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