Jafar Alam Explained
Jafar Alam is a Bangladeshi politician and a former member of the Bangladesh Parliament from Cox's Bazar-1.
Career
Alam was elected to parliament from Cox's Bazar-1 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate on 30 December 2018.[3] [4] He was elected after Hasina Ahmed on that seat at 9th parliament. So Alam served for the second term.
Having failed to get the Awami League's nomination for the 2024 Bangladeshi general election, Alam ran unsuccessfully as an independent candidate.[5] [6]
Notes and References
- Web site: Constituency 294 10th . 2021-05-27 . Bangladesh Parliament . https://web.archive.org/web/20230326051116/http://parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps-2/members-of-parliament-2/current-mp-s/list-of-10th-parliament-members-english?layout=edit&id=2383 . 2023-03-26.
- Web site: Constituency 294 11th . 2021-05-27 . Bangladesh Parliament . https://web.archive.org/web/20210527042658/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/get-involved/contact-an-mp/309-mps-category/mps-of-11th-parliament/3855-constituency-294-11th-en . 2021-05-27.
- News: Cox's Bazar-1 Constituency AL candidate Jafar Alam's nomination final . 7 April 2019 . The New Nation . en.
- News: Cox%27s%20Bazar-1 - Constituency detail of Bangladesh General Election 2018 . 7 April 2019 . The Daily Star . 25 November 2018 . en.
- News: Cox’s Bazar-1: Jafar Alam quits polls alleging ‘rigging by BGB, intelligence agency’ . Prothom Alo . 7 January 2024.
- News: AL candidates win in 3 seats out of 4 in Cox’s Bazar . Daily Sun . 9 January 2024.
