Ali Newaz Mahmud Khaiyam
Profile
- Party
- BNP
- Constituency
- Rajbari-1
- Terms
- 2
- Disclosed wealth
- —
- Criminal cases
- 0
- Education
- —
- Cabinet role
- State Minister, Ministry of Cultural Affairs
State Minister for Cultural Affairs; actively engaged in Rajbari district development (university, river port, canal projects) and law-and-order messaging.
Recent activity
- 2026-05-12 constituency_visit Inaugurated two canal re-excavation projects in Goalanda upazila aimed at reducing waterlogging, improving irrigation and boosting jute retting for farmers. ↗
- 2026-03-21 constituency_visit Attended Eid ul-Fitr prayers at Rajbari District Model Mosque alongside PM Adviser Dr Rashed Al Mahmud Titumir and MP Harunur Rashid. ↗
- 2026-03-01 statement Announced government plans to establish a public university, river port, cantonment, and railway workshop in Rajbari district; warned against extortionists and drug traders. ↗
- 2026-02-17 appointment Sworn in as State Minister for the Ministry of Cultural Affairs in PM Tarique Rahman's cabinet at Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban. ↗↗
Provenance & notes
Constituency number 209 confirmed by Wikipedia (en + bn), BSS, and EC office records -- no discrepancy with the 209 given in the task. Upazilas: Rajbari Sadar and Goalanda, confirmed by both Wikipedia articles. Winner vote count (154,541) and runner-up vote count (101,092) sourced from BDNews24 and corroborated by Dhaka Tribune live results; raw margin = 53,449 votes. total_valid_votes not publicly confirmed from any primary source; vote_share_percent and margin_percent left null rather than imputed. wealth_disclosed_bdt and criminal_cases are null/empty: EC 2026 affidavit PDF not publicly accessible at verification date -- do not impute. Wikipedia notes a 2007 extortion case (arrest at Kakrail) but this is not confirmed as an ongoing case from the EC affidavit, so excluded per EC-only rule. Khaiyam (DOB 25 May 1957, age 68 at verification) previously held Rajbari-1 in the 8th JS (2001-2006); lost in 2008 and 2018. This is his second term. Cabinet appointment as State Minister for Cultural Affairs sworn 17 February 2026 confirmed by BSS, TBS, and Daily Star.
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajbari-1
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Newaz_Mahmud_Khaiyam
- https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BC%E0%A7%80-%E0%A7%A7
- https://www.bssnews.net/perlament-election-2026
- https://www.bssnews.net/news/364905
- https://www.bssnews.net/news/361920
- https://www.bssnews.net/district/370631
- https://www.bssnews.net/district/386486
- https://bdnews24.com/national-election-2026/2e8634fb1d72
- https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/governance/news/who-gets-which-ministry-inside-bnps-cabinet-line-4108521
- https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/see-who-will-become-next-ministers-state-ministers-1363801