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. It was founded on 1 September 1978 by the late Bangladeshi president Ziaur Rahman,after the presidential election of 1978,with a view of uniting people with a nationalist ideology. Following Rahman's assassination in 1981,his widow,Khaleda Zia,took over leadership of the party and presided as chairperson until her imprisonment,in 2018. Since then,Tarique Rahman,the son of Rahman and Zia,has served as acting chairperson and has run the affairs of the party from London.
Khaleda Zia is a Bangladeshi politician who served as the prime minister of Bangladesh from March 1991 to March 1996,and again from June 2001 to October 2006. She was the first female prime minister of Bangladesh and second female prime minister in the Muslim world,after Benazir Bhutto. She is the widow of former president of Bangladesh Ziaur Rahman. She is the chairperson and leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) since 1984,which was founded by her late husband in 1978.
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.
Tarique Rahman is a Bangladeshi politician and businessman who is the current 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 was born on 20 November 1965,Tarique was involved in politics from a young age and rose to prominence in the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) during his mother's tenure as prime minister in the early 2000s.
M Ilias Ali was a Bangladeshi politician and member of the Jatiya Sangsad (2001–2006) representing the Sylhet-2 constituency. He served as the organising secretary of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party. He,along with his personal car driver,Ansar Ali,went missing on 18 April 2012. Later that day,local police recovered his abandoned car near his residence in Banani neighborhood and found Ansar's cellphone inside. They have not been seen since. On the tenth anniversary of his disappearance,Netra News,an independent news platform in Sweden,reported on 21 April 2022,that Rapid Action Battalion (RAB),an elite Bangladeshi police unit,had carried out the disappearance. The platform cited leaked confidential documents and internal investigations documents from RAB to reach the conclusion.
The history of Bangladesh (1971–present) refers to the period after the independence of Bangladesh from Pakistan.
The 21 August 2004 Dhaka grenade attack took place at an anti-terrorism rally organised by Awami League on Bangabandhu Avenue on 21 August 2004. The attack left 24 dead and more than 500 injured. The attack was carried out at 5:22 pm after Sheikh Hasina,the leader of opposition had finished addressing a crowd of 20,000 people from the back of a truck. The attacks targeted Awami League president Sheikh Hasina. Hasina was injured in the attack.The involvement of BNP-Jamaat led government is still debated to this date.
General elections were held in Bangladesh on 5 January 2014,in accordance with the constitutional requirement that elections must take place within the 90-day period before the expiration of the term of the Jatiya Sangshad on 24 January 2014.
Obaidul Karim is a Bangladeshi businessman and the founder and chairman of Orion Group. He is the president of sporting club Mohammedan SC Limited. He was indicted in many corruption charges and sentenced to 5 years,13 years,and lifetime imprisonment on different corruption cases.
Mahmudur Rahman Manna is a Bangladeshi politician and a media personality. He was former Organizing Secretary of the ruling party Bangladesh Awami League. The Wall Street Journal described him as a "fierce critic of the government". He was arrested after a leaked conversion where he was asked if he would agree to talk to an army officer who was not named.
Orion Group is one of the largest Bangladeshi industrial conglomerates. The industries under this conglomerate include Orion Pharma Ltd,chemicals,pharmaceuticals,infrastructure development,agribusiness,hospitality,textiles,aviation etc. Orion was established by Obaidul Karim,the chairman of the group,and Salman Obaidul Karim,his the managing director. It built the Mayor Hanif flyover in Dhaka. The tallest building in Bangladesh,City Centre Dhaka is built by this group. The company is also the sole franchisee of Krispy Kreme and Fish &Co. restaurants in Bangladesh.
Sayeed Khokon is a Bangladeshi businessman,politician who's served as mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation from 2015 to 2020. His father Mohammad Hanif was Dhaka city's first elected mayor. He is the Executive Member of Bangladesh Awami League Central Committee.
Khandakar Mohammad Obaidur Rahman was a Bangladeshi politician. He was a member of the Jatiya Sangsad in 1973 representing Bangladesh Awami League and in 1979,1996 and 2001 representing the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).
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.
Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury is a standing committee member of Bangladesh Nationalist Party,and former Minister of Commerce. He hails from a political family in Chittagong and headed the city's BNP unit momentarily to organize the party.
Moyez Uddin was a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a Jatiya Sangsad member.
AKM Fazlul Haque Milon is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and the former Member of Parliament of Gazipur-3.
Doctors Association of Bangladesh is a professional organisation of registered MBBS and BDS doctors in Bangladesh. It is politically aligned with the right-wing Bangladesh Nationalist Party. It is a rival of the Awami League backed doctors association,Swadhinata Chikitshak Parishad.
Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Krishak Dal is the farmers wing of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.
