Motahar Hossain (Bangladeshi politician)

Motahar Hossain is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the former State Minister of Primary and Mass Education.[1][2]

Motahar Hossain
State Minister of Primary and Mass Education
Personal details
Born (1948-12-19) 19 December 1948
Barakhata,Hatibandha ,Lalmonirhat.
Political partyBangladesh Awami League

Career

Motahar is the present chairperson of the parliamentary standing committee on primary and mass education ministry.[3] He is the President of Bangladesh Awami League Lalmonirhat District unit.[4] He served as the State Minister of Primary and Mass Education from 2009.[5] After being appointed State Minister he said Bangladesh will remove illiteracy by 2012.[6] In 2013, he was confined in the Lalmonirhat District auditorium by members of Bangladesh Awami League over the formation of Lalmonirhat sadar upazila committee of Bangladesh Awami League.[7] In 2014, he defeated Hussain Muhammad Ershad to win the Lalmonirhat 1 constituency in the 10th Bangladesh General Election.[8]

Controversy

Motahar, chairperson of the parliamentary standing committee on primary and mass education ministry, on 20 December 2017 claimed that Government of Bangladesh could not be held responsible for the leak of school exam papers.[9] He filed a defamation suit against the Editor of Bangladesh Pratidin, Naem Nizam, and the Publisher of Bangladesh Pratidin, Moynal Hossain Chowdhury, over a news item in the paper on 9 April 2014 titled Sabekder Amalnama: Ration Dealer Sabek Protimontri Motaharer Shato Koti Taka.[10] Lalmonirhat Cognizance Court-4, Judge Md Afaz Uddin, issued an arrested warrant against the accused on 11 January 2018.[11] The duo secured an anticipatory bail from Bangladesh High Court on 15 January 2018.[4]

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References
  1. "3G goes to Dahagram". thedailystar.net. 25 November 2015. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  2. "Many go, a few stay". thedailystar.net. 12 January 2014. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  3. "Fun, love, care are what make a dream school". thedailystar.net. 29 June 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  4. "Bangladesh Protidin editor, publisher get bail in defamation case". The Daily Star. 15 January 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  5. "20 honoured in Lalmonirhat". The Daily Star. 3 March 2013. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  6. "No dropouts by 2010, no illiteracy by 2012: Motahar Hossain". bssnews.net. BSS. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  7. "State minister confined over upazila AL committee in Lalmonirhat | Dhaka Tribune". www.dhakatribune.com. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  8. "Ershad lost to Motahar Hossain | Business News 24 BD". businessnews24bd.com. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  9. "Govt not liable for class I-IV question paper leaks!". Prothom Alo. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  10. "Arrest warrants issued for Bangladesh Pratidin editor, publisher". The Daily Star. 11 January 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  11. "Warrant issued for arrest of Bangladesh Pratidin editor". The Daily Sun. Retrieved 29 January 2018.


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