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 to 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 and dictatorial.
Syed Mohammad Ali Chowdhury Bogra was a Pakistani Bengali politician,statesman,and a diplomat who served as third prime minister of Pakistan from 1953 to 1955. He was appointed in this capacity in 1953 until he stepped down in 1955 in favour of Finance Minister Muhammad Ali.
Bogra,officially known as Bogura,is a city located in Bogra District,Rajshahi Division,Bangladesh. The city is a major commercial hub in Northern Bangladesh. It is the second largest city in terms of both area and population in Rajshahi Division. The Bogra bridge connects the Rajshahi Division and Rangpur Division.
Bogra District,officially Bogura District since April 2018,is a district in the northern part of Bangladesh,in the Rajshahi Division. Bogra is an industrial city where many small and mid-sized companies are sited. Bogra was a part of the Pundravardhana territory of ancient Bengal and the ruins of its capital can be found in northern Bogra.
Abdur Rahman Biswas was a Bangladeshi politician. He was the President of Bangladesh from 1991 to 1996. Biswas represented Pakistan at the United Nations General Assembly,prior to the independence of Bangladesh.
Salim Saifullah Khan is a Pakistani politician and former Senator and a former president of Pakistan Peoples Muslim League. He was a member of Senate of Pakistan from 2006 to 2012. He served as Chairman of Pakistan's Senate Foreign Relations,Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit Baltistan Committee.
Sayed Farooq Rahman was the chief organizer involved in toppling the Sheikh Mujib regime in Bangladesh. He was convicted and hanged on 28 January 2010 along with co-conspirators Sultan Shahriar Rashid Khan,A.K.M. Mohiuddin Ahmed,Mohiuddin Ahmed,and Mohammad Bazlul Huda in Dhaka Central Jail,Old Dhaka,for the murder of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman,the founding father and the first president of Bangladesh. Sayed Farooq Rahman and his close ally Khondaker Abdur Rashid were the chief organisers of the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on 15 August 1975. He was 2IC of the 1st Bengal Lancers Regiment of the Bangladesh Army who led a group of junior army officers in order to overthrow the regime of Sheikh Mujib and install Khondaker Mushtaque Ahmed as president of Bangladesh.
Adamdighi Upazila is an upazila of Bogra District in the Division of Rajshahi,Bangladesh. Adamdighi Thana was established in 1821 and was converted into an upazila in 1983. It is named after its administrative center,the town of Adamdighi. Local legend has it that its name came from a Muslim saint,Baba Adam,who visited and dug a dighi (tank) for water storage.
Faruk Khan is a Bangladeshi politician and a former Minister of Civil Aviation and Tourism of Bangladesh Government. Khan is a former parliament member for five consecutive times from Gopalganj-1 and a former Commerce and Industry Secretary of the Awami League.
Maulana Muhammad Khan Sherani is a Pakistani Deobandi religious cleric and politician who established Rabita Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam the breakway faction of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) over rifts with (JUI-F) leader Fazal-ur-Rehman. He had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan,between 1988 and May 2018. He was the Chairman of the influential Council of Islamic Ideology from 2010 to 2016.
Rashid Akbar Khan Nawani is a Pakistani politician. He is a member of the 16th National Assembly from NA-92 Bhakkar-II since 29 February 2024.
Chowdhury also:Choudhuri,Chaudhuri,Choudhury,Chaudhri is a title of honour,usually hereditary,originating from the Indian subcontinent. It is an adaption from Sanskrit. During the Mughal rule,it was a title awarded to eminent people,while during British rule,the term was associated with zamindars and social leaders. The common female equivalent was Chowdhurani.
Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami Bangladesh,[transl. Jihad movement of Islam of Bangladesh] is the Bangladeshi branch of the terrorist group Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI). It is banned in Bangladesh and is a Proscribed Organisation in the United Kingdom under the Terrorism Act 2000.
Abdul Kader Khan is a Jatiya Party politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Gaibandha-1 constituency. In June 2019,Khan was sentenced to life imprisonment for possessing a firearm and an additional 15 years for possessing ammunition.
Abdul Momin Talukder is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Bogra-3 constituency during 2001–2014.
Muḥammad Waqqāṣibn Muḥammad Ismāʿīl al-Jasarī,or simply known as Muhammad Wakkas,was a Bangladeshi Islamic scholar,teacher,former Member of Parliament and State Minister. He was the founder of Jamia Imdadia Madaninagar Madrasa,the largest madrasa in South Bengal,accommodating roughly 2000 students.
Ataur Rahman Khan is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a former member of parliament for Kishoreganj-3.
