The Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA),previously known as the Empire Parliamentary Association,is an organisation which works to support good governance,democracy and human rights.
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.
Holy Cross College (HCC) is a Catholic higher-secondary school for girls,located at Tejgaon in Dhaka,Bangladesh. It serves students of class 11 and class 12. It was founded in 1950 by the Sisters of the Holy Cross.
Salma Sobhan was a Bangladeshi lawyer,academic and human rights activist. She became the first woman barrister in Pakistan in 1959. A member of the law faculty of the University of Dhaka,she was a co-founder of Ain-O-Salish Kendra (ASK),a national human rights watchdog.
Sultana Kamal is a Bangladeshi lawyer and human rights activist. She serves as the executive director of Ain o Salish Kendra,a civil rights organisation. In 2006,she served as adviser in the Caretaker government of Bangladesh led by President Iajuddin Ahmed during the 2006-2008 Bangladeshi political crisis. Kamal,along with three other advisers,resigned from the caretaker government Her mother Sufia Kamal was a participant of the Bangladesh Liberation War.
The Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh is the central executive government of Bangladesh. The government was constituted by the Constitution of Bangladesh comprising the executive,the legislature,and the judiciary. Bangladesh is a unitary state and the central government has the authority to govern over the entirety of the nation. The seat of the government is located in Dhaka,the capital of Bangladesh.
Dipu Moni is a Bangladeshi politician and former minister of social welfare. She was a member of parliament for the Chandpur-3 constituency. She was minister of education in the fourth Hasina ministry and minister of foreign affairs in the second Hasina ministry. She was appointed as the first female foreign minister of Bangladesh on 6 January 2009,serving until 2013. Currently she is Joint secretary of the Bangladesh Awami League.
The Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development (AFPPD) is a regional non-governmental organization (NGO) that serves as a coordinating body of 30 National Committees of Parliamentarians on Population and Development in Asia-Pacific. The objective of the organization is to strengthen the regional network of parliamentarians who are committed to implementing the population and development agenda,particularly the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). AFPPD aims to achieve this through capacity building for parliamentarians and National Committees.
Tant sari is a traditional Bengali sari,originating from the Bengal region in the eastern part and usually used by Bengali women. Tant sari are woven from cotton threads and distinguished by its lightness and transparency. It is considered to be the most comfortable sari for the hot and humid climate in the Indian subcontinent.
The Shapla Square protests,also known as the siege of Dhaka,Operation Shapla,Operation Flash Out by security forces,was the protests and subsequent shootings of 5 and 6 May 2013 at Shapla Square,located in the Motijheel district,the main financial area of Dhaka,Bangladesh. The protests were organized by the Islamist advocacy group,Hefazat-e Islam,who were demanding the enactment of a blasphemy law. The government responded to the protests by cracking down on the protesters using a combined force drawn from the police,Rapid Action Battalion and paramilitary Border Guard Bangladesh to drive the protesters out of Shapla Square.
Nadia Sharmeen is a Bangladeshi journalist. In 2015,she won the US State Department's International Women of Courage Award.
Simeen Hussain Rimi is a Bangladesh Awami League politician,a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Gazipur-4 constituency and a former state minister for Ministry of Women and Children Affairs. She was elected in the 10th Parliamentary Elections held on 5 January 2014 and in the 11th Parliamentary Elections on 31 December 2018. She was chairperson of the parliamentary standing committee of the Ministry of Culture. In November 2022,she became a member of Awami League Presidium.
Jaya Sengupta is a Bangladesh Awami League politician,doctor,and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Sunamganj-2 constituency. Her husband,Suranjit Sengupta,was a senior leader of the Bangladesh Awami League and a minister of Bangladesh Railway.
Syeda Saira Mohsin is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and former member of parliament in Bangladesh.
Selina Jahan Lita is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and Member of Parliament.
Rangpur-6 is a constituency in the Jatiya Sangsad.. Since 6 August 2024 The constituency is vacant.
Selina Islam is a Bangladeshi controversial business person who later joins politics. She nominated as Jatiya Sangsad member from the reserved women's seat-49.
Mohammed Shahabuddin natively known as Chuppu,is the 16th and incumbent President of Bangladesh. A jurist,civil servant and politician,he was elected unopposed in the 2023 presidential election in the nomination of the ruling Awami League. Prior to his presidency,Shahabuddin served as a district and sessions judge and a commissioner of the Anti-Corruption Commission from 2011 to 2016.
ZI Khan Panna is a Bangladeshi lawyer and human rights activist. He is the chairman of Ain O Salish Kendra,a legal aid organisation in Bangladesh. Panna is a trustee of the Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust. He is the chairman of the legal aid committee of Bangladesh Bar Council.
K. M. Hafizul Alam is a Justice of the High Court Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh.
