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A. B. M. Fazle Karim Chowdhury

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A.B.M. Fazle Karim Chowdhury
এ.বি.এম ফজলে করিম চৌধুরী
A.B.M. Fazle Karim Chowdhury cropped from Minister Inspecting Train Accident Site Hasanpur Nangalkot 2024-03-23 (PID-0009663) (cropped).jpg
Chowdhury in March 2024
Member of Parliament
In office
1 October 2001 –6 August 2024
Relatives The Chowdhury family of Chittagong
Alma mater University of Chittagong

A.B.M. Fazle Karim Chowdhury is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Chittagong-6 constituency. He was elected consecutively 5 time MP from Chittagong-6. He was the chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee of the Railways Ministry. [1] His father, AKM Fazlul Kabir Chowdhury, served as a member of parliament as well as Leader of the Opposition in the East Pakistan Provincial Assembly.

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Early life

Chowdhury was born on 6 November 1954. [2] He has a B.A. and a M.A. degree from University of Chittagong major in History. [2] His father was AKM Fazlul Kabir Chowdhury and his uncle was Fazlul Quader Chowdhury. [3] His cousins and Bangladesh Nationalist Party politicians, Salauddin Quader Chowdhury and Giasuddin Quader Chowdhury, were major political opponents of Chowdhury in Chittagong. [3] [4] [5]

Career & Awards

Chowdhury was elected to Parliament in 2001 from Chittagong-6 as an Awami League candidate with 52 percent of the vote. [6] He faced two murder charges that was intentional by his opponent BNP leader; he received acquittal in one and a discharge in another. [7]

Chowdhury was re-elected to Parliament from Chittagong-5 as a candidate of Awami League with 49 percent of the votes. [8] Chowdhury served as the Chairman of the Parliamentary standing committee on the Ministry of Housing and Public Works. [9] He was a member of the parliamentary standing committee on the Chittagong Hill Tracts affairs ministry. [10]

Chowdhury was elected to parliament from Chittagong-6 in 2014 and served as a Chairman of the Parliamentary standing committee on the ministry of Railway till 5 August 2024. Under his period he developed CRB areas, reconstructed some of old building and made gallery for pedestrian and visitor. [11] [6] According to his wealth statement, he made significant profit from fish farming at around 25 million taka. [12]

In January 2015, Chowdhury was elected to the Human Rights Committee of the Inter-Parliamentary Union. [13]

Chowdhury was re-elected to Parliament in 2018 as a candidate of Awami League with 230, 471 votes while his nearest rival, Jashim Uddin Shikder of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, received 2, 244 votes. [6]

Chowdhury tested positive for COVID-19 in August 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh.

On 24 August 2021, Chowdhury chaired a meeting of the Parliamentary standing committee on the Railway Ministry. [14]

On 11 September 2024, Chowdhury was arrested near Akhaura border in Brahmanbaria by Border Guard Bangladesh while entering India. He was later charged with murder cases during the student movement in 2024. [15]

References

  1. ↑ "JS sub-committee formed to look into alleged corruption in tender, procurement in railways". The Daily Star. 20 October 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  2. 1 2 "A.B.M. Fazle Karim Chowdhury -এ.বি.এম ফজলে করিম চৌধুরী Biography". Amarmp. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Cousin castigates SQ Chowdhury". The Daily Star. Archived from the original on 2 January 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  4. ↑ "Charges pressed against AL MP, 16 others for Srikanta murder". The Daily Star. 11 August 2003. Archived from the original on 2 January 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  5. ↑ "Ctg people want to get rid of SQ Chy reign". The Daily Star. Archived from the original on 2 January 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  6. 1 2 3 "Chattogram-6 - Constituency detail of Bangladesh General Election 2018". The Daily Star. 25 November 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  7. ↑ Islam, Zyma (11 January 2019). "What do the affidavits of our MPs disclose about their past?". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  8. ↑ "Chattogram-5 - Constituency detail of Bangladesh General Election 2018". The Daily Star. 25 November 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  9. ↑ "New law to facilitate housing on cards". The Daily Star. 29 January 2010. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  10. ↑ "45,000 acre hills lands not used as per lease terms". The Daily Star. 20 July 2009. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  11. ↑ "A.B.M. Fazle Karim Chowdhury -এ.বি.এম ফজলে করিম চৌধুরী History". Amarmp. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  12. ↑ "'Love' for land knows no bounds". The Daily Star. 2 January 2014. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  13. ↑ "AL lawmaker elected vice-president of IPU HR body". The Daily Star. 26 January 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  14. ↑ "Want to oversee development activities of railways: Lawmakers at parliamentary body meeting". The Daily Star. 24 August 2021. Archived from the original on 25 August 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  15. ↑ "B'baria Border: Former MP Fazle Karim arrested". The Daily Star. 13 September 2024. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
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