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(Redirected from Md. Rafiqul Islam) Bangladeshi barrister and politician

Rafiqul Islam Miah
রফিকুল ইসলাম মিয়া
Minister of Housing and Public Works
In office
1991 – 1996

Member of Parliament In office 1991 – 1996

Constituency Comilla-3
Personal details
NationalityBangladeshi
Political partyBangladesh Nationalist Party
SpouseShaheed Rafiq

Rafiqul Islam Miah is a Bangladeshi barrister and politician. He served as the State Minister for Labour and Manpower and later as Minister of Housing and Public Works in the first Khaleda Zia cabinet during 1991–1996. He also served as Minister of Education in the government formed after the February 1996 Bangladeshi general election.

Career

In September 2007, Miah served as the lawyer of Begum Khaleda Zia when she was arrested on charges of corruption and misuse of power. In 2008 Rafiqul represented the Bihari community in Bangladesh as they were granted citizenship status by High Court of Bangladesh. He is currently a member of the National Standing Committee of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.

Conviction

In 2001, Anti-Corruption Commission of Bangladesh sent Miah a notice to submit his wealth statement. Failure to comply with that notice, in January 2004, led a case filed against him. On 19 November 2018, he was sentenced to three years in prison and was arrested from his Eskaton home the same day . On 26 November, he secured a six-month bail from the High Court which also stayed the fines.

References

  1. "Rafiqul Islam Mia arrested hours after conviction". The Daily Star. 21 November 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
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  3. "Former Education Ministers".
  4. "Bangladesh police arrest a former prime minister". The New York Times. 3 September 2007. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  5. "Stranded Biharis now Bangladeshi Citizens". The Daily Star.
  6. "Senior BNP leader Rafiqul Islam arrested". Dhaka Tribune. 20 November 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  7. "Graft: BNP leader Rafiqul Islam sent to jail". The Daily Star. 21 November 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  8. "BNP senior leader Rafiqul Islam Miah arrested". Prothom Alo. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  9. "BNP leader Rafiqul Islam Mia gets bail from High Court". Dhaka Tribune. 26 November 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2019.


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