The Bangladesh Awami League, often simply called the Awami League or AL, is one of the major political parties in Bangladesh, being the ruling party since 2009, and has since been described as authoritarian.
Tajuddin Ahmad was a Bangladeshi politician and statesman. 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.
Panchagarh is a district of the Rangpur division in Northern Bangladesh. Panchagarh is the northernmost district of Bangladesh. It lies between 26º00' and 26º38' north latitudes and between 88º19' and 88º49' east longitudes. It was established as a district on 1 February 1984.
Khandakar Abdur Rashid, better known as Abdur Rashid Tarkabagish was a Bangladeshi politician and Islamic scholar. His career spans from the anti-colonial independence movement to the establishment of both Pakistan and Bangladesh. Tarkabagish was the second president of the All Pakistan Awami Muslim League, and served as a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan and later the Parliament of Bangladesh. Despite being a member of the treasury bench, he opposed what he considered to be the repressive mentality of the Nurul Amin government towards the Bengali Language Movement.
Panchagarh-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad of Bangladesh since 2008 by Nurul Islam Sujan of the Awami League.
Nurul Islam Nahid is a Bangladeshi politician and author. He served as a member of the Bangladeshi parliament from the Sylhet-6 constituency for 15 years, being elected in 1996, 2008, 2014, and 2018. He was also the country's Minister of Education from 2014 to 2018.
General elections were held in Bangladesh on 30 December 2018 to elect 300 directly-elected members of the Jatiya Sangsad. The result was another landslide victory for the Awami League-led Grand Alliance led by Sheikh Hasina. The elections were marred by violence, and were widely considered by opposition politicians and the international community to be rigged.
Muhammad Hasan Mahmud is a Bangladesh Awami League politician who is the incumbent Member of Parliament from Chittagong-7 constituency. In January 2019, he appointed as the Bangladesh Minister of Information. He is also a Joint Secretary of the Bangladesh Awami League.
The Third Hasina ministry was the cabinet of the People‘s Republic of Bangladesh headed by Sheikh Hasina that was formed after the 2014 general election which was held on 5 January 2014. The Awami League was assured of victory, with its candidates declared victors in 127 of the 154 uncontested seats by default. The elected MPs and Cabinet were sworn in on 9 January.
Rajiuddin Ahmed Raju is a Awami League politician. He is a former Posts and Telecommunications Minister, and Labour and Employment Minister. He is the incumbent Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Narsingdi-5 constituency.
Nurul Islam Anu (Bengali: নূরুল ইসলাম অনু; 1939–2017), also known as A M Nurul Islam (Anu), was a Bangladeshi politician and bureaucrat. He started his career in the erstwhile Civil Services of Pakistan (C.S.P.) in 1963 and joined the Government of Bangladesh after independence in 1971. He was the private secretary to the former Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (1972 to 1973). He was the longest-serving president of the U.S. chapter of Bangladesh Awami League (1989-2002).
Farhad Hossain is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the incumbent Minister of Public Administration and Jatiya Sangsad member from Meherpur-1 constituency.
Sheikh Md Nurul Haque was a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a Member of Parliament from Khulna-6.
Nurul Islam Manzur was a former Bangladesh Awami League politician and the former State Minister of Communication in the cabinet of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. He was aligned with the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.
Mazharul Haque Prodhan is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the former Member of Parliament of Panchagarh-1.
2020 (MMXX) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2020th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 20th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 1st year of the 2020s decade.
Maulana Md. Nurul Islam is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the former Member of Parliament of Jamalpur-4. Mr. Islam is former state minister for Ministry of Religious Affairs (Bangladesh) during Awami League Government of 1996-2001.
Sirajul Islam was a Awami League politician and the former Member of Parliament of Dinajpur-2 and Panchagarh-1.
The Mitali Express (13131/13132) train is an international express rail service which connects the Indian city of Siliguri with the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka every week. Together with the Maitree Express train and the Bandhan Express train, the Mitali Express train is the third modern-day fully air conditioned passenger train link between the Indian state of West Bengal and Bangladesh. Both the prime ministers of the two neighbouring countries officially inaugurated the non-stop passenger train with ten compartments on the new 513 km route from Dhaka on 26 March 2021, the day Bangladesh celebrated the golden jubilee of its independence. The prime minister of India was in Dhaka to mark the auspicious occasion of fifty years of independence of Bangladesh. After 56 years of stoppage, this train route recreates the previous Siliguri route between India and Bangladesh. A valid visa and passport is required beforehand to purchase a ticket for the Mitali Express train. Tickets are available at Dhaka Kamalapur railway station in Dhaka, Bangladesh and at New Jalpaiguri railway station in Siliguri, India.
Bhanga railway station is a railway station located in Bhanga Upazila, Faridpur District, Dhaka division, Bangladesh.
