Golam Faruk Khandakar Prince

Golam Faruk Prince (Bengali: গোলাম ফারুক প্রিন্স) is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the Parliament Member of Jatiya Sangsad from Pabna-5.

Golam Faruk Prince
গোলাম ফারুক প্রিন্স
ConstituencyPabna-5
Jatiya Sangsad
Personal details
Born (1969-01-14) 14 January 1969
Pabna
Political partyBangladesh Awami League

Early life

Prince was born on 14 January 1969 at Krishnapur,[1] Pabna. He has a M.S.S. and an LL.B. degree.[1]

Career

Prince was elected to Parliament from Pabna-5 in 2008 and reelected on 5 January 2014 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate.[2] In 2009, he accused Rapid Action Battalion of taking over a sports stadium in Pabna and establishing a torture cell inside it.[3] In November 2010 after Bangladesh Chhatra League activists broke into Pabna Government High School and stole entrance examination papers for government employees. The activists also damaged government vehicles and harassed the District Commissioner AFM Monjur Kadir. Prince blamed the DC and said the DC was not a "good person and does not work for me or the party". His comments were criticized by The Daily Star for not understanding how government works.[4][5]

Prince is a member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry for Foreign Affairs.[6] In 2018, he was nominated by Bangladesh Awami League to contest the 11th parliamentary election.[7]

References
  1. "Golam Faruk Khandakar Prince Biography". Amarmp. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  2. "Golam Faruk Khandakar Prince History". Amarmp. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  3. "MP points JS to RAB 'torture cell' in Pabna". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  4. Hussain, Ahmede. "Getting out of Hand". archive.thedailystar.net. Star Weekend Magazine. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  5. "Reasons behind Pabna row". The Daily Star. 23 September 2010. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  6. "JS body for holding 'Bangladesh Envoys Conference' - Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS)". bssnews.net. BSS. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  7. "AL nominees for the 11th parliamentary polls". theindependentbd.com. The Independent. Retrieved 29 November 2018.


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