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Giasuddin Quader Chowdhury is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member from Chittagong-6 and Chittagong-7 constituencies.[1]

Career

Chowdhury's candidacy in the 2008 election was cancelled by the returning officer of Bangladesh Election Commission as a court order that cleared him a loan defaulting case did not reach the commissions office before the deadline.[2]

In November 2009, Chowdhury's residence was attacked allegedly by Awami League activists.[3]

On 20 May 2010, Chowdhury collected nominations papers to contest the Chittagong City Corporation mayoral elections.[4] In September 2010, an arrest warrant was issued against him and his brother, Saifuddin Quader Chowdhury, on a bad check case.[5]

Two of Chowdhury's followers were lynched by a mob when they were fleeing after shooting a local Jubo League leader on 24 October 2013.[6]

Chowdhury is a vice chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party as of August 2016.[7][8] He is the former President of Chittagong District (north) unit of Bangladesh Nationalist Party.[9] He is a director of QC Container Line Ltd and QC Shipping Ltd, both of which are family-owned companies.[10] He is also a director of Dacca Dyeing.[11]

On 3 June 2018, Chowdhury secured bail in two cases, one over threatening Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and another over vandalizing cars, from the High Court Division.[12]

On 30 October 2019, Chowdhury was sentenced to three years imprisonment for making derogatory comments about Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.[13] He went on the run after securing a bail from the High Court Division.[13]

Personal life

Chowdhury's father, Fazlul Quader Chowdhury, was the speaker of the parliament of Pakistan.[14] His brother, Salauddin Quader Chowdhury, was a former member of parliament and convicted war criminal.[15][16] He has three other brothers, and Salman F. Rahman is his cousin.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Infighting now foils Ctg south BNP meeting". The Daily Star. 3 May 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  2. ^ Barua, Dwaipayan; Alamgir, Nur Uddin; Chittagong (5 December 2008). "33 denied tickets in Ctg district". The Daily Star. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Delwar condemns attack on house of GQ Chy". The Daily Star. 9 November 2009. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  4. ^ Report, Star (20 May 2010). "Nomination papers to be filed quietly". The Daily Star. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Law and Our Rights". archive.thedailystar.net. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  6. ^ Staff Correspondent; Ctg (24 October 2013). "Mob beats 2 to death in Ctg". The Daily Star. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  7. ^ "Humam doesn't know where he was all these days". Prothom Alo. Archived from the original on 4 August 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  8. ^ "BNP names members of its leaders' families in new committee". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  9. ^ "Defamation case: Charges framed against Giasuddin Chy". Prothom Alo. Archived from the original on 13 June 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  10. ^ a b "Feuding SQ Chy family wanders in legal maze". The Daily Star. Archived from the original on 14 June 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  11. ^ "D A C C A D Y E I N G". dacca-dyeing.com. Archived from the original on 3 August 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  12. ^ Report, Star Online (3 June 2018). "BNP leader Giasuddin gets bail". The Daily Star. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  13. ^ a b Report, Star Online (30 October 2019). "Derogatory remarks against PM: BNP leader jailed for 3yrs". The Daily Star. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  14. ^ "War-time terror Salauddin Quader Chy to die". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  15. ^ "Hanged war criminal Salauddin Quader Chowdhury's son returns home after seven months". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 3 August 2017. [dead link]
  16. ^ "Salauddin Quader's family speaks to media at 1971 Goods Hill torture chamber". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
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