Hussain Muhammad Ershad was a Bangladeshi military officer and politician who served as the president of Bangladesh from 1983 to 1990, heading a military dictatorship.
Chandrashekar Prasad, popularly known as Chandu and Comrade Chandrashekhar was a student leader and later an activist affiliated to the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation. He graduated from the Jawaharlal Nehru University, and served as the president of the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union for two terms. Prasad played a key role in the development of All India Students Association.
The Cumilla University is a public university located at Kotbari, Cumilla, Bangladesh. The university was constructed on 244.19 acres of land at Shalban Vihara, Moynamoti. Cumilla University is affiliated by University Grants Commission, Bangladesh.
The movement demanding trial of war criminals is a protest movement in Bangladesh, from 1972 to present demanding trial of the perpetrators of 1971 Bangladesh genocide during the Bangladesh Liberation War from Pakistan.
Begum Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib, commonly known as Begum Mujib; and also known by her nickname Renu, was the wife of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founder and the first President of Bangladesh. She is the mother of Sheikh Hasina, who is now Prime Minister of Bangladesh. She was assassinated with her husband, brother-in-law, 3 sons and 2 daughters-in-law.
Alauddin Ali was a Bangladeshi music composer. He won the Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Music Director five times for the films Golapi Ekhon Traine (1978), Sundori (1979), Koshai (1980), Jogajog (1988) and Lakhe Ekta (1990). He won the Best Music Composer award for the film Laal Doriya (2002) and the Best Lyrics award for Premik (1985). Moreover, he won the Ifad Film Club Award and the Bachsas Award in the category of Best Music Director. He directed music for more than 300 films.
Professor Dr. Saiful Islam is a Bangladeshi academic who is the current vice-chancellor of Dhaka International University. Previously he served as the 13th vice-chancellor of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET). Before, he worked as the Pro-Vice Chancellor of Primeasia University.
First Lady of Bangladesh is the unofficial title given to the spouse of the president of Bangladesh. Prominent former first ladies include Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib, former prime minister Khaleda Zia and former opposition leader Rowshan Ershad. The incumbent first lady is Rebecca Sultana.
Syed Taher Ahmed was a professor of geology and mining at the University of Rajshahi in Bangladesh who was missing on 1 February 2006 and was found dead two days later. Ahmed, aged 58, was a senior member of the planning committee that evaluates application of teachers for promotion. In 2005, his junior colleague and once a close friend, Mia Mohammad Mohiuddin, applied for promotion to full professor. Ahmed discovered inconsistencies in the application; Mohiuddin had not served the required 12-year-academic service, and more critically, had plagiarised and pirated ten of the eleven research papers he submitted. Mohiuddin's fate was to be decided by the planning committee on 2 February 2006. With his career was at stake, Mohiuddin hired Jahangir Alam, caretaker of the university's quarters. Alam, assisted by his brother Abdus Salam and brother-in-law Nazmul, killed Ahmed in the night of 1 February 2006.
Munshigiri is a Bangladeshi mystery drama film directed by Amitabh Reza Chowdhury from a script by Naseef Amin for Chorki. Based on the novel Mriterao Kotha Bole by Shibabrata Barman, it stars Chanchal Chowdhury as Masood Munshi, Dilara Hanif Purnima as Suraiya Akhter, and Sabnam Faria as Parveen Sultana. It is released via Chorki on 30 September 2021.
The 2023 Bangladeshi presidential election was scheduled for Sunday, 19 February 2023 to elect the 22nd President of Bangladesh. However, nominations closed at noon on 12 February and the Awami League politician Mohammed Shahabuddin Chuppu, who had nominated in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution, was the only candidate nominated. On 13 February 2023, Shahabuddin was thus officially elected as the country's 22nd president as he was unopposed.
Mohammed Shahabuddin is a Bangladeshi jurist, civil servant, and politician who is the 16th and incumbent President of Bangladesh. He was elected unopposed in the 2023 presidential election in the nomination of the ruling Awami League. Prior to his presidency, he served as a district and sessions judge and a commissioner of the Anti-Corruption Commission from 2011 to 2016.
Ahmed Sohel is a Justice of the High Court Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court.
Ariful Islam is a journalist of Dhaka Tribune and Bangla Tribune who was controversially detained in the middle of the night and tortured in custody in March 2020. He was sentenced to jail for one year by executive magistrate at 2 am after reporting against the Kurigram Deputy Commissioner. The officials were found guilty by an administration court and received official punishment. President of Bangladesh, Mohammad Abdul Hamid suspended the punishment of the deputy commissioner.
Asia Khatun, also known as Mosammat Asia Khatun, is a retired secretary and the current commissioner of the Anti-Corruption Commission. She is the first woman to be appointed commissioner of the Anti Corruption Commission.
Mujib Bhai is a 2023 Bangladeshi animated feature film, based on the life of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding father and first President of Bangladesh. The film was produced by the Information and Communication Technology Division and jointly directed by Shohel Mohammad Rana and Chandan K. Barman. The film is based on The Unfinished Memoirs, the autobiography of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The animation film showed the events of a certain period in the life of Bangladesh's founding president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman from 1948 to 1969.
Md. Atiqul Islam is an Additional Inspector General of Crime and Operation of Bangladesh Police. He is a former chief of Bangladesh Highway Police.
Mohammed Arshad Adnan Rony known as Arshad Adnan, is a Bangladeshi actor and film producer. He is the son and only child of the president of Bangladesh Mohammed Shahabuddin and his wife Rebecca Sultana. He is the owner of Versatile Media.
