Khadizatul Anwar Sony (born 18 April 1985)[1] is a Bangladeshi politician. She is a former member of Jatiya Sangsad representing the Chittagong-2 constituency.[2] Earlier, she was a member of parliament from the reserved women's seat-1 in the 11th Parliament.
Khadizatul Anwar Sony | |
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খাদিজাতুল আনোয়ার সনি | |
| Member of Parliament | |
| In office 30 January 2024 – 6 August 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Najibul Bashar Maizbhandari |
| Constituency | Chittagong-2 |
| In office 20 February 2019 – 30 January 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Salina Begum |
| Succeeded by | Runu Reza |
| Constituency | Reserved Women's Seat-6 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 April 1985 Fatikchhari, Chittagong, Bangladesh |
| Political party | Bangladesh Awami League |
| Parent |
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| Education | B.B.A, M.B.A[1] |
| Occupation | Business[1] |
Career
editKhadizatul Anwar Sony was born to Awami League politician and former member of the parliament Rafiqul Anwar. She was elected to parliament from Chittagong District representing the Reserved Women's Seat–6 in 2019.[3][4]
Khadiza was detained on 1 August 2023 in Muscat, Oman on charges of holding a political meeting without permission.[5] She was released after 12 hours.[6][7][8]
Personal life
editKhadiza is married to Pervez Alam. In June 2021, a Chittagong court issued arrest warrants against Pervez and his father, Shah Alam, for embezzling Tk15 crore from One Bank Limited.[9] According to the charges, they took the loan from the bank's Khatunganj branch citing "M/S Shaon Enterprise" to import consumer goods.[10] Shah Alam already had 54 cases against him by eight banks for default loans of total about Tk300 crore.[11]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Constituency 306_11th_En". Bangladesh Parliament. Archived from the original on 11 May 2023. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
- ^ খাদিজাতুল আনোয়ার সনি. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 8 January 2024. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
- ^ "Aroma, Suborna to become MP as Awami League names 41 for reserved seats". bdnews24.com. 8 February 2019. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
- ^ "AL nominates reserve seat MPs". Dhaka Tribune. 9 February 2019. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
- ^ ওমানের হোটেলে কী ঘটেছিল, জানালেন আ.লীগের সেই নারী এমপি. Jugantor. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
- ^ ওমানে বাংলাদেশের সংসদ সদস্য আটক, পরে মুক্ত. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 2 August 2023. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
- ^ ওমানে বাংলাদেশের নারী এমপি গ্রেপ্তার, সঠিক তথ্য কী?. kalbela.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 2 August 2023.
- ^ ওমানে এমপি খাদিজাতুল আনোয়ারের আটকের বিষয়ে জানা নেই: ড. মোমেন. banglanews24.com (in Bengali). 2 August 2023. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
- ^ "Arrest warrant issued for MP Sony's husband, father-in-law for embezzling bank money". thefinancetoday.net. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
- ^ "Arrest warrant issued for MP Sony's husband, father-in-law for embezzling bank money". The Business Standard. 11 June 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
- ^ "Defaulter of Tk300cr loans flees to Malaysia to avoid prosecution". The Business Standard. 9 January 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2023.