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 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.
Begum 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 and second female prime minister in the Muslim world,after Benazir Bhutto. She is the widow of one of the 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 husband in 1978.
The history of Bangladesh (1971–present) refers to the period after the independence of Bangladesh from Pakistan.
Muhammad Jamiruddin Sarkar 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. He also established Barrister Jamiruddin Sircar Collegiate Institute in Panchagarh in 1990.
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).
Khondkar Delwar Hossain was a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician. He served as the secretary general of the party. He was elected five times as a Member of Parliament from constituency Manikganj-1 (Ghior-Doulatpur).
Masud Uddin Chowdhury is a retired lieutenant general of the Bangladesh Army and a politician who belongs to Jatiya Party. He is the former chief coordinator of the National Coordination Committee on Combating Corruption and Crime.
Nazmul Huda was a Bangladeshi barrister and politician. He served as the minister of information (1991–1996) and the minister of communications (2001–2006) of the government of Bangladesh. He was a four-term Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Dhaka-1 constituency. He was a member of Bangladesh Nationalist Party since its inception until 2012 when he left the party as its vice chairman.
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.
Shamsunnahar Khwaja Ahsanullah is a Bangladeshi politician from Bangladesh Nationalist Party,a former two-term Jatiya Sangsad member from the women's reserved seats and a member of the Dhaka Nawab family.
Solaiman Haque Joarder is an Awami League politician and a former member of Jatiya Sangsad representing the Chuadanga-1 constituency during 2009–2024.
Abdus Sattar Bhuiyan was a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Brahmanbaria-2 constituency. He resigned from the latest position on 11 December 2022 but re-elected for the same position as an independent candidate in the follow-up by-election on 8 February 2023.
Abul Khair Bhuiyan is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a 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.
Shahidul Islam Biswas (1948-2006) is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and the former Member of Parliament from Chuadanga-1.
Khairul Kabir Khokon is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a former member of parliament for Narsingdi-1,who currently serves as the party's assistant secretary. He had served as the president of Narsingdi District unit of Bangladesh Nationalist Party.
AKM Fazlul Haque Milon is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a former member of parliament for Gazipur-3.
Ali Newaz Mahmud Khaiyam is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a former member of parliament representing the Rajbari-1 constituency.
Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Krishak Dal is the farmers wing of Bangladesh Nationalist Party.
