Iqbalur Rahim
Iqbalur Rahim | |
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ইকবালুর রহিম | |
| Member of the Bangladesh Parliament for Dinajpur-3 | |
| In office 25 January 2009 – 6 August 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Khurshid Jahan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 August 1965 |
| Political party | Awami League |
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| Relatives | M Enayetur Rahim (brother) |
Iqbalur Rahim (born 16 August 1965) is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Dinajpur-3 constituency during 2009–2024.[1]
Career
[edit]Iqbal was elected to the parliament from Dinajpur-3 in 2008 as a Bangladesh Awami candidate.[2][3] He was re-elected on 5 January 2014 from Dinajpur-3.[4]
Iqbal laid the foundation stone of a bridge over Dhepa River in Dinajpur on 23 October 2011 and then on 10 November 2011, Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury, Member of Parliament from Dinajpur-2 laid the foundation stone on the other side.[5] On 15 February 2014 he visited Hindu families in Chirirbandar upazila, Dinajpur District attacked by members of Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh, Islami Chhatra Shibir, and Bangladesh Nationalist Party following the 5 January 2014 General Elections in Bangladesh.[6] He is a whip in the parliament of Bangladesh.[7]
In August 2024, Anti-Corruption Commission of Bangladesh decided to investigate the allegations of corruption brought against Rahim after the fall of the Sheikh Hasina led Awami League government.[8] Two murder cases was filed against him and his brother, including one by a leader of the Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Jubo Dal.[9]
Award
[edit]World Leadership Federation (WLF), a global platform based in India, has nominated Rahim, the whip of the Bangladesh Parliament, for WLF Award-2017 for his outstanding contribution to social services. The WLF has decided to give him the award in the social innovator category and the award will be handed over to Iqbalur Rahim on 23 February at a gala event in Dubai. The federation has chosen Iqbalur Rahim, a ruling Bangladesh Awami League lawmaker elected from Dinajpur, to construct and maintain a shelter house "Manab Palli" for transsexuals under his constituency.[10]
Personal life
[edit]Iqbal's father, M. Abdur Rahim, was a Jatiya Sangsad member from the same constituency and famous politician from Dinajpur who was awarded Independence Day Award. His only brother M Enayetur Rahim is a justice on the Appellate Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ "Orao play to take part in World Festival of Children's Theatre". The Daily Star. 21 June 2010. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
- ^ "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". amardesh.com. Amar Desh Online. Archived from the original on 7 March 2018. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
- ^ "MPs-elect vow to fight corruption". The Daily Star. 1 January 2009. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
- ^ "Search result for Candidates in Constituency Dinajpur-3". election.dhakatribune.com. Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 7 March 2018. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
- ^ "Two ruling party MPs lay foundation stones separately for one bridge!". The Daily Star. 20 November 2011. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
- ^ "Victims yet to file any case for fear of reprisal". The Daily Star. 16 February 2014. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
- ^ "AL submits Hamid's nomination for president". The Daily Star. 5 February 2018. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
- ^ "ACC to probe corruption allegations against 4 ex-MPs". The Daily Star. 28 August 2024. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
- ^ "Another murder case filed against ex-justice Enayetur Rahim, his brother ex-MP Iqbalur in Dinajpur". The Business Standard. 6 September 2024. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
- ^ "Whip Iqbalur Rahim gets WLF Award". The Daily Sun. BSS. 17 February 2017.