Politics of Bangladesh takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic republic,whereby the Prime Minister of Bangladesh is the head of government,and of a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and parliament. The Constitution of Bangladesh was written in 1972 and has undergone seventeen amendments.
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party is a centre-right,political party in Bangladesh and one of the major political parties of Bangladesh. It was founded on 1 September 1978 by the late Bangladeshi President Ziaur Rahman after the Presidential election of 1978,with a view of uniting the people with a nationalist ideology. Following Rahman's assassination in 1981,his widow,Khaleda Zia,had taken over leadership of the party and presided as Chairperson until her imprisonment in 2018. Since her imprisonment,Tarique Rahman,the son of late president Ziaur Rahman and Khaleda Zia,has been serving as the acting Chairperson and has run the affairs of the party from London
Khaleda Zia is a Bangladeshi politician who served as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh from March 1991 to March 1996,and again from June 2001 to October 2006. She was the first female prime minister of Bangladesh. She is the widow of former President of Bangladesh Ziaur Rahman. She is the chairperson and leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) since 1984,which was founded by her late husband in 1978.
The history of Bangladesh (1971–present) refers to the period after the independence of Bangladesh from Pakistan.
Chowdhury Kamal Ibne Yousuf was a Bangladeshi politician who served as government minister. He was a leader of Bangladesh Nationalist Party.
BarristerMuhammad Jamiruddin Sircar;is a Bangladeshi lawyer and politician who served as the acting President of Bangladesh in 2002. He served as the Speaker of the Parliament of Bangladesh. He is one of the founding members of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and was a member of the standing committee,which was the policy making body of the party,from its inception.
Mohammad Mosaddak Ali,also known as Phalu,is a Bangladeshi entrepreneur and a politician who was a former parliamentarian from Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). He served as the political secretary to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh Begum Khaleda Zia between 2001 and 2004. He was responsible for building special relations and partnership for development between the government and the private sector that is interested in investing in new and highly potential industrial sectors,and introducing new products and services to local industries,at a time when Bangladesh's economic growth accelerated. In 2003,Ali launched Bangladesh's first automation-based private satellite television station NTV. He also founded another satellite channel RTV and Bengali daily newspaper Amar Desh. He is the founding President of Association of Television Channel Owners (ATCO).
Masud Uddin Chowdhury is a retired lieutenant general of Bangladesh Army and a Jatiya Party (Ershad) politician. He is the former chief coordinator of the National Coordination Committee on Combating Corruption and Crime.
KM Obaidur Rahman was a Bangladeshi politician. He was a member of the Jatiya Sangsad in 1973 representing Bangladesh Awami League and in 1979,1996 and 2001 representing the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).
Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury is a standing committee member of Bangladesh Nationalist Party,and former Minister of Commerce. He hails from a political family in Chittagong and headed the city's BNP unit momentarily to organize the party.
Begum Shamsunnahar Khwaja Ahsanullah is a Bangladeshi politician from the prominent Bangladesh Nationalist Party,a former Member of Parliament,and a member of the Dhaka Nawab family.
Solaiman Haque Joarder also known as Solaiman Haque Joarder Selun is an Awami League politician and the incumbent member of parliament for Chuadanga-1.
Abul Khair Bhuiyan is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and the former Member of Parliament from Lakshmipur-2.
Jafrul Islam Chowdhury was a Bangladeshi politician of Bangladesh Nationalist Party and a four-term Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Chittagong-15 constituency. He served as the state minister for forest and environment ministry in the Second Khaleda Cabinet during 2001–2006.
Shah Muhammad Abul Hussain was a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a former Member of Parliament from the Mehendiganj Upazila,Barisal-4.
Shahidul Islam Biswas (1948-2006) is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and the former Member of Parliament from Chuadanga-1.
Mofiqul Hasan Tripti is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a former Member of Parliament from Jessore-1 constituency,former BNP Central Committee Office Secretary and a member of the BNP National Executive Committee.
AKM Fazlul Haque Milon is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and the former Member of Parliament of Gazipur-3.
Ali Newaz Mahmud Khaiyam is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a former Member of Parliament representing the Rajbari-1 constituency.
Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Krishak Dal is the farmers wing of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.
