Sheikh Abu Naser

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Sheikh Abu Naser
শেখ আবু নাসের
Member of Jatiya Sangsad
Personal details
Born(1928-09-01)1 September 1928
Bangladesh Awami League
SpouseRazia Begum
Children
RelativesTungipara Sheikh family

Sheikh Abu Naser (1928–1975) was a Bangladeshi politician and the only brother of the first President of Bangladesh, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman[1] and the uncle of the current Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.[2]

Early life

Naser was Mujib's younger brother and he had 4 sisters.[3]

Career

Naser had a prosperous clearing and forwarding agency in the erstwhile

Bangladesh Liberation war and was formally recognized by the government of Bangladesh as a freedom fighter after the Independence of Bangladesh.[5] In 1975, he was the largest contractor in Khulna.[6]

Personal life

Naser was married to Sheikh Razia Dolly (1941-2020).

Sheikh Jewel, and Sheikh Sohel, Sheikh Belal, Sheikh Tahmina and Sheikh Farhana[8] Sheikh Sohel is a director of Bangladesh Cricket Board while Sheikh Helal and Sheikh Jewel are members of parliament.[9] His grandson Sheikh Tonmoy (son of Sheikh Helal) is also a member of parliament.[10] Naser's granddaughter Sheikh Shaira Rahman (daughter of Sheikh Helal) is married to his grand-nephew Andaleeve Rahman (grandson of his sister Sheikh Asia Begum). Naser was said to have closely resembled his brother Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.[4]

Death and legacy

Naser was killed on 15 August 1975 by mutinous

family members were killed by the assassins.[13]

Bangladesh Awami League government.[14][15][7] In 2003 the Bangladesh Nationalist Party renamed the stadium Birshreshtha Shaheed Flight Lieutenant Matiur Rahman stadium. The stadium's name reverted to Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium in 2009 after Bangladesh Awami League returned to power.[16]

Criticism

Naser was accused of being a ringleader of syndicates smuggling jute to India during the presidency of Mujib.[17] It is said that his rise from near poverty in 1971 to being the largest contractor in Khulna was through favoritism and illegal means.[6]

References

  1. ^ Janata. 1971. p. 326. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  2. ^ "Nation observes first day of painful August with various programmes". Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha. Archived from the original on 2017-08-02. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  3. ^ Bangladesh. Embassy of Bangladesh. 1974. p. 10. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  4. ^ a b Women on the March, Volumes 15-16. Smt. Mukul Banerjee for the Women's Department, 1971. 1971. pp. 1971/18, 1971/6.
  5. ^ Bangladesh Quarterly. Department of Films & Publications, Government of Bangladesh. 2010. p. 38. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  6. ^
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  7. ^ a b "New hospital in Khulna". The Daily Star. 30 March 2010. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  8. ^ "Late Kamal, Jamal among 5 awarded FF certificate". The Daily Star. 16 September 2010. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  9. ^ "House of PM's cousins attacked in Khulna -bdnews24.com". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  10. ^ "New face of Sheikh Family in politics". banglanews24.com. 2018-01-14. Retrieved 2020-06-20.
  11. ^ "Bloodbath on Road 32". The Daily Star. 14 August 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  12. ^ "BLOODBATH on road 32". The Daily Star. 2018-08-15. Retrieved 2020-07-03.
  13. ^ "Shame darker than the night". The Daily Star. 15 August 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  14. ^ "Batter's approach key to Bangladesh's fortune". The Daily Star. 17 January 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  15. ^ "Organization Registry". app.dghs.gov.bd. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  16. ^ "Once again it's Sheikh Nasser Stadium". The Daily Star. 11 July 2009. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  17. ^ Social Science Review. University of Dhaka. 2002. p. 269. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
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