Naheed Ezaher Khan

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Naheed Ezaher Khan
নাহিদ ইজাহার খান
State Minister of Cultural Affairs
Assumed office
1 March 2024
Preceded byK. M. Khalid
Member of the Bangladesh Parliament
for Reserved women's seat-5
Assumed office
20 February 2019
Preceded byBegum Akhtar Jahan
Personal details
Born (1972-08-30) 30 August 1972 (age 51)
Political partyBangladesh Awami League
Parent

Naheed Ezaher Khan (born 30 August 1972)[1] is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the incumbent State Minister of Cultural Affairs since March 2024.[2] She is a Jatiya Sangsad member from a women's reserved seat.[3]

She was the daughter of Khondkar Nazmul Huda, killed in the coup d'état in November 1975.[4]

Career

Khan was elected to parliament from the reserved women's seat as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate in February 2019.[5] She is a member of the parliamentary caucus on child rights.[6]

In May 2023, Khan filed a murder case with Sher-e-Bangla Nagar police station in Dhaka in connection with the killing of her father, Colonel Khondkar Nazmul Huda, killed 47 years earlier in coup d'état in November 1975.[4] He was serving as the 72 Special Commander of the Bangladesh Army in Rangpur.[7] The case accused Major Mohammad Abdul Jalil of the then 10th East Bengal Regiment and 20-25 others.[4] The case also mentioned the then Chief of Army Staff and later President of Bangladesh Ziaur Rahman as the mastermind for instructing to kill Huda.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Naheed Ezaher Khan". Bangladesh Parliament. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
  2. ^ "12th parliament: Cabinet gets 7 new members". Prothomalo. 2024-03-01. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
  3. ^ "AL names 41 for reserved seats". www.kalerkantho.com. 2019-02-09. Retrieved 2023-05-11.
  4. ^ a b c "Daughter files case after 47 years accusing Zia as mastermind for giving order". Prothomalo. Retrieved 2023-05-11.
  5. ^ "Aroma, Suborna to become MP as Awami League names 41 for reserved seats". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  6. ^ "Parliamentary caucus on child rights constituted". unb.com.bd. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  7. ^ "Case filed over Nov 7 murder after 48yrs". www.dhakatribune.com. 2023-05-11. Retrieved 2023-05-11.
  8. ^ "Bangladesh MP seeks the truth about killing of father during 1975 turmoil". bdnews24.com. 2023-05-11. Retrieved 2023-05-11.