HBM Iqbal
এইচ বি এম ইকবাল
Member of Parliament
In office
1996–2001
Personal details
NationalityBangladeshi
Political partyBangladesh Awami League
OccupationBusiness

HBM Iqbal is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and former Member of Parliament from Ramna-Tejgaon, Dhaka.[1]

Biography

Iqbal was elected from Dhaka-10 in 1996.[1] He faced criticism after shots were fired from his rally on a rally of then opposition party, Bangladesh Nationalist Party, in 2001.[1][2] Four people in the Bangladesh Nationalist Party rally were killed in the shooting.[3] He was charged in 2003,[4] but the case was dropped in 2010 after the Ministry of Home Affairs recommended charges be dropped in 2009.[5][6]

In 2007, he was charged with corruption by the Bangladesh Anti Corruption Commission (ACC).[7][8][9][10][11][12] The High Court acquitted him in 2011. The ACC filed a petition against the acquittal but in 2015 dropped their petition.[13] He has sent more than 30 legal notices to bdnews24.com to remove past articles on criminal cases against him.[14]

As of 2010, he was a vice-president of the Awami League's Dhaka city unit.[15] He is the chairman of Premier Group of Companies.[16] He is also the chairman of Premier Bank Limited.[17]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Four injured in reckless driving by ex-Awami League MP HBM Iqbal's underage nephew at Gulshan". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  2. ↑ "Photos From The Incident". The Daily Star. 2010-08-27. Archived from the original on 2019-03-26. Retrieved 2019-03-26.
  3. ↑ "Dulal remanded in 2001 Malibagh shooting". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2019-03-26.
  4. ↑ "Charges pressed against Iqbal, 23 others". The Daily Star. 2003-01-01. Archived from the original on 2019-03-26. Retrieved 2019-03-26.
  5. ↑ "AL leaders relieved from 2001 murder case". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2019-03-26.
  6. ↑ "Iqbal, Shaon, 12 others acquitted of Malibagh murder charges". banglanews24.com. 2010-08-25. Retrieved 2019-03-26.
  7. ↑ "Property of HBM Iqbal, family to be attached". The Daily Star. 28 November 2007. Archived from the original on 29 November 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  8. ↑ "HBM Iqbal jailed for 13 years". bdnews24.com. 11 March 2008. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  9. ↑ "HBM Iqbal handed 13yrs behind bars". The Daily Star. 12 March 2008. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  10. ↑ "AL's crime dons show up at HC". The Daily Star. 19 January 2009. Archived from the original on 1 November 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  11. ↑ "Banker, ex-AL MP Iqbal sent to jail in wealth case". bdnews24.com. 28 February 2010. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  12. ↑ "Ex-MP Iqbal\'s wife, two sons, daughter land in jail". The Financial Express. Dhaka. 9 March 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  13. ↑ "Ex-MP Iqbal's wife, 3 children get bail". The Independent. Dhaka. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
  14. ↑ "Former ruling party MP accused of orchestrating 'attempts to muzzle journalism'". Dhaka Tribune. 2021-02-17. Retrieved 2021-02-17.
  15. ↑ Ali, Tawfique (25 August 2010). "Rising high the audacity". The Daily Star. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  16. ↑ "5-star Marriott chain opens in Dhaka". The Daily Star. 19 December 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  17. ↑ "Premier Bank sues nine officials for fund fraud". The Daily Star. 21 January 2013. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
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