Nazrul Islam Khan | |
|---|---|
 Khan in 2021 | |
| Bangladesh Nationalist Party's National Standing Committee member | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1948 |
| Political party | Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) |
| Occupation | Politician |
Nazrul Islam Khan is a Bangladeshi politician. He is currently a member of the Bangladesh National Party's National Standing Committee. [1] He was the BNP's polls coordination committee chief for the 2018 Bangladeshi general election. [2]
Khan was an active worker of the labor movement in the 1970s. In 1970, he was the president of the Pakistan Machine Tools Factory (present Bangladesh Machine Tools Factory). [3]
On the eve of the liberation war of Bangladesh, when the All-party Alliance Council was formed in Joydebpur of Gazipur in March 1971, Khan was appointed as treasurer. [3]
Khan was the founding general secretary of Bangladesh Jatyatabadi Sramik Dal in 1979. [4]
Khan is a former president of Bangladesh Jatiyabadi Sramik Dal, serving in 2003. [5]
In 2004, Khan was appointed ambassador of Bangladesh to Kuwait. [4]
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