Iqbalur Rahim


Iqbalur Rahim is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the incumbent Member of Parliament from Dinajpur-3.

Career

Rahim was elected to Parliament from Dinajpur-3 in 2008 as a Bangladesh Awami Candidate. He was re-elected on 5 January 2014 from Dinajpur-3.
Rahim laid the foundation stone of a bridge over Dhepa River in Dinajpur on 23 October 2011 and then on 10 November 2011, Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury, Member of Parliament from Dinajpur-2 laid the foundation stone on the other side. On 15 February 2014 he visited Hindu families in Chirirbandar upazila, Dinajpur District attacked by members of Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh, Islami Chhatra Shibir, and Bangladesh Nationalist Party following the 5 January 2014 General ELections in Bangladesh. He is a whip in the parliament of Bangladesh.

Controversy

Rahim faced controversy after calling three journalists in Dinajpur bastards and accused them of publishing fake news.