A.B.M. Fazle Karim Chowdhury

A.B.M. Fazle Karim Chowdhury
এ.বি.এম ফজলে করিম চৌধুরী
Chowdhury in March 2024
Member of Parliament
In office
1 October 2001 – 6 August 2024
Preceded byGiasuddin Quader Chowdhury
Succeeded byGiasuddin Quader Chowdhury
ConstituencyChittagong-6
Personal details
Born (1954-11-06) 6 November 1954
Chittagong, East Pakistan, Pakistan
PartyBangladesh Awami League
SpouseRizwana Yusuf
Parent
RelativesThe Chowdhury family of Chittagong
Alma materUniversity of Chittagong

A.B.M. Fazle Karim Chowdhury is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Chittagong-6 constituency. He was elected to five consecutive terms. He was the chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee of the Railways Ministry.[1] His father, A.K.M. Fazlul Kabir Chowdhury, served as a member of parliament as well as leader of the opposition in the East Pakistan Provincial Assembly.

Early life

Chowdhury was born on 6 November 1954.[2] He has a B.A. and an M.A. degree in history from the University of Chittagong.[2] His father was AKM Fazlul Kabir Chowdhury, and his uncle was Fazlul Quader Chowdhury.[3] His cousins and Bangladesh Nationalist Party politicians, Salauddin Quader Chowdhury and Giasuddin Quader Chowdhury, were major political opponents of Chowdhury in Chittagong.[3][4][5]

Career

Chowdhury was elected to parliament in 2001 from Chittagong-6 as an Awami League candidate with 52 percent of the vote.[6] He faced two murder charges; he received acquittal in one and a discharge in another.[7]

Chowdhury was re-elected to parliament from Chittagong-5 as a candidate of Awami League with 49 percent of the votes.[8] Chowdhury served as the chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry of Housing and Public Works.[9] He was a member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs Ministry.[10]

Chowdhury was elected to parliament from Chittagong-6 in 2014 and served as chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry of Railway until 5 August 2024. In this period he developed CRB areas, reconstructed some of the old buildings, and made a gallery for pedestrians and visitors.[11][6] According to his wealth statement, he made significant profit from fish farming at around 25 million taka.[12]

In January 2015, Chowdhury was elected to the Human Rights Committee of the Inter-Parliamentary Union.[13]

Chowdhury was re-elected to parliament in 2018 as a candidate of the Awami League with 230,471 votes while his nearest rival, Jashim Uddin Shikder of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, received 2,244 votes.[6]

Chowdhury tested positive for COVID-19 in August 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh.

On 24 August 2021, Chowdhury chaired a meeting of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Railway Ministry.[14]

On 11 September 2024, Chowdhury was arrested near the Akhaura border in Brahmanbaria by Border Guard Bangladesh while entering India. He was later charged with murder cases during the student movement in 2024.[15]

References

  1. ↑ "JS sub-committee formed to look into alleged corruption in tender, procurement in railways". The Daily Star. 20 October 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  2. 1 2 "A.B.M. Fazle Karim Chowdhury -এ.বি.এম ফজলে করিম চৌধুরী Biography". Amarmp. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Cousin castigates SQ Chowdhury". The Daily Star. 16 July 2003. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  4. ↑ "Charges pressed against AL MP, 16 others for Srikanta murder". The Daily Star. 11 August 2003. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  5. ↑ "Ctg people want to get rid of SQ Chy reign". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  6. 1 2 3 "Chattogram-6 - Constituency detail of Bangladesh General Election 2018". The Daily Star. 25 November 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  7. ↑ Islam, Zyma (11 January 2019). "What do the affidavits of our MPs disclose about their past?". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  8. ↑ "Chattogram-5 - Constituency detail of Bangladesh General Election 2018". The Daily Star. 25 November 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  9. ↑ "New law to facilitate housing on cards". The Daily Star. 29 January 2010. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  10. ↑ "45,000 acre hills lands not used as per lease terms". The Daily Star. 20 July 2009. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  11. ↑ "A.B.M. Fazle Karim Chowdhury -এ.বি.এম ফজলে করিম চৌধুরী History". Amarmp. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  12. ↑ "'Love' for land knows no bounds". The Daily Star. 2 January 2014. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  13. ↑ "AL lawmaker elected vice-president of IPU HR body". The Daily Star. 26 January 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  14. ↑ "Want to oversee development activities of railways: Lawmakers at parliamentary body meeting". The Daily Star. 24 August 2021. Archived from the original on 25 August 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  15. ↑ "B'baria Border: Former MP Fazle Karim arrested". The Daily Star. 13 September 2024. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
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