Sirajul Hossain Khan | |
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Member of Bangladesh Parliament | |
Personal details | |
Born | 17 July 1926 Baniachang |
Died | 17 February 2007 Baniachang | (aged 80)
Political party | Jatiya Party |
Sirajul Hossain Khan (1926–2007) was a Jatiya Party politician and former minister and member of parliament for Habiganj-2.
Khan was born on 17 July 1926, in Baniachong village, Baniachong Upazila, Habiganj subdivision, Sylhet district (of Assam), British Raj). [1] [2]
Khan served in the Bangladesh Liberation war in the Bangladesh Muktijuddha Samannay Parishad. He was elected to the Parliament from Habiganj-2 as a Jatiya Party candidate in 1986 and 1988 and was a cabinet Minister (1985-1990). He served as the Bureau chief of Pakistan Times in Dacca and was the founder Editor of the Eastern News Agency (ENA). He was a trade unionist who served as the General Secretary of the East Pakistan Journalists Union and the Bangladesh Sramik Federation. [3] [4]
Khan died in Dhaka on 17 February 2007. [3]