Motiur Rahman Nizami

Motiur Rahman Nizami (Bengali: মতিউর রহমান নিজামী), (born 1943) is a politician and the current chief (Ameer) of the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, which is the largest Islamic political party in Bangladesh. On 29 October 2014 he was sentenced to death for war crimes in 1971 liberation war of Bangladesh by the International Crimes Tribunal of Bangladesh. He was the supreme commander of the militia group Al-Badr during the Bangladesh Liberation War.

While Human Rights Watch, various political entities and international organizations had originally welcomed the trials, in November 2011 Human Rights Watch criticized the government for aspects of their progress, lack of transparency, and reported harassment of defense lawyers and witnesses representing the accused. Nizami was the last high-profile suspect to be tried for 1971 war crimes; the court delayed his verdict in June 2014 because of the state of his health.

Under separate charges for arms trafficking to the state of Assam, India in 2004, Nizami was convicted and in January 2014 sentenced to death, along with 13 other men.

Matiur Rahman (journalist)

Matiur Rahman (Bengali: মতিউর রহমান) is the editor of Daily Prothom Alo, the second largest circulated Bengali language daily in Bangladesh. He is the recipient of the 2005 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts.

Early life

Matiur Rahman was born 2 January 1946 in Calcutta to Mohammed Fazlur Rahman, a lawyer, and Lutfunessa Begum. He grew up in the era of decolonisation and nationalism that gave birth to East Pakistan and then Bangladesh. For his secondary education, he attended Nawabpur Government High School and then Dhaka Government College. For his higher education, he attended Dhaka University and earned his master's degree in Statistics from University of Dhaka in 1967. While a student, he became a Marxist and was a student leader in East Pakistan Student Union. Later, he was secretly a member of Communist Party of Bangladesh while it was still outlawed.

Journalism career

Matiur Rahman (military pilot)

Matiur Rahman (October 29, 1941 – August 20, 1971) was a flight lieutenant in the Pakistan Air Force and a national hero of Bangladesh.

He attempted, in order to escape from Pakistan and join the Bangladesh Liberation War, to hijack a T-33 aircraft (code named "Blue Bird") being flown by Pilot Officer Rashid Minhas. He nearly reached the Indian border, but the aircraft crashed because Pilot Officer Rashid Minhas prevented the hijacking and forced plane to crash. For his supreme sacrifice for his nation and support to the state of Bangladesh, Rahman was decorated by Bangladesh with the Bir Sreshtho award, which is the highest honour given in the country.

Biography

Matiur Rahman was born on 29 October 1941 in Old Dhaka Aga Sadek Road 109 in his ancestral houses "Mobarok Lodge". His father was Maulvi Abdus Samad and his mother was Syeda Khatun mobarakunnesa. Among nine brothers and two sisters, Rahman was the sixth.

His family was a solvent and middle class educated family. Matiur Rahman was very good in sport and other co-curricular activities. He developed a very good team spirit and comradeship from the very school life. He completed his primary education at Dhaka Collegiate School. After that he was admitted into PAF Public School, Sargodha in West Pakistan and there he completed his twelfth class course with distinction marks. In 1963, after completing his twelfth class course, he joined in the Pakistan Air Force Academy. On 22 June, Matiur Rahman was commissioned as a General Duty Pilot and was posted at Risalpur in West Pakistan. After that he successfully completed the Jet Conversion Course in Karachi. He was appointed as a Jet Pilot in Peshawar due to his bright result in the Jet Conversion Course.

Matiur Rahman

Matiur Rahman or Motiur Rahman is a male Muslim given name composed of the elements Muti' , al- and Rahman meaning obedient to the Most Gracious. It may refer to: