When good work pays off  | The Business Standard
Skip to main content
  • Epaper
  • Economy
    • Aviation
    • Banking
    • Bazaar
    • Budget
    • Industry
    • NBR
    • RMG
    • Corporates
  • Stocks
  • Analysis
  • Videos
    • TBS Today
    • TBS Stories
    • TBS World
    • News of the day
    • TBS Programs
    • Podcast
    • Editor's Pick
  • World+Biz
  • Features
    • Panorama
    • The Big Picture
    • Pursuit
    • Habitat
    • Thoughts
    • Splash
    • Mode
    • Tech
    • Explorer
    • Brands
    • In Focus
    • Book Review
    • Earth
    • Food
    • Luxury
    • Wheels
  • Subscribe
    • Epaper
    • GOVT. Ad
  • More
    • Sports
    • TBS Graduates
    • Bangladesh
    • Supplement
    • Infograph
    • Archive
    • Gallery
    • Long Read
    • Interviews
    • Offbeat
    • Magazine
    • Climate Change
    • Health
    • Cartoons
  • বাংলা
The Business Standard

Friday
May 30, 2025

Sign In
Subscribe
  • Epaper
  • Economy
    • Aviation
    • Banking
    • Bazaar
    • Budget
    • Industry
    • NBR
    • RMG
    • Corporates
  • Stocks
  • Analysis
  • Videos
    • TBS Today
    • TBS Stories
    • TBS World
    • News of the day
    • TBS Programs
    • Podcast
    • Editor's Pick
  • World+Biz
  • Features
    • Panorama
    • The Big Picture
    • Pursuit
    • Habitat
    • Thoughts
    • Splash
    • Mode
    • Tech
    • Explorer
    • Brands
    • In Focus
    • Book Review
    • Earth
    • Food
    • Luxury
    • Wheels
  • Subscribe
    • Epaper
    • GOVT. Ad
  • More
    • Sports
    • TBS Graduates
    • Bangladesh
    • Supplement
    • Infograph
    • Archive
    • Gallery
    • Long Read
    • Interviews
    • Offbeat
    • Magazine
    • Climate Change
    • Health
    • Cartoons
  • বাংলা
FRIDAY, MAY 30, 2025
When good work pays off 

Bangladesh

TBS Report
17 January, 2022, 09:20 pm
Last modified: 18 January, 2022, 10:05 am

Related News

  • Aid funding disrupts child vaccinations almost as much as pandemic: UN
  • Trump's White House launches COVID website that criticizes WHO, Fauci and Biden
  • Chinese researchers find bat virus enters human cells via same pathway as Covid
  • Forgotten but not gone: Covid keeps killing, five years on
  • Yes, everyone really is sick a lot more often after covid

When good work pays off 

After winning his first municipal elections in 2003, the popular leader also won the city corporation elections of 2011 and 2016. He gained this popularity with his good deeds

TBS Report
17 January, 2022, 09:20 pm
Last modified: 18 January, 2022, 10:05 am
Photo: Collected
Photo: Collected

Rewarding him for his good work during the ongoing Covid pandemic, people have reelected Maqsoodul Alam Khondaker Khorshed as councillor for ward 13 of Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) a fourth time.

At the beginning of the pandemic, people of the country started living inside their homes and panic-stricken people did not even dare to meet anyone. If someone died, there was no one to complete the burial process. Even near and dear ones of the deceased would stay away. 

At that time, councillor Maqsoodul came forward taking up the responsibility on his own shoulders. He would do all the work including bathing and burying the body. Under his leadership, an activist team of his worked tirelessly day and night to perform  burial formalities for pandemic victims.

The Business Standard Google News Keep updated, follow The Business Standard's Google news channel

Not only this, he also helped the people as much as he could on his own initiative and became the Covid hero of Narayanganj. Now people of his area have paid back for the good work he did for them.

After winning his first municipal elections in 2003, the popular leader also won the city corporation elections of 2011 and 2016. He gained this popularity with his good deeds.

Although Councilor Maksudul Alam is involved in BNP politics, no one has been able to defeat him. He is the younger brother of Taimur Alam Khandaker, the independent candidate who lost the mayoral election.

Apart from Maksudul Alam, eight councillors involved in BNP politics have been elected in the just-ended NCC elections.

Earlier, in the 2016 NCC elections, 12 BNP and 11 Awami League (AL) candidates were elected councilors.

This time, 15 Awami League candidates have won ward councilor posts, out of the 27 wards of NCC. Two candidates from the Jatiya Party (JP) and one from the Bangladesh Somajtantrik Dal have also been elected.

Of the 27 councilors, 12 have been elected for the first time, while 13 are accused in various cases including murder, narcotics, and arms.

Nine reserved women councilors have been elected in the NCC polls. Of them, eight have been reelected.

The elected councilors

The newly elected 27 councillors of NCC are: Anwar Hossain of the AL in ward-1; Md Iqbal Hossain (reelected) of the BNP in ward-2; Shahjalal Badal (reelected) of the AL in ward-3; Nur Uddin of the AL in ward-4; Golam Muhammad Sadril (reelected) of the BNP in ward-5; Matiur Rahman (reelected) of the AL in ward-6; Mizanur Rahman Ripon of the AL in ward-7; Ruhul Amin Mollah (reelected) of the AL in ward-8; Israfil Pradhan (reelected) who joined the AL from the BNP in ward-9; Iftekhar Alam Khokon (reelected) of the AL in ward-10; Ahidul Islam Chakku of the BNP in ward-11; Shawkat Hashem Shaku (reelected) in ward-12; Maksudul Alam Khandaker (reelected) of the BNP in ward-13; Moniruzzaman Monir of the AL in ward-14; Asit Baran Biswas of the Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal in ward-15; Riyadh Hasan of the AL in ward-16; MD Abdul Karim Babu (reelected) of the AL in ward-17; Kamrul Hasan Munna of the AL in ward-18; Mokhlesur Rahman Chowdhury of the JP in ward-19; Mohammad Shahenshah of the BNP in ward-20; independent candidate Shahin Mia in ward-21; Sultan Ahmed Bhuiyan of the BNP in ward-22; Abul Kawsar Asha of the BNP in ward-23; Afzal Hossain (reelected) of the JP in ward-24; Enayet Hossain (reelected) of the BNP in ward-25; Md Samsujjoha (reelected) of the BNP in ward-26; and Sirajul Islam of the AL in ward-27.

The nine elected reserved women councilors are: Maksuda Mozaffar in ward-1, 2 and 3; Monowara Begum in ward-4, 5 and 6; Ayesha Akter Dina in ward-7, 8 and 9; Minowara Begum in ward-10,11 and 12; Sharmin Habib Binni in ward-13, 14 and 15; Afsana Afroz Biva in ward-16, 17 and 18; Sheuly Nowshad in ward 19, 20 and 21; Shaon Ankon in ward-22, 23 and 24; and Saniya Akter in ward-25, 26 and 27.

Among them, Saniya Akter has become a councilor for the first time while the rest have been reelected.
 

Top News

Councillor Maqsoodul / Covid -19 / Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) polls

Comments

While most comments will be posted if they are on-topic and not abusive, moderation decisions are subjective. Published comments are readers’ own views and The Business Standard does not endorse any of the readers’ comments.

Top Stories

  • Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus meets Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru in Japan on 30 May 2025. Photo: CA Office
    Bangladesh, Japan to sign Economic Partnership Agreement by year-end
  • File photo of BNP BNP Standing Committee Member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury
    Speaking about country’s issues in foreign trips won’t solve them: Khasru takes jibe at Yunus
  • Representational image. Photo: Collected
    'Heavy to very heavy' rainfall expected across country as land depression weakens further

MOST VIEWED

  • Photo: Courtesy
    New notes featuring historic, archaeological structures of Bangladesh to be circulated from 1 June
  • Two Memoranda of Understanding were signed at the seminar titled “Bangladesh Seminar on Human Resources,” in Tokyo on 29 May 2025. Photo: CA Press Wing
    Japan to recruit 100,000 Bangladeshi workers over next 5 years
  • BAT Bangladesh has to vacate Mohakhali HQ as SC rejects lease appeal
    BAT Bangladesh has to vacate Mohakhali HQ as SC rejects lease appeal
  • Representational Photo: Collected
    Country's all jewellery shops to remain indefinitely closed in protest of VP Reponul's arrest: Bajus
  • Khondoker Rashed Maqsood. File Photo: Collected
    Investors urge removal of BSEC chairman in meeting with CA’s special assistant, submit list of demands
  • Illustration: TBS
    Bangladesh repays $3.5b foreign debt in 10 months of FY25

Related News

  • Aid funding disrupts child vaccinations almost as much as pandemic: UN
  • Trump's White House launches COVID website that criticizes WHO, Fauci and Biden
  • Chinese researchers find bat virus enters human cells via same pathway as Covid
  • Forgotten but not gone: Covid keeps killing, five years on
  • Yes, everyone really is sick a lot more often after covid

Features

Babar Ali, Ikramul Hasan Shakil, and Wasfia Nazreen are leading a bold resurgence in Bangladeshi mountaineering, scaling eight-thousanders like Everest, Annapurna I, and K2. Photos: Collected

Back to 8000 metres: How Bangladesh’s mountaineers emerged from a decade-long pause

4h | Panorama
Photos: Courtesy

Behind the looks: Bangladeshi designers shaping celebrity fashion

6h | Mode
Photo collage of the sailors and their catch. Photos: Shahid Sarkar

Between sky and sea: The thrilling life afloat on a fishing ship

10h | Features
For hundreds of small fishermen living near this delicate area, sustainable fishing is a necessity for their survival. Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain

World Ocean Day: Bangladesh’s ‘Silent Island’ provides a fisheries model for the future

1d | The Big Picture

More Videos from TBS

Six Lakh Sacrificial Animals Ready in Sirajganj for Eid-ul-Adha

Six Lakh Sacrificial Animals Ready in Sirajganj for Eid-ul-Adha

1h | TBS Stories
Six MoUs signed during Chief Advisor's visit to Japan

Six MoUs signed during Chief Advisor's visit to Japan

4h | TBS Today
Record migrant deaths in 2024

Record migrant deaths in 2024

23h | Podcast
Govt likely to trim subsidies in new budget

Govt likely to trim subsidies in new budget

8h | TBS Insight
EMAIL US
contact@tbsnews.net
FOLLOW US
WHATSAPP
+880 1847416158
The Business Standard
  • About Us
  • Contact us
  • Sitemap
  • Advertisement
  • Privacy Policy
  • Comment Policy
Copyright © 2025
The Business Standard All rights reserved
Technical Partner: RSI Lab

Contact Us

The Business Standard

Main Office -4/A, Eskaton Garden, Dhaka- 1000

Phone: +8801847 416158 - 59

Send Opinion articles to - oped.tbs@gmail.com

For advertisement- sales@tbsnews.net