Nurul Islam Moni

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The Honorable
Nurul Islam Moni
MP
নুরুল ইসলাম মনি
Moni in 2026
12th Chief Whip of the House
Incumbent
Assumed office
2 March 2026
Tarique Rahman
Preceded byNoor-E-Alam Chowdhury Liton
Member of Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office
17 February 2026
Preceded bySultana Nadira
ConstituencyBarguna-2
In office
28 October 2001 – 27 October 2006
Preceded byGolam Sarwar Hiru
Succeeded byGolam Sabur Tulu
ConstituencyBarguna-2
In office
27 February 1991 – 15 February 1996
Succeeded byGolam Sarwar Hiru
ConstituencyBarguna-2
In office
3 March 1988 – 27 February 1991
Preceded bySyed Rahmatur Rob Irtiza Ahsan
ConstituencyBarguna-2
Personal details
Born (1955-03-23) 23 March 1955
Patharghata, Barguna
PartyBangladesh Nationalist Party

Nurul Islam Moni is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a member of parliament for Barguna-2 and Chief Whip of the House.[1][2]

Career

Moni was elected to parliament from Barguna-2 as an independent candidate in 1988.[3]

Moni was elected to parliament from Barguna-2 as an independent candidate in 1991.[4][5] He had received 19,616 votes while Golam Kabir of Awami League came second with 13,764.[4]

Moni was elected to parliament from Barguna-2 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in 2001.[4] He had received 44,014 votes while his nearest rival Md. Golam Sarowar Hiru of Awami League got 24,772.[4] Anowar Hossain Monju of Jatiya Party came third with 19,350.[4] He received a plot in Chittagong City from the Bangladesh Nationalist Party government.[6]

On 4 November 2007, Moni was sentenced to 14 years imprisonment in a corruption case by Barguna District court.[7][8] His brother, Saiful Islam Jamal, was also sentenced to jail in the verdict.[7] They went on the ran and surrendered to the Barguna court on 29 October 2008.[7] Judge Md Musharraf Hossain sent them to jail upon surrender.[7]

Moni sought nomination from Bangladesh Nationalist Party for Barguna-2 constituency for the 11th parliamentary election in 2018.[9] The party nominated him for the election.[10]

In September 2022, Moni's motorcade was attacked by Awami League activists injuring him and 50 activists of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.[11]

References

  1. "Attorney General defends BNP MP Nurul Islam Moni before SC". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  2. "Electoral Area Result Statistics". Amarmp. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  3. "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  4. "Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 28 December 2008. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  5. "List of 5th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 September 2018. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  6. "MPs of BNP, Jamaat got 104 plots out of 115". The Daily Star. 9 June 2009. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  7. "Ex-BNP MP Moni, his brother sent to jail". The Daily Star. 29 October 2008. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  8. "Charge sheet against 11 graft suspects okayed". The Daily Star. 18 July 2008. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  9. Molla, Mohammad Al-Masum (30 November 2018). "Legal tangles cause BNP fresh worries". The Daily Star. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  10. "BNP announces nominations". The New Nation. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  11. "Former BNP MP's motorcade attacked in Barguna, 50 injured". The Daily Star. 4 September 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2022.