Khorshed Ara Haque Explained

Khorshed Ara Haque
Office:Member of Parliament
Term Start:10 April 2014
Term End:January 2019
Birth Place:Cox's Bazar
Death Date:12 July 2022
Death Place:Cox's Bazar
Party:Jatiya Party

Khorshed Ara Haque (Bengali: খোরশেদ আরা হক) was a Bangladesh Jatiya Party politician and member of parliament. She was elected from a reserved seat for women.[1]

Biography

Haque was nominated to the Parliament of Bangladesh as part of the 50 reserved seats for women, as a candidate from the Bangladesh Jatiya Party. Her nomination and that of fellow nominee, Sabiha Nahar Begum of the Bangladesh Awami League, were cancelled by the Bangladesh Election Commission for unpaid telephone bills.[2] She had 223,488 taka unpaid bills to the state owned Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited. She paid her dues to the telecom company and appealed the decision of the commission. The commission rejected her appeal on the grounds that the bills were not paid 12 days before her nomination was filed with the commission.[3]

Haque was elected unopposed and declared winner on 10 April 2014 by the election commission.[4] She is a notable women's rights activist in Bangladesh. She was the chief guest at the round table conference titled Planet 50:50 by 2030: Step it up for Gender Equality and against Gender Based Violence in Cox's Bazar on 25 March 2016. The conference was organized by The Daily Star and the United Nations Population Fund. In the conference she said she would discuss laws related to gender-based violence in the parliament and that Bangladesh could not become a developed country without equal rights for women.[5] In parliament on 9 June 2017, she criticized Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith for his plan to add a 15 percent VAT on all credit and debit accounts in Bangladesh.[6] She was part of a government delegation that distributed relief materials to Rohingya Refugees in Cox's Bazar on 5 October 2017.[7]

Notes and References

  1. News: Child truth-seekers who will shape Bangladesh . 29 November 2017 . bdnews24.com . 25 August 2014.
  2. News: 48 women lawmakers elected unopposed . 29 November 2017 . The Daily Star . 20 March 2014 . en.
  3. News: 2 women MP aspirants' appeal rejected . 29 November 2017 . Dhaka Tribune.
  4. News: News in Brief . 29 November 2017 . The Daily Star . 11 April 2014 . en.
  5. News: Equality based state to achieve dev . 29 November 2017 . The Daily Star . 25 March 2016 . en.
  6. News: MPs mount pressure on Muhith for withdrawal . 29 November 2017 . New Age . en.
  7. News: BNP trying to create anarchy over Rohingya issue: Quader . 29 November 2017 . The Daily Star . 5 October 2017 . en.