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Ataur Rahman Khan (BNP politician)

Ataur Rahman Khan () is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a former member of parliament for Kishoreganj-3.

Khan was a founding member of Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami Bangladesh.

Career

Khan was a founding member of Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami Bangladesh. In 1988, on a tour with senior leaders of Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami Bangladesh, he visited Afghanistan and met with Osama bin Laden. They had flown to Pakistan, where they were hosted by Qari Saifullah Akhtar and were driven by Abdur Rahman Shahi, a Bangladeshi mujahadeen, to Afghanistan.

Khan was elected to parliament from Kishoreganj-3 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in 1991. He received 57,671 votes, while his nearest rival, Md. Fazlur Rahman of the Awami League, received 40,205 votes.

Personal life

After the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, his son Waliur Rahman Khan was appointed Khatib of Baitul Mukarram National Mosque, replacing Ruhul Amin.

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