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| office = Member of Parliament | | office = Member of Parliament | ||
| term_start = 2008 | | term_start = 2008 | ||
| constituency_MP = [[Noakhali- | | constituency_MP = [[Noakhali-5]] | ||
| predecessor = | | predecessor = | ||
| successor = | | successor = | ||
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age| | | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1966|06|09}} | ||
| birth_place = [[ | | birth_place = [[Comilla]] | ||
| spouse = Kamrun Nahar Shiule<ref>{{cite news |title=Life, Compromised|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/the-star/current-affairs/life-compromised-1596841|work=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)]]|access-date=7 November 2021}}</ref> | | spouse = Kamrun Nahar Shiule<ref>{{cite news |title=Life, Compromised|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/the-star/current-affairs/life-compromised-1596841|work=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)]]|access-date=7 November 2021}}</ref> | ||
| party = [[Bangladesh Awami League]] | | party = [[Bangladesh Awami League]] | ||
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'''Ekramul Karim Chowdhury''' ({{Lang-bn|একরামুল করিম চৌধুরী}}) (born 9 June 1962)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/current-mp-s/list-of-10th-parliament-members-english?layout=edit&id=2154 |title=Constituency 271_10th_En |website=Bangladesh Parliament}}</ref> is a [[Bangladesh]] Awami | '''Ekramul Karim Chowdhury''' ({{Lang-bn|একরামুল করিম চৌধুরী}}) (born 9 June 1962)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/current-mp-s/list-of-10th-parliament-members-english?layout=edit&id=2154 |title=Constituency 271_10th_En |website=Bangladesh Parliament}}</ref> is a [[Bangladesh]] Awami legue politician and the current Member of Parliament from [[Noakhali-4]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Joyful Joy and Durjoy|url=http://archive.dhakatribune.com/sport/2014/jan/05/joyful-joy-and-durjoy|work=Dhaka Tribune|access-date=16 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161117144817/http://archive.dhakatribune.com/sport/2014/jan/05/joyful-joy-and-durjoy|archive-date=17 November 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Work awarded within 16 days of bidding|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/backpage/work-awarded-within-15-days-bidding-103153|work=The Daily Star|access-date=16 November 2016|date=26 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=The number now goes up to 151|url=http://archive.dhakatribune.com/politics/2013/dec/15/number-now-goes-151|work=Dhaka Tribune|access-date=16 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161117063956/http://archive.dhakatribune.com/politics/2013/dec/15/number-now-goes-151|archive-date=17 November 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> | ||
== Early life == | == Early life == | ||
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On 23 June 2020 Chowdhury requested Prime Minister [[Sheikh Hasina]] to take action against the “''Mithu Syndicate''”, led by Motazzaroul Islam Mithu, responsible for corruption in the healthcare industry of Bangladesh on Facebook live.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-06-23|title=Ekramul to PM: Please abolish the ‘Mithu Syndicate’ from the health sector|url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/politics/2020/06/23/ekramul-to-pm-please-abolish-the-mithu-syndicate-from-the-health-sector|access-date=2021-05-01|website=Dhaka Tribune}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-08-16|title=Health Sector Syndicate: Strange laxity let it off hook|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/news/health-sector-syndicate-strange-laxity-let-it-hook-1945645|access-date=2021-05-01|website=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref> | On 23 June 2020 Chowdhury requested Prime Minister [[Sheikh Hasina]] to take action against the “''Mithu Syndicate''”, led by Motazzaroul Islam Mithu, responsible for corruption in the healthcare industry of Bangladesh on Facebook live.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-06-23|title=Ekramul to PM: Please abolish the ‘Mithu Syndicate’ from the health sector|url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/politics/2020/06/23/ekramul-to-pm-please-abolish-the-mithu-syndicate-from-the-health-sector|access-date=2021-05-01|website=Dhaka Tribune}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-08-16|title=Health Sector Syndicate: Strange laxity let it off hook|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/news/health-sector-syndicate-strange-laxity-let-it-hook-1945645|access-date=2021-05-01|website=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref> | ||
In July 2019, Chowdhury was criticised for posting photos of | In July 2019, Chowdhury was criticised for posting photos of teenagers on Facebook he said were kissing in a public park and then handing them over to the police.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bangladesh Lawmaker Slammed For Calling Cops On Students Kissing In Park|url=https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/bangladesh-lawmaker-slammed-for-calling-cops-on-students-kissing-in-park-2071207|access-date=2021-05-01|website=NDTV.com}}</ref> | ||
Chowdhury accused [[Obaidul Quader]], General Secretary of Awami League of belonging to a family of [[Razakar (Pakistan)|Razakars]], those who fought against the [[independence of Bangladesh]], in January 2021 on [[Facebook live]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-01-22|title=Obaidul Quader belongs to a family of razakars, claims Noakhali-4 MP Ekramul|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/politics/news/obaidul-quader-belongs-family-razakars-claims-noakhali-4-mp-ekramul-2032229|access-date=2021-05-01|website=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-01-23|title=Obaidul Quader belongs to a razakar family|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/backpage/news/obaidul-quader-belongs-family-razakar-2032313|access-date=2021-05-01|website=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref> His comments were protested by Nagorik Samaj who called for an eight hour strike in [[Companiganj Upazila, Noakhali|Companiganj Upazila]], [[Noakhali District]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-01-23|title=Ekramul's remarks on Quader’s family: 8-hour hartal called in Noakhali's Companyganj tomorrow|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/country/news/ekramuls-remarks-quaders-family-8-hour-hartal-called-noakhalis-companyganj-tomorrow-2032557|access-date=2021-05-01|website=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref> | Chowdhury accused [[Obaidul Quader]], General Secretary of Awami League of belonging to a family of [[Razakar (Pakistan)|Razakars]], those who fought against the [[independence of Bangladesh]], in January 2021 on [[Facebook live]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-01-22|title=Obaidul Quader belongs to a family of razakars, claims Noakhali-4 MP Ekramul|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/politics/news/obaidul-quader-belongs-family-razakars-claims-noakhali-4-mp-ekramul-2032229|access-date=2021-05-01|website=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-01-23|title=Obaidul Quader belongs to a razakar family|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/backpage/news/obaidul-quader-belongs-family-razakar-2032313|access-date=2021-05-01|website=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref> His comments were protested by Nagorik Samaj who called for an eight hour strike in [[Companiganj Upazila, Noakhali|Companiganj Upazila]], [[Noakhali District]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-01-23|title=Ekramul's remarks on Quader’s family: 8-hour hartal called in Noakhali's Companyganj tomorrow|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/country/news/ekramuls-remarks-quaders-family-8-hour-hartal-called-noakhalis-companyganj-tomorrow-2032557|access-date=2021-05-01|website=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref> | ||
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== Personal life == | == Personal life == | ||
Ekram is married to Kamrun Nahar Shiule<ref>{{cite news |title=Life, Compromised|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/the-star/current-affairs/life-compromised-1596841|work=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)]]|access-date=7 November 2021}}</ref> who is third time Upazila Chairman from Kabirhat, Noakhali. The couple has a son named Shabab Chowdhury.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bureau|first=Chattogram|title=Bangladesh MP’s son, accused of fatal hit-and-run two years ago, slams into police car|url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2020/07/13/bangladesh-mps-son-accused-of-fatal-hit-and-run-two-years-ago-slams-into-police-car|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-01|website=bdnews24.com}}</ref> Shabab was allegedly driving when he ran over and killed a pedestrian on Mohakhali flyover in June 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Noakhali MP Ekram’s son Shabab 'runs over man' in Dhaka {{!}} banglatribune.com|url=https://en.banglatribune.com/others/news/5269/Noakhali-MP-Ekram%E2%80%99s-son-Shabab-runs-over-man-in|access-date=2021-05-01|website=Bangla Tribune|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-06-23|title=Hit-And-Run: Culprit will be punished|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/backpage/hit-and-run-culprit-will-be-punished-1594123|access-date=2021-05-01|website=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref> Chowdhury denied his son was behind the wheels.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-06-20|title='My son was not behind the wheel,' says MP after man killed by wife’s car|url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/nation/2018/06/20/my-son-was-not-behind-wheel-says-mp-as-man-killed-by-wife-s-car|access-date=2021-05-01|website=Dhaka Tribune}}</ref> The case over the incident did not proceed after Chowdhury paid two million taka compensation to the family of the victim.<ref>{{Cite web|title=MP Ekramul settles hit-and-run case against his son with Tk 2m|url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2018/06/24/mp-ekramul-settles-hit-and-run-case-against-his-son-with-tk-2m|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-01|website=bdnews24.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-06-26|title=Purchasing impunity in the name of 'compensation'?|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/law-our-rights/rights-advocacy/purchasing-impunity-the-name-compensation-1595053|access-date=2021-05-01|website=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref> Shabab rear ended a police van in Chittagong on 13 July 2020 and got into an argument with the police officers at the location. No charges were filed and police officers claimed it was a "misunderstanding".<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-07-14|title=MP’s son rams police van in Ctg, same person involved in 2018 fatal hit-and-run incident|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/city/news/mps-son-rams-police-van-ctg-same-person-involved-2018-fatal-hit-and-run-incident-1930313|access-date=2021-05-01|website=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-07-13|title=Noakhali MP Ekram’s son Shabab rams into police vehicle in Chittagong|url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/nation/2020/07/13/noakhali-mp-ekram-s-son-shabab-rams-police-vehicle-in-chittagong|access-date=2021-05-01|website=Dhaka Tribune}}</ref> | Ekram is married to Kamrun Nahar Shiule<ref>{{cite news |title=Life, Compromised|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/the-star/current-affairs/life-compromised-1596841|work=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)]]|access-date=7 November 2021}}</ref> who is third time Upazila Chairman from Kabirhat, Noakhali. The couple has a son named Shabab Chowdhury.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bureau|first=Chattogram|title=Bangladesh MP’s son, accused of fatal hit-and-run two years ago, slams into police car|url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2020/07/13/bangladesh-mps-son-accused-of-fatal-hit-and-run-two-years-ago-slams-into-police-car|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-01|website=bdnews24.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200713174700/https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2020/07/13/bangladesh-mps-son-accused-of-fatal-hit-and-run-two-years-ago-slams-into-police-car |archive-date=2020-07-13 }}</ref> Shabab was allegedly driving when he ran over and killed a pedestrian on Mohakhali flyover in June 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Noakhali MP Ekram’s son Shabab 'runs over man' in Dhaka {{!}} banglatribune.com|url=https://en.banglatribune.com/others/news/5269/Noakhali-MP-Ekram%E2%80%99s-son-Shabab-runs-over-man-in|access-date=2021-05-01|website=Bangla Tribune|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-06-23|title=Hit-And-Run: Culprit will be punished|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/backpage/hit-and-run-culprit-will-be-punished-1594123|access-date=2021-05-01|website=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref> Chowdhury denied his son was behind the wheels.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-06-20|title='My son was not behind the wheel,' says MP after man killed by wife’s car|url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/nation/2018/06/20/my-son-was-not-behind-wheel-says-mp-as-man-killed-by-wife-s-car|access-date=2021-05-01|website=Dhaka Tribune}}</ref> The case over the incident did not proceed after Chowdhury paid two million taka compensation to the family of the victim.<ref>{{Cite web|title=MP Ekramul settles hit-and-run case against his son with Tk 2m|url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2018/06/24/mp-ekramul-settles-hit-and-run-case-against-his-son-with-tk-2m|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-01|website=bdnews24.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180624162014/https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2018/06/24/mp-ekramul-settles-hit-and-run-case-against-his-son-with-tk-2m |archive-date=2018-06-24 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-06-26|title=Purchasing impunity in the name of 'compensation'?|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/law-our-rights/rights-advocacy/purchasing-impunity-the-name-compensation-1595053|access-date=2021-05-01|website=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref> Shabab rear ended a police van in Chittagong on 13 July 2020 and got into an argument with the police officers at the location. No charges were filed and police officers claimed it was a "misunderstanding".<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-07-14|title=MP’s son rams police van in Ctg, same person involved in 2018 fatal hit-and-run incident|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/city/news/mps-son-rams-police-van-ctg-same-person-involved-2018-fatal-hit-and-run-incident-1930313|access-date=2021-05-01|website=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-07-13|title=Noakhali MP Ekram’s son Shabab rams into police vehicle in Chittagong|url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/nation/2020/07/13/noakhali-mp-ekram-s-son-shabab-rams-police-vehicle-in-chittagong|access-date=2021-05-01|website=Dhaka Tribune}}</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||