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 Bangladeshi president Ziaur Rahman with a view of uniting people with a nationalist ideology,BNP later became one of the two dominant parties in Bangladesh,along with its archrival Awami League. Initially a big tent centrist party,it later moved towards more right-wing politics.
The Bangladesh Awami League,simply known as Awami League,is one of the major political parties in Bangladesh. The oldest existing political party in the country,the party played a large role in achieving Bangladeshi independence both before and after the Bangladesh Liberation War. It is also one of the two most dominant parties in the country,along with its archrival Bangladesh Nationalist Party. Throughout its tenure as the ruling party from January 6,2009 to August 5,2024,it has been consistently described as authoritarian,dictatorial and fascism.
Hussain Muhammad Ershad was a Bangladeshi military officer and politician who served as the leader of Bangladesh from 1982 to 1990,ruling as an unelected military strongman from 1982 to 1983 and as president of Bangladesh from 1983 to 1990.
The Workers Party of Bangladesh is a communist party in Bangladesh. Rashed Khan Menon is the president of the Workers Party of Bangladesh and Fazle Hossain Badsha is the general secretary of the party.
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.
Shahabuddin Ahmed was a Bangladeshi politician who served as the president of Bangladesh from 1996 to 2001,and the chief justice of Bangladesh from 1990 to 1995. He previously served as the acting president during 1990–91 when Hussain Muhammad Ershad resigned from the post. He headed an interim government and held a general election in February 1991.
Dhaka Cantonment is a cantonment located in the northern part of Dhaka,Bangladesh. The headquarters of the Bangladesh Army and Air Force are situated within the cantonment. The cantonment is located on the north-east end of Dhaka.
Tarique Rahman,also known as Tarique Zia,is a Bangladeshi politician and businessman,who is the acting chairman of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) since February 2018. He is the eldest son of former president Ziaur Rahman and former two-time prime minister Khaleda Zia. He is widely seen as a powerful figure in BNP and held several high-profile positions within the party,including the post of senior joint secretary general. In 2018,he was sentenced to life imprisonment for organizing the 2004 Dhaka grenade attack.
Fulgazi,also spelt Phulgazi,is an upazila of the Feni District,located in Bangladesh's Chittagong Division. It is best known as the home upazila of Khaleda Zia,a former Prime Minister of Bangladesh.
2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar,the 2001st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations,the 1st year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century,and the 2nd year of the 2000s decade.
Chowdhury Kamal Ibne Yousuf was a Bangladeshi politician who served as government minister.
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.
Rashed Khan Menon is a Bangladeshi politician. He is the president of Workers Party of Bangladesh and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Barisal-2,Dhaka-8 and Bakerganj-9 constituencies. He was the chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee of the Ministry of Education. Earlier,he served as the Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism.
Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim is a Bangladeshi politician who was a 9-term Member of Parliament representing the Gopalganj-2 constituency during 1980–2024. He is a Presidium Member of Bangladesh Awami League. He also served as the Minister of Health and Family Welfare during 1999–2001. He has been missing along with other members of the Sheikh family since the fall of his cousin Sheikh Hasina's government on 5th August 2024.
Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir is a Bangladeshi politician. He has been the secretary general of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) since 2016. He was a member of the parliament for Thakurgaon-1 constituency from 2001 to 2006. In that term,he was also appointed as the Minister of State in charge of the Ministry of Agriculture and later Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism.
The 1990 Mass Uprising,popularly known as '90's Anti-Authoritarian Movement,was a democratic movement that took place on 4 December and led to the fall of General Hussain Muhammad Ershad in Bangladesh. The uprising was the result of a series of popular protests that started from 10 October 1990 to topple General Ershad who came to power in 1982 by imposing martial law and replaced a democratically elected President through a bloodless coup.
Sheikh Mohammed Abdullah was a Bangladesh Awami League politician and lawyer who served as the State Minister of Religious Affairs from 2019 until his death in 2020. He was appointed the minister in the Fourth Sheikh Hasina Cabinet in January 2019.
Enam Ahmed Chowdhury is a retired secretary and former chairman of the Privatization Commission. He is an Awami League politician and former Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician.
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