Tungipara ( Bangla: টুঙ্গিপাড়া) is a municipality in Tungipara Upazila of Gopalganj District in Bangladesh. [1] It is the birthplace of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who is considered as the founding father of the nation. [1] It has a population of 29, 424. [2] Sheikh Tozammel Haque Tutul is the mayor of Tungipara municipality. [3]
In December 2013, The Daily Star reported that the mayor of Tungipara, Sardar Issial Hossain, was using government project car as a personal vehicle. [4] A Jubo League leader locked the office of the Bangladesh Water Development Board which was later reopened by Mayor Sheikh Ahmad Hossan Mirja for not getting the contract for a tender in April 2017. [5]