The Bangladesh Nationalist Party is a major political party in Bangladesh. Founded on 1 September 1978 by the late Bangladeshi president Ziaur Rahman,with a view to 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.
Nurul Amin was a Pakistani politician and jurist who served as the eighth prime minister of Pakistan from 7 December to 20 December 1971. His term of only 13 days as prime minister was the shortest served in Pakistani parliamentary history. He was also the only vice president of Pakistan.
Abdus Sattar was a Bangladeshi statesman. A leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP),he served as the president of Bangladesh from 1981 to 1982,and earlier as the vice president. A jurist by profession,Abdus Sattar held numerous constitutional and political offices in British India,East Pakistan and Bangladesh. He was a cabinet minister,supreme court judge,and chief election commissioner. He took oath and became president shortly after the assassination of president Ziaur Rahman.
Moudud Ahmed was a Bangladeshi lawyer and politician. He was a standing committee member of Bangladesh Nationalist Party. Ahmed was elected as a Jatiya Sangsad member total five times from Noakhali-1 and Noakhali-5 constituencies.
The East Pakistan Provincial Assembly,known as the East Bengal Legislative Assembly between 1947 and 1955,was the provincial legislature of East Pakistan between 1947 and 1971. It was known as the East Bengal Assembly from 1947 to 1955 when the provincial name was changed. The legislature was a successor to the Bengal Legislative Council and the Bengal Legislative Assembly,which were divided between East Bengal and West Bengal during the partition of Bengal in 1947. It was the largest provincial legislature in Pakistan. Elections were held only twice in 1954 and 1970.
Khandakar Abdur Rashid,better known as Abdur Rashid Tarkabagish was a Bangladeshi politician and Islamic scholar. His career spans from the anti-colonial independence movement to the establishment of both Pakistan and Bangladesh. Tarkabagish was the second president of the All Pakistan Awami Muslim League,and served as a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan and later the Parliament of Bangladesh. Despite being a member of the treasury bench,he opposed what he considered to be the repressive mentality of the Nurul Amin government towards the Bengali Language Movement.
Belabo is an upazila of the Narsingdi District of Bangladesh,located in the Dhaka Division. Here the 2,500-year-old civilisation of Wari-Bateshwar has been discovered. It is believed that it was a port city with foreign trade with Ancient Rome,Southeast Asia and other regions. It is the oldest city so far discovered after Indus Valley civilisation. Though part of Narsingdi,the Bengali dialect spoken by the people of Belabo is similar to that of Greater Mymensingh.
Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim is a Bangladeshi politician who was a 8-term Member of Parliament representing the Gopalganj-2 constituency during 1986–2024. He is a Presidium Member of Bangladesh Awami League. He also served as the Minister of Health and Family Welfare during 1999–2001.
Hasan Mahmud is a Bangladesh Awami League politician. He was Minister of Foreign Affairs in Fourth Hasina Cabinet in 2024. Hasan was a former Member of National Parliament representing the Chittagong-7 constituency. In 2019 he was appointed as Minister of Information and Broadcasting in Third Hasina Cabinet.
Abdul Moyeen Khan is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician. He is a member of the current standing committee of the party. He served as the minister of state for planning,government of Bangladesh during 1993–1996,minister of information during 2001–2002 and the minister of science and information &communication technology during 2002–2006. He served as a member of the Bangladesh Parliament from 1991 until 2006.
Abdul Majid Mandal was an Awami League politician in Bangladesh who was member of parliament from Sirajganj-5 and Founder of Mondol Group.
Khan Tipu Sultan was a Bangladesh Awami League politician and three time Jatiya Sangsad member for the Jessore-5 constituency.
Narsingdi-4 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024 The constituency is vacant.
H. M. Ibrahim is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Noakhali-1 constituency.
Nazrul Islam Babu is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the incumbent member of parliament for Narayanganj-2.
Mozammel Hossain was a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a member of parliament from Bagerhat-1 and Bagerhat-4.
Anwarul Ashraf Khan is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Narsingdi-2 constituency.
Tanvir Hasan Choto Monir is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Tangail-2 constituency. He was the joint secretary of Awami League's branch in Germany.
Nurul Islam Moni is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a former member of parliament for Barguna-2.
