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'''Mohammad Abdul Mannan''' (known as '''M. A. Mannan''') is a Bangladeshi politician. He is the first elected city [[mayor]] of [[Gazipur City Corporation]] of Bangladesh.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://worldtimes24.com/gazipur-city-mayor-detained/ |title=Gazipur city Mayor detained |publisher=World Times 24 |date=11 February 2015 |accessdate=26 June 2015}}</ref> He is one of the senior politicians of [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]]. Before that he was also the religious minister of Bangladesh from 1991 to 1996.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2013/07/03/people-will-vote-for-me-mannan |title=People will vote for me: Mannan |publisher=bdnews24.com |date=3 July 2013 |accessdate=26 June 2015}}</ref>
'''Mohammad Abdul Mannan''' (known as '''M. A. Mannan''') is a [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] politician. He is the first elected city mayor of [[Gazipur City Corporation]] of Bangladesh.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://worldtimes24.com/gazipur-city-mayor-detained/ |title=Gazipur city Mayor detained |publisher=World Times 24 |date=11 February 2015 |accessdate=26 June 2015}}</ref> Before that he served as the religious affairs minister of Bangladesh from 1991 to 1996.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2013/07/03/people-will-vote-for-me-mannan |title=People will vote for me: Mannan |publisher=bdnews24.com |date=3 July 2013 |accessdate=26 June 2015}}</ref>


==Career==
In February 2015, Mannan was arrested from [[Baridhara]] on accusations of masterminding an attack on a passenger bus with a petrol-bomb in Noljem area under Gazipur Sadar Police Station.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.bssnews.net/newsDetails.php?cat=0&id=470062&date=2015-02-11 | title=GCC Mayor Mannan arrested in city | work=Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha | date=11 February 2015 | accessdate=26 July 2016}}</ref>
Mannan was elected [[Gazipur City Corporation]] mayor in July 2013 and assumed office in August. In February 2015, police arrested him for his suspected involvement in an arson attack on a bus in Gazipur in February the same year.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.bssnews.net/newsDetails.php?cat=0&id=470062&date=2015-02-11 | title=GCC Mayor Mannan arrested in city | work=Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha | date=11 February 2015 | accessdate=26 July 2016}}</ref> The next month, panel mayor, local Awami League leader Asadur Rahman Kiron, who was elected a ward councillor, was made acting mayor upon a court directive. Mannan was released from jail in March 2016. He was rearrested in April the same year and released again in January 2017.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/country/bnp-backed-gazipur-city-mayor-ma-mannan-suspended-again-1429180|title=Gazipur city mayor suspended again|date=2017-07-06|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2018-08-21|language=en}}</ref> He rejoined the office in June 2017 but Local Government Division (LGD) suspended him for the third time on 6 July 2017.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/gazipur-city-corporation-gcc-mayor-abdul-mannan-suspension-once-again-1429363|title=Suspension, once again|date=2017-07-07|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2018-08-21|language=en}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 08:27, 21 August 2018

Mohammad Abdul Mannan
এম. এ. মান্নান
Minister of Religious Affairs
In office
1991–1996
Personal details
NationalityBangladeshi
Political partyBangladesh Nationalist Party

Mohammad Abdul Mannan (known as M. A. Mannan) is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician. He is the first elected city mayor of Gazipur City Corporation of Bangladesh.[1] Before that he served as the religious affairs minister of Bangladesh from 1991 to 1996.[2]

Career

Mannan was elected Gazipur City Corporation mayor in July 2013 and assumed office in August. In February 2015, police arrested him for his suspected involvement in an arson attack on a bus in Gazipur in February the same year.[3] The next month, panel mayor, local Awami League leader Asadur Rahman Kiron, who was elected a ward councillor, was made acting mayor upon a court directive. Mannan was released from jail in March 2016. He was rearrested in April the same year and released again in January 2017.[4] He rejoined the office in June 2017 but Local Government Division (LGD) suspended him for the third time on 6 July 2017.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Gazipur city Mayor detained". World Times 24. 11 February 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  2. ^ "People will vote for me: Mannan". bdnews24.com. 3 July 2013. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  3. ^ "GCC Mayor Mannan arrested in city". Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha. 11 February 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  4. ^ "Gazipur city mayor suspended again". The Daily Star. 2017-07-06. Retrieved 2018-08-21.
  5. ^ "Suspension, once again". The Daily Star. 2017-07-07. Retrieved 2018-08-21.