Khandaker Abdul Muktadir

BNP · Sylhet-1 · verified (verified 2026-05-17)

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Party: BNP
Constituency: Sylhet-1
Terms: 1
Disclosed wealth: —
Criminal cases: 0
Education: SSC: Sylhet Cadet College; HSC: Dhaka City College; MSS (Political Science): National University Bangladesh; MBA: North South University
Cabinet role: Minister of Industries; Minister of Commerce; Minister of Textiles and Jute (sworn 17 February 2026)

As triple-portfolio minister, driving private-sector-led industrial reform agenda: simplifying investment licensing, privatising loss-making state mills, and pushing logistics cost reduction. Loan-defaulter controversy from EC affidavit remains a known public issue.

Recent activity

2026-05-12 statement Announced sweeping regulatory reforms at BUILD meeting: 12-month provisional licenses covering six approvals, plans to consolidate BIDA, BEZA, and BEPZA under a single investment authority, and bonded warehouse expansion for viable sectors. ↗
2026-05-07 statement At 1st International Dhaka Industrial Packaging Expo 2026, announced provisional clearance system consolidating 25-26 BIDA licenses into one process; plans to open 40 industrial units and 50 textile/jute enterprises to private investment within 1-2 years; cited logistics costs at 16% of GDP vs 10% global average. ↗
2026-05-04 statement Announced integrated action plan to revive industrial sector and stabilise markets, including handover of around 50 closed and sick textile and jute mills to private sector and introduction of AI-based supply chain monitoring system. ↗
2026-05-01 constituency_visit Coordinated ministerial briefing on overall development activities ahead of PM Tarique Rahman's visit to Sylhet. ↗
2026-03-15 statement Announced formation of a fact-finding committee to investigate the price gap between wholesale and retail markets, comprising business representatives, administration members, and sector professionals. ↗
2026-02-17 appointment Sworn in as Minister of Industries, Commerce, and Textiles and Jute in PM Tarique Rahman's cabinet. ↗

Provenance & notes

Constituency number 229 confirmed by en.Wikipedia (Sylhet-1 article, fetched 2026-05-17), consistent with the task assignment -- no discrepancy. Areas: Sylhet Sadar Upazila plus wards 1-27 and 31-39 of Sylhet City Corporation (wards 28-30 fall in Sylhet-2 per Wikipedia). Boundary not redrawn in 2024 EC delimitation: no source found indicating Sylhet-1 was among the redrawn seats. Election figures (176,936 / 134,983 / 317,628 total valid votes / 46.65% turnout / 680,946 registered electors) sourced from Wikipedia Sylhet-1 article and corroborated by BSS and Dhaka Tribune; margin 13.21% independently derived as (176,936-134,983)/317,628 = 13.207%. Vote shares independently verified: 176,936/317,628 = 55.71%, 134,983/317,628 = 42.50%. Age 56 as of 2026-05-17 (born 25 Sep 1969). wealth_disclosed_bdt set null: EC affidavit disclosed loan obligations (Muktadir Tk 68.5M; wife Tk 627.6M Trust Bank + Tk 980M Prime Bank; wife loans Tk 148.7M Islami Bank + Tk 969M Al-Arafah Islami Bank, rescheduled Oct-Dec 2025) but net asset total not available from any primary source reviewed; per EC-only rule, imputing is prohibited. criminal_cases left empty: no criminal charges documented in EC affidavit per Prothom Alo coverage; the loan-defaulter court-stay-order issue (FM Yarn Dyeing Limited and Magnum Enterprise Limited) is a financial/civil matter, not a criminal case, and Muktadir denied connection to those firms. term_count = 1: first-time MP; contested Sylhet-1 in 2018 under BNP but was defeated (12th Parliament election was boycotted by BNP nationally). prior_terms empty accordingly. committee_memberships not found in any primary source; as triple-portfolio minister, likely exempt from ordinary standing committee seats (ministerial convention). Bangla name confirmed via bn.Wikipedia and Ministry of Industries official website.

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