Ali Asgar Lobi

Ali Asgar Lobi is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and the former Member of Parliament from Khulna-2 and former president of Bangladesh Cricket Board.^[1]

Career[]

Lobi was elected to Parliament in 2001 as a candidate of Bangladesh Nationalist Party from Khulna-2 in a by election. The seat was won by Khaleda Zia, Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson, in 2001, she resigned from the seat leading to the by election. He owned Hawa Bhaban, the political office of Khaleda Zia.^[2] He was He served as the President of Bangladesh Cricket Board from 2001 to 2006. From 2002 to 2004 he served as the president of the Asian Cricket Council.^[3]

Corruption[]

In October 2007, Lobi was sentenced to 13 years imprisonment for corruption by a special court in Bangladesh.^[4] He was jailed for amassing illegal wealth worth up to Tk. 204 million (US$3.5 million) and concealing his income. Lobi was also fined Tk. 1 million and had his illegal property confiscated. Earlier in July of the same year, he was sentenced to 8 years jail for evading taxes of US$2.4 million. His wife, Khusnar Asgar, was also jailed for 3 years for aiding him in his corruption.^[5]

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