Mir Ahmad Bin Quasem
Profile
- Party
- Jamaat-e-Islami
- Constituency
- Dhaka-14
- Terms
- 1
- Disclosed wealth
- —
- Criminal cases
- 0
- Education
- LLB (Hons), University of London; Bar Vocational Course (BVC), Inns of Court School of Law (ICSL); called to Bar of England and Wales, Lincoln's Inn, 2007
- Cabinet role
- —
Advocate for permanent legislation on enforced disappearances; acting as professional intermediary for potential foreign investment in Nagad.
Recent activity
- 2026-04-06 speech Raised point of order in parliament questioning the government's recommendation to let the Enforced Disappearance Prevention and Suppression Ordinance lapse; urged the House to enact it first before any revision, as a survivor of eight years of enforced disappearance. ↗↗
- 2026-03-02 appointment Appointed Foreign Affairs Adviser to Jamaat Ameer Shafiqur Rahman, replacing Dr Mahmudul who was dismissed over unauthorised additions to a letter sent to the foreign ministry. ↗
- 2026-02-28 other Disclosed that his Nagad investment facilitation was conducted on behalf of unnamed foreign multinational firms in his professional capacity as a barrister, not in his MP capacity; Bangladesh Bank stated it would engage only if a credible foreign investor was identified. ↗↗
- 2026-02-08 other Three days before the election, wrote to Bangladesh Bank governor seeking permission to audit troubled mobile financial services provider Nagad with a view to facilitating foreign investment into it. ↗↗
Provenance & notes
Constituency 187 = Dhaka-14 confirmed by Wikipedia list of constituencies of the Jatiya Sangsad and EC search results. Vote count of 101,113 (winner) and 83,323 (runner-up) sourced from BSS (authoritative national wire) and corroborated by TBS; some early partial-count reports cited 96,784 (from 173 of total polling centres) -- the 101,113 figure is BSS's final tally. Total valid votes 206,956 and registered voters 456,044 sourced from TBS. Vote shares independently derived: 101113/206956 = 48.86%, 83323/206956 = 40.26%, margin = 8.60 pp. Runner-up Sanzida Islam is BNP's candidate per BSS and TBS. Constituency covers DNCC wards 7-12 (Mirpur area) and Kaundia Union of Savar Upazila, confirmed by Wikipedia and multiple election previews. MP's education sourced from his official site (barristerarman.com) and Wikipedia. Age not confirmed from any primary source -- not imputed. EC affidavit (wealth, criminal cases) not publicly accessible at time of verification; EC-only rule applied -- both left null. Criminal cases: none confirmed from EC affidavit or news sources; prior AL-era detention (Aynaghar, 2016-2024) was extra-judicial and not a criminal case against him. Party role as Foreign Affairs Adviser to Jamaat Ameer confirmed by The Daily Star (2 March 2026). Nagad facilitation events confirmed independently by TBS, The Daily Star, and Bonikbarta. Enforced disappearance ordinance speech confirmed by The Financial Express and TBS (April 2026). First-term MP; no prior parliamentary terms.
Sources
- https://www.bssnews.net/national-parlament-election-2026/360597
- https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh-election-2026/aynaghar-parliament-mir-ahmad-bin-quasem-wins-dhaka-14-1360711
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhaka-14
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mir_Ahmad_Bin_Quasem
- https://www.barristerarman.com/en/about
- https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/politics/2b9cr33b9c
- https://thefinancialexpress.com.bd/national/barrister-arman-wins-dhaka-14-seat
- https://www.thedailystar.net/business/economy/news/jamaat-mp-arman-seeks-line-investors-nagad-4112486
- https://thefinancialexpress.com.bd/national/barrister-arman-expresses-concern-over-letting-enforced-disappearance-ordinance-lapse