Nurul Islam Moni

Nurul Islam Moni
নুরুল ইসলাম মনি
Moni in 2026
12th Chief Whip of the Jatiya Sangsad
Incumbent
Assumed office
2 March 2026
LeaderTarique Rahman
Preceded byNoor-E-Alam Chowdhury Liton
Member of the Bangladesh Parliament
for Barguna-2
Incumbent
Assumed office
17 February 2026
Preceded bySultana Nadira
In office
28 October 2001 – 27 October 2006
Preceded byGolam Sarwar Hiru
Succeeded byGolam Sabur Tulu
In office
27 February 1991 – 15 February 1996
Succeeded byGolam Sarwar Hiru
In office
3 March 1988 – 27 February 1991
Preceded bySyed Rahmatur Rob Irtiza Ahsan
Personal details
Born (1955-03-23) 23 March 1955
Patharghata, Barguna
PartyBangladesh Nationalist Party

Nurul Islam Moni is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a member of parliament for Barguna-2 and Chief Whip of the Jatiya Sangsad.[1][2]

Career

Moni was elected to parliament from Barguna-2 as an independent candidate in 1988.[3]

Moni was elected to parliament from Barguna-2 as an independent candidate in 1991.[4][5] He had received 19,616 votes while Golam Kabir of Awami League came second with 13,764.[4]

Moni was elected to parliament from Barguna-2 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in 2001.[4] He had received 44,014 votes while his nearest rival Md. Golam Sarowar Hiru of Awami League got 24,772.[4] Anowar Hossain Monju of Jatiya Party came third with 19,350.[4] He received a plot in Chittagong City from the Bangladesh Nationalist Party government.[6]

On 4 November 2007, Moni was sentenced to 14 years imprisonment in a corruption case by Barguna District court.[7][8] His brother, Saiful Islam Jamal, was also sentenced to jail in the verdict.[7] They went on the run and surrendered to the Barguna court on 29 October 2008.[7] Judge Md Musharraf Hossain sent them to jail upon surrender.[7]

Moni sought nomination from Bangladesh Nationalist Party for Barguna-2 constituency for the 11th parliamentary election in 2018.[9] The party nominated him for the election.[10]

In September 2022, Moni's motorcade was attacked by Awami League activists injuring him and 50 activists of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Attorney General defends BNP MP Nurul Islam Moni before SC". bdnews24.com. 12 April 2006. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  2. ↑ "Electoral Area Result Statistics". Amarmp. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  3. ↑ "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 28 December 2008. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  5. ↑ "List of 5th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 September 2018. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  6. ↑ "MPs of BNP, Jamaat got 104 plots out of 115". The Daily Star. 9 June 2009. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  7. 1 2 3 4 "Ex-BNP MP Moni, his brother sent to jail". The Daily Star. 29 October 2008. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  8. ↑ "Charge sheet against 11 graft suspects okayed". The Daily Star. 18 July 2008. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  9. ↑ Molla, Mohammad Al-Masum (30 November 2018). "Legal tangles cause BNP fresh worries". The Daily Star. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  10. ↑ "BNP announces nominations". The New Nation. 27 November 2018. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  11. ↑ "Former BNP MP's motorcade attacked in Barguna, 50 injured". The Daily Star. 4 September 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
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