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| name | | name = A.B.M. Fazle Karim Chowdhury | ||
| native_name | | native_name = এ.বি.এম ফজলে করিম চৌধুরী | ||
| image | | image = | ||
| nationality | | nationality = Bangladeshi | ||
| profession | | profession = Business | ||
| residence | | residence = | ||
| office | | office = [[Member of Parliament]] | ||
| | | term_start = 5 January 2014 | ||
| constituency | | term_end3 = | ||
| constituency1 | | predecessor = [[Hasan Mahmud (politician)|Mohammad Hasan Mahmud]] | ||
| term_start1 | | successor = | ||
| office1 | | office3 = | ||
| constituency2 = [[Chittagong-6]] | | constituency = [[Chittagong-6]] | ||
| term_start2 | | constituency1 = [[Chittagong-5]] | ||
| term_end2 | | term_start1 = 2008 | ||
| predecessor2 | | term_end1 = 2014 | ||
| alma_mater | | predecessor1 = [[Syed Wahidul Alam]] | ||
| birth_date | | successor1 = [[Anisul Islam Mahmud]] | ||
| father | | office1 = | ||
| birth_place | | constituency2 = [[Chittagong-6]] | ||
| party | | term_start2 = 2001 | ||
|relatives = [[List of political families#Bangladesh|The Chowdhury Dynasty]] | | term_end2 = 2006 | ||
| relations = [[Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury]] (cousin) | | predecessor2 = [[Giasuddin Quader Chowdhury]] | ||
| successor2 = [[Hasan Mahmud (politician)|Mohammad Hasan Mahmud]] | |||
| alma_mater = [[University of Chittagong]] | |||
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|11|06|df=yes}} | |||
| father = [[AKM Fazlul Kabir Chowdhury]] | |||
| birth_place = [[Chittagong]], [[East Pakistan]] | |||
| party = [[Bangladesh Awami League]] | |||
| relatives = [[List of political families#Bangladesh|The Chowdhury Dynasty]] | |||
| relations = {{Unbulleted list| [[Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury]] (cousin)| [[Giasuddin Quader Chowdhury]] (cousin)| [[Salman F Rahman]] (cousin)}} | |||
}} | }} | ||
''' | '''A.B.M. Fazle Karim Chowdhury''' is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the incumbent Member of Parliament of Raozan upazila in Chittagong District.<ref>{{cite web|title=Declare Halda river an ecologically critical area|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/city/declare-halda-river-ecologically-critical-area-1342078|work=The Daily Star|accessdate=21 January 2017|date=8 January 2022}}</ref> He is the Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee of the Railways Ministry.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Report|first=Star Online|date=2020-10-20|title=JS sub-committee formed to look into alleged corruption in tender, procurement in railways|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/country/news/js-sub-committee-formed-look-alleged-corruption-tender-procurement-railways-1981389|access-date=2022-01-02|website=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref> | ||
== Early life == | == Early life == | ||
Chowdhury was born on 6 November 1954.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=A.B.M. Fazle Karim Chowdhury -এ.বি.এম ফজলে করিম চৌধুরী Biography|url=https://amarmp.com/mp/742/biography|access-date=2022-01-02|website=Amarmp|language=en}}</ref> He has a B. A. and a M. A. degree.<ref name=":1" /> His father was [[AKM Fazlul Kabir Chowdhury]] and his uncle was [[Fazlul Quader Chowdhury]].<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|title=Cousin castigates SQ Chowdhury|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2003/07/16/d30716011010.htm|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-02|website=archive.thedailystar.net|publisher=The Daily Star|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220102202823/http://archive.thedailystar.net/2003/07/16/d30716011010.htm |archive-date=2 January 2022 }}</ref> His cousins | Chowdhury was born on 6 November 1954.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=A.B.M. Fazle Karim Chowdhury -এ.বি.এম ফজলে করিম চৌধুরী Biography|url=https://amarmp.com/mp/742/biography|access-date=2022-01-02|website=Amarmp|language=en}}</ref> He has a B.A. and a M.A. degree.<ref name=":1" /> His father was [[AKM Fazlul Kabir Chowdhury]] and his uncle was [[Fazlul Quader Chowdhury]].<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|title=Cousin castigates SQ Chowdhury|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2003/07/16/d30716011010.htm|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-02|website=archive.thedailystar.net|publisher=The Daily Star|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220102202823/http://archive.thedailystar.net/2003/07/16/d30716011010.htm |archive-date=2 January 2022 }}</ref> His cousins and Bangladesh Nationalist Party politicians, [[Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury|Salauddin Quader Chowdhury]] and [[Giasuddin Quader Chowdhury]], was a major political opponent of Chowdhury in Chittagong.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Ctg people want to get rid of SQ Chy reign|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/newDesign/cache/cached-news-details-69433.html|access-date=2022-01-02|website=archive.thedailystar.net}}</ref> | ||
==Career== | ==Career== | ||
Chowdhury was elected to Parliament in 2001 from [[Chittagong-6]] as an Awami League candidate with 52 percent of the vote.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2018-11-25|title=Chattogram-6 - Constituency detail of Bangladesh General Election 2018|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/seats?s=Chattogram-6&d=chattogram|access-date=2022-01-02|website=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref> | Chowdhury was elected to Parliament in 2001 from [[Chittagong-6]] as an Awami League candidate with 52 percent of the vote.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2018-11-25|title=Chattogram-6 - Constituency detail of Bangladesh General Election 2018|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/seats?s=Chattogram-6&d=chattogram|access-date=2022-01-02|website=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref> He imported a duty free [[Mercedes-Benz]] using his privilege as a member of parliament.<ref>{{cite web|title=NBR wants cancellation of duty-free car import by MPs|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2007/03/25/d7032501022.htm|work=The Daily Star|accessdate=21 January 2022}}</ref> He faced two murder charges; he received acquittal in one and a discharge in another.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Islam|first=Zyma|date=2019-01-11|title=What do the affidavits of our MPs disclose about their past?|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/star-weekend/politics/news/what-skeletons-hide-the-parliament-building-1685707|access-date=2022-01-02|website=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref> Charges were pressed against him in 2003 over the murder of Srikanta Rakshit, a computer engineer, in Chittagong.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|date=11 August 2003|title=Charges pressed against AL MP, 16 others for Srikanta murder|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2003/08/11/d30811011414.htm|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-02|website=archive.thedailystar.net|publisher=The Daily Star|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220102201841/http://archive.thedailystar.net/2003/08/11/d30811011414.htm |archive-date=2 January 2022 }}</ref> He called it fake charges and blamed his political rivals, [[Giasuddin Quader Chowdhury]] and [[Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury]].<ref name=":2" /> Charges were framed against him in the Chittagong Divisional Speedy Trial Tribunal in 2004.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 4 Num 227|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2004/01/14/d40114011919.htm|access-date=2022-01-02|website=archive.thedailystar.net}}</ref> | ||
Chowdhury was re-elected to Parliament | Chowdhury was re-elected to Parliament from [[Chittagong-5]] as a candidate of Awami League with 49 percent of the votes.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-11-25|title=Chattogram-5 - Constituency detail of Bangladesh General Election 2018|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/seats?s=Chattogram-5&d=chattogram|access-date=2022-01-02|website=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref> Chowdhury served as the Chairman of the Parliamentary standing committee on the Ministry of Housing and Public Works.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Staff Correspondent|last2=Chittagong|date=2010-01-29|title=New law to facilitate housing on cards|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-123918|access-date=2022-01-02|website=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref> He was a member of the parliamentary standing committee on the Chittagong Hill Tracts affairs ministry.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Correspondent|first=Our|last2=Khagrachhari|date=2009-07-20|title=45,000 acre hills lands not used as per lease terms|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-97840|access-date=2022-01-02|website=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref> | ||
Chowdhury was elected to parliament from [[Chittagong-6]] in 2014 as an Awami League candidate in an uncontested election boycotted by other political parties.<ref>{{Cite web|title=A.B.M. Fazle Karim Chowdhury -এ.বি.এম ফজলে করিম চৌধুরী History|url=https://amarmp.com/mp/742/history|access-date=2022-01-02|website=Amarmp|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> | Chowdhury was elected to parliament from [[Chittagong-6]] in 2014 as an Awami League candidate in an uncontested election boycotted by other political parties.<ref>{{Cite web|title=A.B.M. Fazle Karim Chowdhury -এ.বি.এম ফজলে করিম চৌধুরী History|url=https://amarmp.com/mp/742/history|access-date=2022-01-02|website=Amarmp|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> According to his wealth statement, he made significant profit from fish farming at around 25 million taka.<ref>{{cite web|title='Love' for land knows no bounds|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/love-for-land-knows-no-bounds-5075|website=The Daily Star|accessdate=21 January 2017|date=2 January 2022}}</ref> | ||
In January 2015, Chowdhury was elected to the Human Rights Committee of the [[Inter-Parliamentary Union]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Report|first=Star Online|date=2015-01-26|title=AL lawmaker elected vice-president of IPU HR body|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/al-lawmaker-elected-vice-president-of-ipu-hr-body-61792|access-date=2022-01-02|website=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref> | In January 2015, Chowdhury was elected to the Human Rights Committee of the [[Inter-Parliamentary Union]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Report|first=Star Online|date=2015-01-26|title=AL lawmaker elected vice-president of IPU HR body|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/al-lawmaker-elected-vice-president-of-ipu-hr-body-61792|access-date=2022-01-02|website=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref> | ||
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.<ref name=":0" /> | 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.<ref name=":0" /> In December 2019, he stood for the election of President of Chittagong unit of Awami League but lost to MA Salam.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Staff Correspondent|last2=Ctg|date=2019-12-08|title=Salam, Ataur at AL Ctg north helm|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/backpage/news/salam-ataur-al-ctg-north-helm-1837198|access-date=2022-01-02|website=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref> | ||
Chowdhury tested positive for COVID-19 in August 2020 during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Report|first=Star Online|date=2020-08-18|title=AL lawmaker Fazle Karim Chowdhury tests positive for Covid-19|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/city/news/al-lawmaker-fazle-karim-chowdhury-tests-positive-covid-19-1947013|access-date=2022-01-02|website=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref> | |||
On 24 August 2021, Chowdhury chaired a meeting of the Parliamentary standing committee on the Railway Ministry.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-08-24|title=Want to oversee development activities of railways: Lawmakers at parliamentary body meeting|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/governance/news/want-oversee-development-activities-railways-lawmakers-parliamentary-body-meeting-2159996|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-02|website=The Daily Star|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210825022551/https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/governance/news/want-oversee-development-activities-railways-lawmakers-parliamentary-body-meeting-2159996 |archive-date=25 August 2021 }}</ref> In November 2021, nearly all candidates, over 100, in the [[Union Parishad]] elections were elected uncontested as politicians from parties other than Awami League were prevent from standing by Chowdhury and Awami League activists allegedly.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|last=Dey|first=Arun Bikash|date=2021-11-11|title=UP Polls in Raozan: All candidates in 14 unions to win uncontested|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/elections/news/polls-raozan-all-candidates-14-unions-win-uncontested-2227016|access-date=2022-01-02|website=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Bhattacharjee|first=Partha Pratim|last2=Hasan|first2=Rashidul|date=2021-11-14|title=Third Phase Up Polls: Walkovers, AL rebels increase|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/elections/news/third-phase-polls-walkovers-al-rebels-increase-2229161|access-date=2022-01-02|website=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref> Chowdhury denied all allegations against him.<ref name=":3" /> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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A.B.M. Fazle Karim Chowdhury | |
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এ.বি.এম ফজলে করিম চৌধুরী | |
Member of Parliament | |
Assumed office 5 January 2014 | |
Preceded by | Mohammad Hasan Mahmud |
Constituency | Chittagong-6 |
In office 2008–2014 | |
Preceded by | Syed Wahidul Alam |
Succeeded by | Anisul Islam Mahmud |
Constituency | Chittagong-5 |
In office 2001–2006 | |
Preceded by | Giasuddin Quader Chowdhury |
Succeeded by | Mohammad Hasan Mahmud |
Constituency | Chittagong-6 |
Personal details | |
Born | Chittagong, East Pakistan | 6 November 1954
Nationality | Bangladeshi |
Political party | Bangladesh Awami League |
Relations |
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Parent(s) |
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Relatives | The Chowdhury Dynasty |
Alma mater | University of Chittagong |
Profession | Business |
A.B.M. Fazle Karim Chowdhury is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the incumbent Member of Parliament of Raozan upazila in Chittagong District.[1] He is the Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee of the Railways Ministry.[2]
Early life[edit]
Chowdhury was born on 6 November 1954.[3] He has a B.A. and a M.A. degree.[3] His father was AKM Fazlul Kabir Chowdhury and his uncle was Fazlul Quader Chowdhury.[4] His cousins and Bangladesh Nationalist Party politicians, Salauddin Quader Chowdhury and Giasuddin Quader Chowdhury, was a major political opponent of Chowdhury in Chittagong.[4][5][6]
Career[edit]
Chowdhury was elected to Parliament in 2001 from Chittagong-6 as an Awami League candidate with 52 percent of the vote.[7] He imported a duty free Mercedes-Benz using his privilege as a member of parliament.[8] He faced two murder charges; he received acquittal in one and a discharge in another.[9] Charges were pressed against him in 2003 over the murder of Srikanta Rakshit, a computer engineer, in Chittagong.[5] He called it fake charges and blamed his political rivals, Giasuddin Quader Chowdhury and Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury.[5] Charges were framed against him in the Chittagong Divisional Speedy Trial Tribunal in 2004.[10]
Chowdhury was re-elected to Parliament from Chittagong-5 as a candidate of Awami League with 49 percent of the votes.[11] Chowdhury served as the Chairman of the Parliamentary standing committee on the Ministry of Housing and Public Works.[12] He was a member of the parliamentary standing committee on the Chittagong Hill Tracts affairs ministry.[13]
Chowdhury was elected to parliament from Chittagong-6 in 2014 as an Awami League candidate in an uncontested election boycotted by other political parties.[14][7] According to his wealth statement, he made significant profit from fish farming at around 25 million taka.[15]
In January 2015, Chowdhury was elected to the Human Rights Committee of the Inter-Parliamentary Union.[16]
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.[7] In December 2019, he stood for the election of President of Chittagong unit of Awami League but lost to MA Salam.[17]
Chowdhury tested positive for COVID-19 in August 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh.[18]
On 24 August 2021, Chowdhury chaired a meeting of the Parliamentary standing committee on the Railway Ministry.[19] In November 2021, nearly all candidates, over 100, in the Union Parishad elections were elected uncontested as politicians from parties other than Awami League were prevent from standing by Chowdhury and Awami League activists allegedly.[20][21] Chowdhury denied all allegations against him.[20]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Declare Halda river an ecologically critical area". The Daily Star. 8 January 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
- ↑ Report, Star Online (20 October 2020). "JS sub-committee formed to look into alleged corruption in tender, procurement in railways". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "A.B.M. Fazle Karim Chowdhury -এ.বি.এম ফজলে করিম চৌধুরী Biography". Amarmp. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Cousin castigates SQ Chowdhury". archive.thedailystar.net. The Daily Star. Archived from the original on 2 January 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Charges pressed against AL MP, 16 others for Srikanta murder". archive.thedailystar.net. The Daily Star. 11 August 2003. Archived from the original on 2 January 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- ↑ "Ctg people want to get rid of SQ Chy reign". archive.thedailystar.net. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 "Chattogram-6 - Constituency detail of Bangladesh General Election 2018". The Daily Star. 25 November 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- ↑ "NBR wants cancellation of duty-free car import by MPs". The Daily Star. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
- ↑ Islam, Zyma (11 January 2019). "What do the affidavits of our MPs disclose about their past?". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- ↑ "The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 4 Num 227". archive.thedailystar.net. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- ↑ "Chattogram-5 - Constituency detail of Bangladesh General Election 2018". The Daily Star. 25 November 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- ↑ Staff Correspondent; Chittagong (29 January 2010). "New law to facilitate housing on cards". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- ↑ Correspondent, Our; Khagrachhari (20 July 2009). "45,000 acre hills lands not used as per lease terms". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- ↑ "A.B.M. Fazle Karim Chowdhury -এ.বি.এম ফজলে করিম চৌধুরী History". Amarmp. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- ↑ "'Love' for land knows no bounds". The Daily Star. 2 January 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
- ↑ Report, Star Online (26 January 2015). "AL lawmaker elected vice-president of IPU HR body". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- ↑ Staff Correspondent; Ctg (8 December 2019). "Salam, Ataur at AL Ctg north helm". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- ↑ Report, Star Online (18 August 2020). "AL lawmaker Fazle Karim Chowdhury tests positive for Covid-19". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 Dey, Arun Bikash (11 November 2021). "UP Polls in Raozan: All candidates in 14 unions to win uncontested". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- ↑ Bhattacharjee, Partha Pratim; Hasan, Rashidul (14 November 2021). "Third Phase Up Polls: Walkovers, AL rebels increase". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2 January 2022.