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Sirajul Islam Chowdhury (Bengali: সিরাজুল ইসলাম চৌধুরী) is a Jatiya Party (Ershad) politician, former student activist, social worker, and former Member of Parliament of Patiya Chittagong-11.

Career

Chowdhury was a revolutionary student activists of Chattogram who led the protests against the Pakistani ruling elite in the sixties along with many others. After the War of Independence, he cofounded Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Chatradal and was the Founding Convenor of Chittagong University Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Chatradal Unit.

Chowdhury is also a social reformer and co-founded the non-governmental organization NOWZUWAN in 1977. NOWZUWAN was one of the three non-government organisations to sign 'Grant Contracts’ with Japanese Ambassador ITO Naoki under the Grassroots Human Security Projects (GGHSP) in March 2022.

Chowdhury was elected to parliament from Chittagong-11 as a Jatiya Party candidate in 1988. He’s a member of the Jatiya Party and advisory council. He was among 20 candidates who boycotted the 2014 parliamentary elections during the early hours, after alleging vote rigging and election interferences by agents of a rival candidate.

References

1. যে অতীত গৌরবের. Prothom Alo (in Bengali).
2. "Japan Supports 'Disability Resource Centre' in Patiya, Chittagong" (PDF) (Press release). Embassy of Japan. 14 September 2011.
3. "NOWZUWAN – Non Profit Organization". Nowzuwan.org. 27 April 2022. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
4. "Japanese grants for health services of grassroots". The Financial Express. Dhaka.
5. "Japan Supports BDT 25 million to Three Grass-roots Human Security Projects". Embassy of Japan in Bangladesh. 15 March 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
6. ""List of 4th Parliament Members"" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 4 April 2021.
7. চট্টগ্রাম উত্তর জেলা জাতীয় পার্টির ইফতার ও দোয়া মাহফিল অনুষ্ঠিত. voicebd24.com (in Bengali).
8. চট্টগ্রামের সিরাজুল ইসলাম চৌধুরী জাতীয় পার্টির উপদেষ্টা হলেন. ctgpratidin (in Bengali). 16 January 2020.
9. "JaPa Chairman announces names of 9 advisors". Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha. 15 January 2020.
10. নির্বাচন বর্জনের ঘোষণা দিলেন ২০ প্রার্থী. Prothom Alo (in Bengali).

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