Iqbalur Rahim

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Whip Iqbalur Rahim
Iqbalur Rahim
Member of Parliament
Preceded byM Abdur Rahim
Personal details
Born (1965-08-16) 16 August 1965 (age 56)
Dinajpur
NationalityBangladeshi
Political partyBangladesh Awami League
Alma materUniversity of Dhaka
AwardsWorld Leadership Award

Iqbalur Rahim is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the incumbent Member of Parliament from Dinajpur-3.[1]

Career[]

Rahim was elected to 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]

Rahim 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]

Award[]

World Leadership Federation (WLF), a global platform based in India, has nominated Iqbalur 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 February 23 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.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ "Orao play to take part in World Festival of Children's Theatre". The Daily Star. 21 June 2010. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  2. ^ "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". amardesh.com. Amar Desh Online. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  3. ^ "MPs-elect vow to fight corruption". The Daily Star. 1 January 2009. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  4. ^ "Search result for Candidates in Constituency Dinajpur-3 | Bangladesh Election Result 2014". election.dhakatribune.com. Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 7 March 2018. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  5. ^ "Two ruling party MPs lay foundation stones separately for one bridge!". The Daily Star. 20 November 2011. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  6. ^ "Victims yet to file any case for fear of reprisal". The Daily Star. 16 February 2014. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  7. ^ "AL submits Hamid's nomination for president". The Daily Star. 5 February 2018. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  8. ^ {{cite news|date=17 february 2017|title=The Daily Sun|language=en|work=The Daily Sun|url=https://www.daily-sun.com/post/206341/Whip-Iqbalur-Rahim-gets-WLF-Award


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