Muhammad Ashraf Ali Explained

Muhammad Ashraf Ali
Native Name:মুহম্মদ আশরাফ আলী
Office:Member of 1st Jatiya Sangsad
Term Start:1975
Term End:1976
Predecessor:M. A. G. Osmani
Constituency:Sylhet-6
Successor:Enamul Haque Chowdhury
Birth Place:Osmani Nagar, Sylhet District, British Raj
Death Date:22 January 2015
Death Place:Sylhet, Bangladesh
Resting Place:Shah Jalal Dargah, Sylhet, Bangladesh
Party:Awami League, BAKSAL

Muhammad Ashraf Ali (Bengali: মুহম্মদ আশরাফ আলী) was an Awami League politician in Bangladesh and member of parliament for Sylhet-6.[1] He was president of the Sylhet District Awami League and part of the last District Awami League Advisory Council.

Early life

Ali was born in Balaganj Thana, Sylhet District, British Raj (now Osmani Nagar Upazila, Sylhet District, Bangladesh).

Career

In 1968, Ali became the elected president of the Sylhet District branch of the Chhatra League. During the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971, he was a local freedom organiser. Ali was also a president of the Greater Sylhet Ganadabi Parishad.

Ali was elected to parliament from Sylhet-6 (now known as Sylhet-2) as a BAKSAL candidate in 1975 in a by-election.[2] [3] The constituency covered Bishwanath Thana and Balaganj Thana.

Death

He died in a private hospital in Sylhet on 22 January 2015. His body was honoured by the government in Sylhet Central Shahid Minar and then taken to Osmani Nagar and Shah Jalal Dargah where two janazas were performed, and he was buried in the latter's adjacent graveyard.[4]

Notes and References

  1. News: bn:মুহম্মদ আশরাফ আলী . https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%A6-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AB-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%80 . 25 March 2021 . Prothomalo . bn.
  2. Web site: List of 1st Parliament Members . Bangladesh Parliament . bn . 24 March 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180909153327/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/1st.pdf . 9 September 2018.
  3. News: bn:সিলেট-২: ফুরফুরে মহাজোটের এহিয়া, ইলিয়াসপত্নীর প্রার্থীতা স্থগিত . https://www.ittefaq.com.bd/wholecountry/12840/%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%9F-%E0%A7%A8-%E0%A6%AB%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%AB%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A5%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4 . 25 March 2021 . The Daily Ittefaq . bn.
  4. News: https://www.banglanews24.com/politics/news/bd/360139.details. bn:আশরাফ আলীর মৃত্যুতে সিলেট মহানগর আ'লীগের শোক. bn. 23 January 2015. Banglanews24.com.