Naheed Ezaher Khan

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Naheed Ezaher Khan
নাহিদ ইজাহার খান
State Minister of Cultural Affairs
Assumed office
1 March 2024

Naheed Ezaher Khan (born 30 August 1972) [1] is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the incumbent state minister of cultural affairs since March 2024. [2] She is a Jatiya Sangsad member on a women's reserved seat. [3]

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Early life

Naheed Ezaher Huda was born on 30 August 1972 in Dacca, Bangladesh. She belongs to a Bengali family of Khondkars originally from the village of Kodalia in Nagarkanda, Faridpur District. She is the daughter of Colonel Khondkar Nazmul Huda, killed in the coup d'état in November 1975. [4]

Career

Khan was elected to parliament on a seat reserved for women as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate in February 2019. [5] She is a member of the parliamentary caucus on child rights. [6]

In May 2023, Khan filed a murder case with Sher-e-Bangla Nagar police station in Dhaka in connection with the killing of her father, Colonel Khondkar Nazmul Huda, killed 47 years earlier in the coup d'état in November 1975. [4] He was serving as the 72 Special Commander of the Bangladesh Army in Rangpur. [7] The case accused Major Mohammad Abdul Jalil of the then 10th East Bengal Regiment and 20-25 others. [4] The case also mentioned the then chief of army staff and later president of Bangladesh Ziaur Rahman as the mastermind for instructing to kill Huda. [8]

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References

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