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.
Kamal Hossain is a founding leader,lawyer and politician of Bangladesh. He is known as the "father of the Bangladeshi constitution" and regarded as an icon of secular democracy in the Indian subcontinent. Hossain currently heads his own law firm in Dhaka. He retired from political activities and from the post of president of Gano Forum in October 2023.
Saber Hossain Chowdhury,OF is a Bangladeshi politician and incumbent Member of Parliament of Dhaka-9 constituency since 2008. 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 consisting the executive represented by the president,prime minister and cabinet. The legislature represented by the Jatiya Sangsad and the judiciary,represented by the Supreme Court. 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.
Nadia Sharmeen is a Bangladeshi journalist. In 2015,she won the US State Department's International Women of Courage Award.
The second Hasina cabinet was the Government of Bangladesh during the 9th legislative session of the Jatiya Sangsad following the 2008 general election,and serving from 6 January 2009 until 24 January 2014.
Sara Hossain is a Bangladeshi lawyer. She is a barrister in the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. She is the honorary executive director of the Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST),a major legal aid provider. She has been at the forefront of advocating for women's rights in Bangladeshi courts and played a key role in drafting legal reforms to protect women. She was the plaintiff's lawyer in the landmark case of Bangladesh National Women Lawyers Association (BNWLW) v. Bangladesh,in which the Supreme Court supported the judicial practice of referring to international human rights law in the absence of domestic legislation. She is known for her role in challenging fatwa violence when a fatwa is issued to mete out punishment to women and girls. She co-edited 'Honour':Crimes,Paradigms and Violence Against Women with Lynn Welchman.
Jaya Sengupta is a Bangladesh Awami League politician,doctor,and Member of Parliament of Bangladesh. Her husband was Suranjit Sengupta,a senior leader of Bangladesh Awami League and former Minister of Bangladesh Railway.
Jebunnesa Afroz is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and Member of Parliament in the 10th session of the parliament. She was elected from Barisal-5.
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.
2018 (MMXVIII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar,the 2018th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations,the 18th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century,and the 9th year of the 2010s decade.
Rangpur-6 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad of Bangladesh since 2014 by Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury of the Awami League.
The Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust is one of the largest legal aid organization in Bangladesh. The trust provides legal aid,a mediation center,legal advocacy,and files public interest legislation. The organization's headquarter is in Dhaka with 19 field offices. Sara Hossain is the Executive Director of the Trust.
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.
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.
The following is a list of scheduled and expected events for the year 2024 in Bangladesh. 2024 (MMXXIV) is the current year,and is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar,the 2024th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations,the 24th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century,and the 5th year of the 2020s decade.
