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 from a women's reserved seat. [3]

She was the daughter of Khondkar Nazmul Huda, killed in the coup d'état in November 1975. [4]

Career

Khan was elected to parliament from the reserved women's seat 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 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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