Khadizatul Anwar

Khadizatul Anwar (born 18 April 1985)[1] is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a member of the Jatiya Sangsad from a reserved seat.

Khadizatul Anwar
খাদিজাতুল আনোয়ার
Member of the Bangladesh Parliament
for Reserved Women's Seat-6
Assumed office
20 February 2019
Preceded bySalina Begum
Personal details
Born (1985-04-18) 18 April 1985
Fatikchhari, Chittagong, Bangladesh
Political partyBangladesh Awami League
SpousesPervez Alam (Hera)
Parent
EducationB.B.A, M.B.A[1]
OccupationBusiness[1]

Career

Khadizatul 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.[2][3]

Anwar was detained on 1 August 2023 in Muscat, Oman on charges of holding a political meeting without permission.[4] She was released after 12 hours.[5] [6][7]

Personal life

Anwar is married to Pervez Alam. In June 2021, a Chattogram court issued arrest warrants against Parvez and his father, Shah Alam, for embezzling Tk15 crore from One Bank Limited.[8] According to the charges, they took the loan from the bank's Khatunganj branch citing "M/S Shaon Enterprise" to import consumer goods.[9] Shah Alam already had 54 cases against him by eight banks for default loans of total about Tk300 crore.[10]

References
  1. "Constituency 306_11th_En". www.parliament.gov.bd. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
  2. "Aroma, Suborna to become MP as Awami League names 41 for reserved seats". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  3. "AL nominates reserve seat MPs". Dhaka Tribune. 9 February 2019. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  4. "ওমানের হোটেলে কী ঘটেছিল, জানালেন আ.লীগের সেই নারী এমপি". www.jugantor.com. Retrieved 2023-08-02.
  5. প্রতিবেদক, কূটনৈতিক (2023-08-02). "ওমানে বাংলাদেশের সংসদ সদস্য আটক, পরে মুক্ত". Prothomalo (in Bengali). Retrieved 2023-08-02.
  6. "ওমানে বাংলাদেশের নারী এমপি গ্রেপ্তার, সঠিক তথ্য কী?". kalbela.com. Retrieved 2023-08-02.
  7. "ওমানে এমপি খাদিজাতুল আনোয়ারের আটকের বিষয়ে জানা নেই: ড. মোমেন". banglanews24.com (in Bengali). 2023-08-02. Retrieved 2023-08-02.
  8. "Arrest warrant issued for MP Sony's husband, father-in-law for embezzling bank money". thefinancetoday.net. Retrieved 2023-08-02.
  9. "Arrest warrant issued for MP Sony's husband, father-in-law for embezzling bank money". The Business Standard. 2021-06-11. Retrieved 2023-08-02.
  10. "Defaulter of Tk300cr loans flees to Malaysia to avoid prosecution". The Business Standard. 2021-01-09. Retrieved 2023-08-02.


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