The Bangladesh Nationalist Party is a major political party in Bangladesh. Founded on 1 September 1978 by Bangladeshi president Ziaur Rahman with a view of uniting people with a nationalist ideology,BNP later became one of the two dominant parties in Bangladesh,along with its archrival Awami League. Initially a big tent centrist party,it later moved towards more right-wing politics.
The Prime Minister of Bangladesh,officially Prime minister of the People's Republic of Bangladesh,is the chief executive of the government of Bangladesh. The prime minister and the cabinet are collectively accountable for their policies and actions to the Parliament,to their political party and ultimately to the electorate. The prime minister is ceremonially appointed by the president of Bangladesh.
The Jatiya Sangsad,often simply referred to as Sangsad and also known as the House of the Nation,is the supreme legislative body of Bangladesh. The current parliament of Bangladesh contains 350 seats,including 50 seats reserved exclusively for women. Elected occupants are called members of Parliament,or MPs. The 12th national parliamentary election was held on 7 January 2024. Elections to the body are held every five years,unless a parliament is dissolved earlier by the President of Bangladesh. On 6 August 2024,President Mohammed Shahabuddin dissolved parliament after the resignation of Sheikh Hasina and ordered to form a interim government.
Abul Qasim Mohammad Badruddoza Chowdhury was a Bangladeshi politician who served as the President of Bangladesh from 14 November 2001 until his resignation on 21 June 2002. He was the founding secretary-general of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).
Saber Hossain Chowdhury,OF is a Bangladeshi politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Dhaka-9 constituency during 2008–2024. He was the president of Inter-Parliamentary Union from 2014 to 2017. He is a former president of the Bangladesh Cricket Board. He received the Order of Friendship,Russia's highest state decoration.
Mostafizur Rahman Fizar was a Bangladeshi politician who was the minister for Primary and Mass Education,and a Jatiya Sangsad member who represented the Dinajpur-5 constituency for eight terms. He had previously served as the State Minister for the Ministry of Environment and Forest and later took over the Ministry of Land as State Minister,from 31 July 2009 to 21 November 2013.
Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury was a Bangladeshi politician,minister and six-term member of Jatiya Sangsad and member of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Standing Committee,who served as the adviser of parliamentary affairs to Prime Minister Khaleda Zia in from 2001 to 2006. On 1 October 2013 he was convicted of 9 of 23 charges and sentenced to death by the International Crimes Tribunal of Bangladesh for crimes during the 1971 Bangladesh War of Independence. However,limitations placed on his defense testimony were called "disturbing" and the trial was politically motivated.
Wadud Bhuiyan is a Bangladeshi politician. Bhuiyan was elected twice as the member of the Jatiya Sangsad from Khagrachari constituency respectively in the 6th and 8th National Parliamentary Elections. In addition,he served as Chairman of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Development Board from 2002 to 2006. He currently holds the posts of assistant employment secretary of Central Executive Committee of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and president of the opposition party's Khagrachari local unit as well.
Muhammad Abdul Mannan is a Bangladeshi politician and a former Minister of Planning of Bangladesh from 2019 to 2024.
Saifuzzaman Chowdhury Javed is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Chittagong-12 and Chittagong-13 constituencies. He served as the Minister of Land at the Fourth Hasina ministry during 2019–2024.
Ariful Haque Choudhury is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and the former mayor of Sylhet. Choudhury is also an executive member of Bangladesh Nationalist Party. In 2003,he was elected as commissioner of Sylhet City Corporation. He become Mayor for consecutive 2 terms since 2013.
Gayeshwar Chandra Roy is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) politician and former state minister of the Bangladeshi government. He is currently serving as a Standing Committee member of the party. He was also a member of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal during the 1970s.
Rumeen Farhana is a Bangladeshi politician,lawyer and a former leader of the opposition and member of parliament. She resigned from her latest position on 11 December 2022. She is the incumbent international affairs secretary of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.
Nasir Uddin Chowdhury is a politician in Sunamganj District of Sylhet Division of Bangladesh. He was elected Member of Parliament from the Sunamganj-2 (Derai-Shala) seat for the Jatiya Party in the June 1996 7th parliamentary elections.
Abu Solaiman Chowdhury was a Bangladeshi freedom fighter and former cabinet secretary of Bangladesh.
Khurram Khan Chowdhury was a Bangladeshi politician who served four terms in parliament. Initially elected as a member of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP),he resigned from the BNP,joined the Jatiya Party,and later returned to the BNP.
Farid Uddin Chowdhury is a teacher,politician and businessman. He was the former Member of Parliament for the Sylhet-5 constituency from 2001 to 2008,representing Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami.
Mamdudur Rahman Chowdhury was a Bangladeshi politician,minister of shipping and a member of parliament for Bogra-4.
Muhammad Abdul Hafiz is a judge of the High Court Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court.
Nipun Roy Chowdhury is a Bangladeshi lawyer and politician. She serves as the general secretary of the Dhaka District unit of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and is a member of the BNP executive committee. She is the daughter of Nitai Roy Chowdhury,a BNP vice chairman and former minister.
