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{{short description|Bangladeshi politician}}
{{Short description|Bangladeshi politician (born 1943)}}
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| name = Rashed Khan Menon
| name               = Rashed Khan Menon
| native_name = রাশেদ খান মেনন
| native_name         = রাশেদ খান মেনন
| native_name_lang = bn
| native_name_lang   = bn
| image = Rashed Khan Menon (01).jpg
| image               = Rashed Khan Menon (01).jpg
| caption = Menon in 2020
| caption             = Menon in 2020
| constituency_MP = [[Dhaka-8]]
| office              = [[Member of Parliament (Bangladesh)|Member of Bangladesh Parliament]]
| term_start = 25 January 2009
| constituency        = [[Barisal-2]]
| predecessor = [[Nasiruddin Ahmed Pintu]]
| term_start          = 30 January 2024
| office1 = [[Ministry of Social Welfare (Bangladesh)|Minister of Social Welfare]]
| term_end            = 6 August 2024
| term_start1 = 3 January 2018
| predecessor        = [[Shah-e-Alam]]
| term_end1 = 7 January 2019
| constituency1      = [[Dhaka-8]]
| successor1 = [[Nuruzzaman Ahmed]]
| term_start1        = 25 January 2009
| office2 = [[Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism|Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism]]
| term_end1          = 29 January 2024
| term_start2 = 14 January 2014
| predecessor1        = [[Nasiruddin Ahmed Pintu]]
| term_end2 = 3 January 2018
| successor1          = [[AFM Bahauddin Nasim]]
| predecessor2 = [[Faruk Khan]]
| constituency2      = [[Barisal-2]]
| successor2 = [[A.K.M. Shahjahan Kamal]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/country/menon-being-replaced-kamal-cabinet-1514311|title=Menon being replaced by Kamal at cabinet|date=2018-01-03|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2018-01-03}}</ref>
| term_start2        = 5 March 1991
| constituency_MP3 = [[Barisal-2]]
| term_end2          = 24 November 1995
| term_start3 = 5 March 1991
| predecessor2        = [[Syed Azizul Huq]]
| term_end3 = 24 November 1995
| successor2          = [[Golam Faruque Ovi]]
| predecessor3 = Syed Azizul Haque
| office4            = [[Ministry of Social Welfare (Bangladesh)|Minister of Social Welfare]]
| successor3 = [[Golam Faruque Ovi]]
| prime_minister4      = [[Sheikh Hasina]]
| constituency_MP4 = Bakerganj-9
| term_start4        = 3 January 2018
| term_start4 = 2 April 1979
| term_end4          = 7 January 2019
| term_end4 = 24 March 1982<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/former-mp-s/list-of-2nd-parliament-members-bangla?csrt=11330329867100961600|title=List of 2nd Parliament Members|website=Bangladesh Parliament|access-date=2020-04-04}}</ref>
| predecessor4        = [[Geetiara Safya Chowdhury]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1943|5|18|df=y}}
| successor4          = [[Nuruzzaman Ahmed]]
| birth_place = [[Faridpur District|Faridpur]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]
| office5            = [[Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism|Minister of Civil Aviation and Tourism]]
| nationality = Bangladeshi
| prime_minister5      = [[Sheikh Hasina]]
| spouse = [[Lutfun Nessa Khan]]
| term_start5        = 14 January 2014
| party = [[Workers Party of Bangladesh]]
| term_end5          = 3 January 2018
| alma_mater = [[University of Dhaka]]
| predecessor5        = [[Faruk Khan]]
| occupation = Politician
| successor5          = [[A.K.M. Shahjahan Kamal]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/country/menon-being-replaced-kamal-cabinet-1514311|title=Menon being replaced by Kamal at cabinet|date=2018-01-03|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2018-01-03}}</ref>
| father = [[Abdul Jabbar Khan]]
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|1943|5|18|df=y}}
| relatives = {{unbulleted list|[[Sadek Khan]] (brother)|[[A.Z.M. Enayetullah Khan|Enayetullah Khan]] (brother)| [[Selima Rahman]] (sister)|[[Abu Zafar Obaidullah]] (brother)}}
| birth_place         = [[Faridpur District|Faridpur]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]
| nationality         = Bangladeshi
| spouse             = [[Lutfun Nessa Khan]]
| party               = [[Workers Party of Bangladesh]]
| alma_mater         = [[Dhaka College]]
[[University of Dhaka]]
| occupation         = Politician
| father             = [[Abdul Jabbar Khan (20th-century politician)|Abdul Jabbar Khan]]
| relatives           = {{unbulleted list|[[Sadek Khan]] (brother)|[[A.Z.M. Enayetullah Khan|Enayetullah Khan]] (brother)| [[Selima Rahman]] (sister)|[[Abu Zafar Obaidullah]] (brother)}}
| other_party          = [[Bangladesh National Awami Party-Bangladesh NAP]]
}}
}}
'''Rashed Khan Menon''' (born 18 May 1943)<ref name="me">{{cite news |title=Rashed Khan Menon steps into 65 |url=http://www.newagebd.com/2008/may/18/met.html |newspaper=New Age |location=Dhaka |access-date=2010-04-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190127035357/http://www.newagebd.com/2008/may/18/met.html |archive-date=2019-01-27 |url-status=dead }}</ref> is a Bangladeshi politician. He is the president of [[Workers Party of Bangladesh]] and was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for [[Dhaka-8]] in the [[2008 Bangladeshi general election|2008 general election]]. Menon was re-elected at the [[2014 Bangladeshi general election|2014 general elections]]. He is the chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee of the Ministry of Education.<ref>{{cite news |title=Menon for edn system without discrimination |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=96535 |newspaper=The Daily Star |agency=BSS |date=11 July 2009}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/council-ministers-reshuffle-comes-surprises-1514674|title=Council of Ministers: Surprises in reshuffle|date=2018-01-04|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2018-01-03}}</ref> Earlier, he served as the [[Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism|Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Hawkers greet Civil Aviation Minister Rashed Khan Menon |url=http://www.bssnews.net/newsDetails.php?cat=0&id=382777&date=2014-01-13 |newspaper=Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha |date=13 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171229112213/http://www.bssnews.net/newsDetails.php?cat=0&id=382777&date=2014-01-13 |archive-date=2017-12-29}}</ref>
'''Rashed Khan Menon''' (born 18 May 1943)<ref name="me">{{cite news |title=Rashed Khan Menon steps into 65 |url=http://www.newagebd.com/2008/may/18/met.html |newspaper=New Age |location=Dhaka |access-date=2010-04-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190127035357/http://www.newagebd.com/2008/may/18/met.html |archive-date=2019-01-27 |url-status=dead }}</ref> is a Bangladeshi politician. He is the president of [[Workers Party of Bangladesh]] and a former [[Jatiya Sangsad]] member representing the [[Barisal-2]] and [[Dhaka-8]] constituencies. He was the chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee of the Ministry of Education.<ref>{{cite news |title=Menon for edn system without discrimination |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=96535 |newspaper=The Daily Star |agency=BSS |date=11 July 2009}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/council-ministers-reshuffle-comes-surprises-1514674|title=Council of Ministers: Surprises in reshuffle|date=2018-01-04|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2018-01-03}}</ref> Earlier, he served as the [[Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism|Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Hawkers greet Civil Aviation Minister Rashed Khan Menon |url=http://www.bssnews.net/newsDetails.php?cat=0&id=382777&date=2014-01-13 |newspaper=Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha |date=13 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171229112213/http://www.bssnews.net/newsDetails.php?cat=0&id=382777&date=2014-01-13 |archive-date=2017-12-29}}</ref>


==Early life==
==Early life==
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Menon was elected to parliament in 1979. In 1990, he played a leading role in the mass struggle that toppled the [[Hossain Mohammad Ershad]] regime. In 1991, he was again elected to parliament.<ref name="me"/> In 1991, he, as a Workers Party of Bangladesh parliamentarian, submitted four demands for constitutional amendments in the parliament. These demands and others were submitted to a 15-member constitutional review committee, in which he was included. After 29 meetings, the committee submitted a unanimous report to the parliament.<ref>{{cite book |last=Singh |first=Nagendra Kr. |date=2003 |title=Encyclopaedia of Bangladesh (Set of 30 Vols.) |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=59rzjgk4430C |publisher=Anmol Publications Pvt. Limited |page=52 |isbn=978-81-261-1390-3}}</ref>
Menon was elected to parliament in 1979. In 1990, he played a leading role in the mass struggle that toppled the [[Hossain Mohammad Ershad]] regime. In 1991, he was again elected to parliament.<ref name="me"/> In 1991, he, as a Workers Party of Bangladesh parliamentarian, submitted four demands for constitutional amendments in the parliament. These demands and others were submitted to a 15-member constitutional review committee, in which he was included. After 29 meetings, the committee submitted a unanimous report to the parliament.<ref>{{cite book |last=Singh |first=Nagendra Kr. |date=2003 |title=Encyclopaedia of Bangladesh (Set of 30 Vols.) |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=59rzjgk4430C |publisher=Anmol Publications Pvt. Limited |page=52 |isbn=978-81-261-1390-3}}</ref>


On 17 August 1992, Menon survived a violent near-fatal attack. Unidentified assailants opened fire on the Workers Party office, injuring Menon.
On 17 August 1992, Menon survived a violent near-fatal attack. Unidentified assailants opened fire on the Workers Party office, injuring Menon.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Leading Bangladeshi leftist critically wounded in attack |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1992/08/17/Leading-Bangladeshi-leftist-critically-wounded-in-attack/3406714024000/ |access-date=2025-08-03 |website=UPI |language=en}}</ref>
 
Bangladesh Workers’ Party of Menon joined the 14-party alliance led by Awami League and participated in the 2008 national election. They also participated in the 2014 national election which was boycotted by the main opposition party BNP. Menon was appointed as the minister of civil aviation and tourism. Menon, once rose a strong voice against authoritarian West Pakistani regime.
 
On 22 August 2024, after the fall of the Sheikh Hasina, Menon was arrested from Gulshan area in [[Dhaka]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=2024-08-22 |title=Rashed Khan Menon arrested from Gulshan |url=https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/politics/kkef2xylhr |access-date=2024-08-22 |work=Prothomalo |language=en}}</ref> While attending a hearings both Menon and [[Hasanul Haq Inu]] were assaulted by lawyers at the court premises.<ref>{{Cite news |date=28 August 2024 |title=Court security under scrutiny as Inu, Menon assaulted despite heavy police presence |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/court/356366/court-security-under-scrutiny-as-inu-menon |access-date=6 October 2024 |work=[[Dhaka Tribune]]}}</ref> The [[Anti-Corruption Commission (Bangladesh)|Anti-Corruption Commission]] investigated allegations that Menon had accumulated 25000 crore BDT (2.5 Billion USD) worth of wealth through corruption.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-10-17 |title=আওয়ামী জোটের নেতা মেননের ২৫ হাজার কোটি টাকার সম্পদ |url=https://www.ittefaq.com.bd/703745/%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%93%E0%A7%9F%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%80-%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A7%A8%E0%A7%AB-%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BF-%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%A6 |access-date=2025-06-02 |website=The Daily Ittefaq |language=bn}}</ref> By June, he had spent 36 days in remand.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2025-06-02 |title=রাশেদ খান মেননের আরও ৫ দিনের রিমান্ড মঞ্জুর |url=https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/waueu2erwe |access-date=2025-06-02 |website=Prothomalo |language=bn}}</ref> He had been charged in multiple cases over the death of protestors against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.<ref name=":0" />


==Family==
==Family==
Menon's father, [[Abdul Jabbar Khan]], hailed from Khudrakathi village, in [[Babuganj Upazila]], [[Barisal]].<ref name="me"/> Menon is closely related to several prominent Bangladeshi personalities. His father was the speaker of the [[Pakistani National Assembly]]. His siblings include journalist and columnist Sadek Khan, architect Sultan M. Khan, Alan Khan, a photographer in Sydney, poet [[Abu Zafar Obaidullah]], former minister [[Selima Rahman]], journalist and ambassador to Burma [[A.Z.M. Enayetullah Khan]] and the publisher of ''[[New Age (Bangladesh)|New Age]]'' Shahidullah Khan Badal.<ref>{{cite news |last=Halim |first=Anwar Parvez |date=19 March 2009 |title=All in the family |url=http://www.probenewsmagazine.com/index.php?index=2&contentId=5384 |newspaper=Probe News Magazine |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100404070230/http://www.probenewsmagazine.com/index.php?index=2&contentId=5384 |archive-date=2010-04-04}}</ref>
Menon's father, [[Abdul Jabbar Khan (20th-century politician)|Abdul Jabbar Khan]], hailed from Khudrakathi village, in [[Babuganj Upazila]], [[Barisal]].<ref name="me"/> Menon is closely related to several prominent Bangladeshi personalities. His father was the speaker of the [[Pakistani National Assembly]]. His siblings include journalist and columnist Sadek Khan, architect Sultan M. Khan, Alan Khan, a photographer in Sydney, poet [[Abu Zafar Obaidullah]], former minister [[Selima Rahman]], journalist and ambassador to Burma [[A.Z.M. Enayetullah Khan]] and the publisher of ''[[New Age (Bangladesh)|New Age]]'' Shahidullah Khan Badal.<ref>{{cite news |last=Halim |first=Anwar Parvez |date=19 March 2009 |title=All in the family |url=http://www.probenewsmagazine.com/index.php?index=2&contentId=5384 |newspaper=Probe News Magazine |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100404070230/http://www.probenewsmagazine.com/index.php?index=2&contentId=5384 |archive-date=2010-04-04}}</ref>


Menon is married to [[Lutfun Nessa Khan]].<ref name="me"/> She is elected as a [[Jatiya Sangsad]] member at the [[2018 Bangladeshi general election|11th Parliament]] from the [[List of members of the 11th Jatiya Sangsad|reserved women's seat-48]] representing the [[Workers Party of Bangladesh]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://samakal.com/bangladesh/article/19021173/নারী-আসনে-৪৯-জন-বিনা-প্রতিদ্বন্দ্বিতায়-নির্বাচিত|script-title=bn:সংরক্ষিত নারী আসনে ৪৯ জন বিনা প্রতিদ্বন্দ্বিতায় নির্বাচিত|website=Samakal|language=bn|access-date=2019-07-22}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/current-mp-s/list-of-11th-parliament-members-english?layout=edit&id=4324|title=Constituency 348_11th_En|website=Bangladesh Parliament|access-date=2019-07-22}}</ref>
Menon is married to [[Lutfun Nessa Khan]].<ref name="me"/> She is elected as a [[Jatiya Sangsad]] member at the [[2018 Bangladeshi general election|11th Parliament]] from the [[List of members of the 11th Jatiya Sangsad|reserved women's seat-48]] representing the [[Workers Party of Bangladesh]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://samakal.com/bangladesh/article/19021173/নারী-আসনে-৪৯-জন-বিনা-প্রতিদ্বন্দ্বিতায়-নির্বাচিত|script-title=bn:সংরক্ষিত নারী আসনে ৪৯ জন বিনা প্রতিদ্বন্দ্বিতায় নির্বাচিত|website=Samakal|language=bn|access-date=2019-07-22}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/current-mp-s/list-of-11th-parliament-members-english?layout=edit&id=4324|title=Constituency 348_11th_En|website=Bangladesh Parliament|access-date=2019-07-22}}</ref>
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Latest revision as of 18:37, 15 March 2026


Rashed Khan Menon
রাশেদ খান মেনন
Menon in 2020
Member of Bangladesh Parliament
In office
30 January 2024 – 6 August 2024
Preceded byShah-e-Alam
ConstituencyBarisal-2
In office
25 January 2009 – 29 January 2024
Preceded byNasiruddin Ahmed Pintu
Succeeded byAFM Bahauddin Nasim
ConstituencyDhaka-8
In office
5 March 1991 – 24 November 1995
Preceded bySyed Azizul Huq
Succeeded byGolam Faruque Ovi
ConstituencyBarisal-2
Minister of Social Welfare
In office
3 January 2018 – 7 January 2019
Preceded byGeetiara Safya Chowdhury
Succeeded byNuruzzaman Ahmed
Minister of Civil Aviation and Tourism
In office
14 January 2014 – 3 January 2018
Preceded byFaruk Khan
Succeeded byA.K.M. Shahjahan Kamal[1]
Personal details
Born (1943-05-18) 18 May 1943 (age 83)
Faridpur, Bengal Presidency, British India
NationalityBangladeshi
Political partyWorkers Party of Bangladesh
Spouse(s)Lutfun Nessa Khan
Parent(s)
Relatives
Alma materDhaka College University of Dhaka
OccupationPolitician

Rashed Khan Menon (born 18 May 1943)[2] is a Bangladeshi politician. He is the president of Workers Party of Bangladesh and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Barisal-2 and Dhaka-8 constituencies. He was the chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee of the Ministry of Education.[3][4] Earlier, he served as the Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism.[5]

Early life[edit | edit source]

Menon was born in Faridpur. He studied at Dhaka Collegiate School, finish in 1958. In 1960, he passed intermediate in arts group from Dhaka College. He graduated from Dhaka University in 1963 with a degree in economics. In 1964, he received his master's degree.[2]

In the late 1960s, Menon was president of the East Pakistan Students Union faction linked to the National Awami Party of Maulana Bhasani. However, he differed with Maulana Bhasani when the latter accepted participation in elections in January 1970. Menon's East Pakistan Student Union launched a campaign against elections, stating that they would be merely a facade of democracy, that fair elections could not be held under martial law and that the situation was ripe for revolution.[6] He built a revolutionary Maoist organisation along with Kazi Zafar Ahmed. The Menon-Zafar group built a base in Khulna (in Begerhat), amongst workers near Dacca and had a student group named Revolutionary Students Union.[7]

Menon contested the 1973 Bangladeshi parliamentary election as a NAP (Bhasani) candidate. He did not win any seat, and afterward he complained that the Awami League government had used unfair methods to win the election.[8]

Career[edit | edit source]

Menon at an opposition rally in Dhaka, 2005

Menon was elected to parliament in 1979. In 1990, he played a leading role in the mass struggle that toppled the Hossain Mohammad Ershad regime. In 1991, he was again elected to parliament.[2] In 1991, he, as a Workers Party of Bangladesh parliamentarian, submitted four demands for constitutional amendments in the parliament. These demands and others were submitted to a 15-member constitutional review committee, in which he was included. After 29 meetings, the committee submitted a unanimous report to the parliament.[9]

On 17 August 1992, Menon survived a violent near-fatal attack. Unidentified assailants opened fire on the Workers Party office, injuring Menon.[10]

Bangladesh Workers’ Party of Menon joined the 14-party alliance led by Awami League and participated in the 2008 national election. They also participated in the 2014 national election which was boycotted by the main opposition party BNP. Menon was appointed as the minister of civil aviation and tourism. Menon, once rose a strong voice against authoritarian West Pakistani regime.

On 22 August 2024, after the fall of the Sheikh Hasina, Menon was arrested from Gulshan area in Dhaka.[11] While attending a hearings both Menon and Hasanul Haq Inu were assaulted by lawyers at the court premises.[12] The Anti-Corruption Commission investigated allegations that Menon had accumulated 25000 crore BDT (2.5 Billion USD) worth of wealth through corruption.[13] By June, he had spent 36 days in remand.[14] He had been charged in multiple cases over the death of protestors against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.[14]

Family[edit | edit source]

Menon's father, Abdul Jabbar Khan, hailed from Khudrakathi village, in Babuganj Upazila, Barisal.[2] Menon is closely related to several prominent Bangladeshi personalities. His father was the speaker of the Pakistani National Assembly. His siblings include journalist and columnist Sadek Khan, architect Sultan M. Khan, Alan Khan, a photographer in Sydney, poet Abu Zafar Obaidullah, former minister Selima Rahman, journalist and ambassador to Burma A.Z.M. Enayetullah Khan and the publisher of New Age Shahidullah Khan Badal.[15]

Menon is married to Lutfun Nessa Khan.[2] She is elected as a Jatiya Sangsad member at the 11th Parliament from the reserved women's seat-48 representing the Workers Party of Bangladesh.[16][17]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Menon being replaced by Kamal at cabinet". The Daily Star. 3 January 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "Rashed Khan Menon steps into 65". New Age. Dhaka. Archived from the original on 27 January 2019. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
  3. ↑ "Menon for edn system without discrimination". The Daily Star. BSS. 11 July 2009.
  4. ↑ "Council of Ministers: Surprises in reshuffle". The Daily Star. 4 January 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  5. ↑ "Hawkers greet Civil Aviation Minister Rashed Khan Menon". Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha. 13 January 2014. Archived from the original on 29 December 2017.
  6. ↑ Singh, Nagendra Kr. (2003). Encyclopaedia of Bangladesh (Set of 30 Vols.). Anmol Publications Pvt. Limited. pp. 19, 22, 42, 44, 168. ISBN 978-81-261-1390-3.
  7. ↑ Singh, Nagendra Kr. (2003). Encyclopaedia of Bangladesh (Set of 30 Vols.). Anmol Publications Pvt. Limited. pp. 48–49. ISBN 978-81-261-1390-3.
  8. ↑ Jahan, Rounaq (February 1974). "Bangladesh in 1973: Management of Factional Politics". Asian Survey. 14 (2). University of California Press: 125–135. doi:10.2307/2643085. JSTOR 2643085.
  9. ↑ Singh, Nagendra Kr. (2003). Encyclopaedia of Bangladesh (Set of 30 Vols.). Anmol Publications Pvt. Limited. p. 52. ISBN 978-81-261-1390-3.
  10. ↑ "Leading Bangladeshi leftist critically wounded in attack". UPI. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
  11. ↑ "Rashed Khan Menon arrested from Gulshan". Prothomalo. 22 August 2024. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  12. ↑ "Court security under scrutiny as Inu, Menon assaulted despite heavy police presence". Dhaka Tribune. 28 August 2024. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
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  16. ↑ সংরক্ষিত নারী আসনে ৪৯ জন বিনা প্রতিদ্বন্দ্বিতায় নির্বাচিত. Samakal (in Bengali). Retrieved 22 July 2019.
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