Shawkat Chowdhury

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Shawkat Chowdhury
Member of Parliament

Shawkat Chowdhury (Bengali: ইউসুফ আবদুল্লাহ হারুন) is a Bangladeshi politician and a former Member of Parliament from Nilphamari-4.

Career[edit]

Chowdhury was elected to Parliament from Nilphamari-4 in 2014 as a candidate of the Jatiya Party in an uncontested election.[1] In 2017, he was imprisoned for defaulting on 1.34 billion taka loan from Bangladesh Commerce Bank.[2][3]

References[edit]

  1. "Nilphamari-4: JP leader 'asks' followers to support BNP candidate". The Daily Star. 25 December 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  2. "MP Shawkat must pay Tk 50 million to retain bail". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  3. "MP Shawkat's bail to be scrapped if he doesn't pay Tk25cr". The Daily Star. 22 October 2017. Retrieved 5 April 2019.


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