Syeda Iqbal Mand Banu is a social worker and mother-in-law of Tarique Rahman.[1] She was awarded the Independence Day Award in 1995.[2] She had published poetry books she and does watercolor paintings.[3] [4]
Banu founded SUROVI in 1979 which provides schooling for child domestic workers with her own maid being the first student of the school.[5]
Banu received the Special Award for women from Kazi Mahbubullah and Begum Zebunnessa Janakalyan Trust in 1988.[6]
Banu was married to Mahbub Ali Khan, former Chief of Naval Staff of Bangladesh Navy.[7] [8] Their daughter, Zubaida Rahman, married Tarique Rahman, son of then Prime Minister Khaleda Zia and former president Ziaur Rahman, in 1993. Banu is the mother-in-law of Tarique Rahman, son of Prime Minister Khaleda Zia.[9]
In 2007, Anti Corruption Commission filed a case against Syed Iqbal Mand Banu, Zubaida Rahman, and Tarique Rahman for 48.1 million taka in unexplained wealth with Kafrul Police Station.[10] [11]
In January 2014, Anti-Corruption Commission filed a case against Banu for not submitting her wealth statement to the commission.[12]
In 2017, Bangladesh Supreme Court squashed a corruption case against her by Anti-Corruption Commission for improper paperwork.[13]
In June 2019, Banu and other relatives visited former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, while she was receiving treatment Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, who had been in prison since 8 February 2018.[14]