Najmul Hasan Zahed Explained

Najmul Hasan Zahed
Office:Member of Bangladesh Parliament
Term Start:2001
Term End:2006
Predecessor:Suranjit Sengupta
Successor:Md. Abdul Majid Khan
Birth Date:1930
Birth Place:Kamalkhani, Baniachong, Habiganj
Death Place:Apollo Hospital Dhaka
Party:Bangladesh Awami League

Najmul Hasan Zahed was a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a member of parliament for Habiganj-2.[1]

Birth and family life

Zahed was born and raised in a Bengali Muslim zamindar family in the village of Kamalkhani in Habiganj's Baniachong Upazila. His father was Siddiq Hasan, his mother was Syeda Sufya Khatun. His older brother is Fazle Hasan Abed, the founder of BRAC, the world's largest non-governmental organisation. He was the director of the Bangladesh National Tea Company (NTC).[2] [3]

Career

Zahed was elected to parliament from Habiganj-2 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate in 2001.[4]

Death and legacy

Zahed died of old age at the Apollo Hospital Dhaka on 16 August 2010 at age 80. He was buried in the Hasan family graveyard in Baniachong. The Najmul Hasan Zahed Academy was named after him.[3]

Notes and References

  1. News: I will never quit Awami League: Nazmul Hasan Zahed MP . 16 August 2019 . bdnews24.com . 14 June 2005.
  2. News: https://bangla.bdnews24.com/bangladesh/article469909.bdnews . bn:সাবেক সাংসদ নাজমুল হাসান জাহেদ আর নেই . bdnews24.com . 31 August 2019 . bn.
  3. News: https://www.banglanews24.com/politics/news/bd/5521.details . bn:আওয়ামী লীগের সাবেক এমপি নাজমুল হাসান জাহেদের ইন্তেকাল . banglanews24.com . 16 August 2010 . bn . 31 August 2019.
  4. News: Habiganj 2 constituency: Internal feuds in AL, BNP before election . 16 August 2019 . Dhaka Tribune . 28 September 2018.