Sheikh Hasina is a Bangladeshi politician who served as the tenth prime minister of Bangladesh from June 1996 to July 2001 and again from January 2009 to August 2024. She is the daughter of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman,the first president of Bangladesh. She served in the position of prime minister for over 20 years,making her the longest-serving prime minister in history of Bangladesh. Thus,she became the world's longest-serving female head of government. Her authoritarian regime ended in self-imposed exile following an uprising in 2024.
Morshed Khan is a Bangladeshi politician who served as the minister of foreign affairs of Bangladesh from 2001 until 2006. He served as a Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Chittagong-10 constituency in the 6th,7th and 8th parliaments.
The Bangla Academy is the official regulatory body of the Bengali language in Bangladesh. It is an autonomous institution funded by the Government of Bangladesh that fosters the Bengali language,literature and culture,works to develop and implement national language policy and conducts original research in Bengali. Established in 1955,it is located in the Burdwan House in Shahbagh,Dhaka,within the grounds of the University of Dhaka and Suhrawardy Udyan. The Bangla Academy hosts the annual Ekushey Book Fair.
Anwar Hossain Manju is a Bangladeshi politician who is a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing Pirojpur-2 constituency which consists of Kawkhali,Bhandaria and Zianagar upazilas until January 2024. He was elected a member of Jatiya Sangsad a total of seven times. He is a former Minister of Water Resources,Minister of Communications as Communications Transport and Minister of Energy and Mineral Resource.
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police is the unit of Bangladesh Police responsible for law enforcement in the metropolis of Dhaka,the national capital and most populous city in Bangladesh. The DMP is the largest police force unit in Bangladesh. At present,the DMP commissioner is Sheikh Sajjad Ali.
Dipu Moni is a Bangladeshi politician and former minister of social welfare. She was a member of parliament for the Chandpur-3 constituency. She was minister of education in the fourth Hasina ministry and minister of foreign affairs in the second Hasina ministry. She was appointed as the first female foreign minister of Bangladesh on 6 January 2009,serving until 2013. Currently she is Joint secretary of the Bangladesh Awami League.
Ahmed Akbar Sobhan is a Bangladeshi business magnate. He is the founder Bashundhara Group,which operates in the real estate,cement manufacturing,paper,and media sectors.
Corruption in Bangladesh has been a continuing problem. According to all major ranking institutions,Bangladesh routinely finds itself among the most corrupt countries in the world.
Hasan Mahmud is a politician from Bangladesh Awami League. He is a former minister of foreign affairs for the fifth Hasina ministry,and a former member of parliament from Chittagong-7. In 2019,he was appointed as the minister of information and broadcasting for the fourth Hasina ministry. Mahmud is accused as one of the perpetrators of the July massacre. He is currently wanted by Bangladesh Police for his alleged involvement in crimes against humanity during the Student–People's uprising of 2024.
Surendra Kumar Sinha,commonly known as SK Sinha is a Bangladeshi lawyer and jurist who served as the 21st Chief Justice of Bangladesh. He resigned from the position in November 2017 amid the 16th amendment verdict controversy.
Abdul Mannan Khan is a Bangladesh Awami League politician who is a former state minister of housing and public works and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Dhaka-1 constituency.
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.
Standard Bank PLC is a private commercial bank in Bangladesh. Kazi Akram Uddin Ahmed is the founder chairman of the bank and Kamal Mostafa Chowdhury is the founder vice-chairman of the bank.
HBM Iqbal is a Bangladeshi entrepreneur and the founder chairperson of Premier Group of Companies Ltd. He is also a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Dhaka-10 constituency during 1996–2001.
Giasuddin Al Mamun is a Bangladeshi businessman. He is a friend and business partner of the politician Tarique Rahman. Mamun owned the now-defunct television channel Channel 1.
Habibur Rahman is a former Bangladeshi police officer. He served as 35th commissioner of DMP. Prior to join here he was head of the Tourist Police. From 2019 to 2022,he was deputy inspector general (DIG) of Dhaka Range,and DIG of administration and discipline at the police headquarters in Dhaka. He was sent into retirement from government service in public interest according to the provisions of section no. 45 of the Public Service Act,2018.
Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury Nowfel,is a Bangladesh Awami League politician. He is a former minister of education and a former member the Jatiya Sangsad,from the constituency of Chittagong-9. He is the eldest son of the late mayor ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury. Chowdhury is accused as one of the perpetrators of the July massacre. He is wanted by the government of Bangladesh for crimes against humanity during the Student–People's uprising of 2024.
Harun-or-Rashid is a former police officer who served as the chief of the DMP detective branch of Bangladesh police. On 13 August 2024,he was named as one of the 7 accused in the illegal shooting and killing of various students across Dhaka during the Bangladesh Quota Reform Movement along with former prime minister Sheikh Hasina,former minister Obaidul Quader,former minister Asaduzaman Khan Kamal and police officer Biplob Kumar Sarker. He is known for his controversial actions.
Biplob Kumar Sarker is a former Bangladeshi controversial police officer who served as the joint commissioner of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police. Earlier he served as Additional Deputy Inspector General of Bangladesh Police Dhaka Range.
Md Jahangir Alam is the former secretary of the Public Security Division of the Ministry of Home Affairs. He was forced into retirement and detained after the fall of the Sheikh Hasina led Awami League government. He is a former secretary of the Ministry of Public Administration.
