 January 2024 and the Election Commission has announced to hold the next Bangladeshi general election between late December 2023 to early January 2024,all candidates elected by these by-polls will be members of the 11th Jatiya Sangsad.
