Golam Faruk Khandakar Prince Explained

Golam Faruk Prince
Native Name:গোলাম ফারুক প্রিন্স
Native Name Lang:bn
Constituency Mp:Pabna-5
Parliament:Bangladesh
Term Start:January 2009
Term End:6 August 2024
Party:Bangladesh Awami League
Birth Date:14 January 1969
Birth Place:Pabna

Golam Faruk Prince is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former member of Jatiya Sangsad representing the Pabna-5 constituency.

Early life

Prince was born on 14 January 1969 at Krishnapur, Pabna. He has a M.S.S. and an LL.B. degree.[1]

Career

Prince was elected to the parliament from Pabna-5 in 2008 and reelected on 5 January 2014 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate.[2] In 2009, he accused Rapid Action Battalion of taking over a sports stadium in Pabna and establishing a torture cell inside it.[3] In November 2010 after Bangladesh Chhatra League activists broke into Pabna Government High School and stole entrance examination papers for government employees. The activists also damaged government vehicles and harassed the District Commissioner AFM Monjur Kadir. Prince blamed the DC and said the DC was not a "good person and does not work for me or the party". His comments were criticized by The Daily Star for not understanding how government works.[4] [5]

Prince is a member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry for Foreign Affairs.[6] In 2018, he was nominated by Bangladesh Awami League to contest the 11th parliamentary election.[7]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Golam Faruk Khandakar Prince Biography . Amarmp . 29 November 2018.
  2. Web site: Golam Faruk Khandakar Prince History . Amarmp . 29 November 2018.
  3. News: MP points JS to RAB 'torture cell' in Pabna . 29 November 2018 . bdnews24.com.
  4. News: Hussain . Ahmede . Getting out of Hand . 29 November 2018 . archive.thedailystar.net . Star Weekend Magazine.
  5. News: Reasons behind Pabna row . 29 November 2018 . The Daily Star . 23 September 2010 . en.
  6. News: JS body for holding 'Bangladesh Envoys Conference' - Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) . 29 November 2018 . bssnews.net . BSS.
  7. News: AL nominees for the 11th parliamentary polls . 29 November 2018 . theindependentbd.com . The Independent.