Muhammad Shafiqur Rahman

Bangladeshi politician and journalist

Muhammad Shafiqur Rahman
মুহাম্মদ শফিকুর রহমান


Member of Parliament for Chandpur-4
Incumbent
Assumed office 2019
Prime Minister	Sheikh Hasina
Preceded by	Dr. Mohammed Shamsul Haque Bhuiyan

Personal details
Born	(1949-09-25) 25 September 1949 (age 74)^[1] Faridganj, Chandpur
Political party	Bangladesh Awami League
Education	M.A, B.A (Hon's)^[1]
Occupation	Politician, journalist^[1]

Muhammad Shafiqur Rahman (Bengali: মুহাম্মদ শফিকুর রহমান) is a journalist and Bangladesh Awami League politician who is the incumbent member of parliament for Chandpur-4 constituency.

Career

Rahman is the former president of the Jatiya Press Club^[2] He was elected to parliament from Chandpur-4 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate on 30 December 2018.^[3]^[4] He received 173,369 votes while his nearest rival of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, Harunur Rashid, received 30,799 votes.^[5]

Rahman was reelected to parliament from Chandpur-4 in 2024.^[6]

Rahman alleged Benazir Ahmed, former inspector general of Bangladesh Police and director general of Rapid Action Battalion, forcefully took control of 70 percent share of his company Citizen TV along with Chowdhury Nafeez Sarafat and Razzakul Hossain Tutul with the threat of violence.^[7]^[8]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Constituency 263". Bangladesh Parliament. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
^ "Journo Shafiqur elected from Chandpur-4". Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha. 31 December 2018.
^ "Muhammad Shafiqur Rahman - মুহাম্মদ শফিকুর রহমান". Amarmp. 20 May 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
^ "Maya's ticket cancelled". The Daily Star. 28 November 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
^ "Harunur Rashid (Chandpur politician)", Wikipedia, 2024-05-06, retrieved 2024-06-12
^ "Winner". The Daily Star. 2024-01-06. Retrieved 2024-06-12.
^ "AL MP accuses Benazir, cohorts of snatching 70pc share of Citizen TV". www.newagebd.net. 2024-06-12. Retrieved 2024-06-12.
^ "Benazir and Nafiz took shares of Citizen TV – The Daily Industry". Retrieved 2024-06-12.