United States Awami League and various organizations supporting the liberation war express their condolences on the death of veteran politician and former seven-time member of Parliament Dabirul Islam.

Hakikul Islam Khokan

Dabirul Islam, a former seven-time Member of Parliament of Thakurgaon-2, a brave freedom fighter and a veteran politician of North Bengal, has passed away. He breathed his last while undergoing treatment at the capital’s Square Hospital on Thursday afternoon (May 28) on the day of Eid. Khabar Ibn News.
According to local and party sources, Dabirul Islam was born on September 29, 1948 in Barabari village of Baliadangi upazila of Thakurgaon district. He was involved in politics since his student life. He was 78 years old at the time of death.
His political career began with the Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB). Later he joined Bangladesh Awami League and established a strong position in North Bengal politics.

He has a rare record of being elected Member of Parliament for seven consecutive times from Thakurgaon-2 constituency. To win as a candidate of CPB in 1986 Third National Parliament and 1991 Fifth National Parliament elections
Later, he was elected a member of parliament five times consecutively with the boat symbol in the parliamentary elections of 1996, 2001, 2008, 2014 and 2018 on the nomination of Awami League.

After the political change in the country on August 5, 2024, several cases were filed against him. The police arrested him on October 3 of that year. He was released on bail in May this year after being imprisoned for a long time. Later, when he fell ill, he was taken to Dhaka for better treatment. He died there while undergoing treatment. Last Friday, May 29, 2026, at 3 pm in Baliadangi Upazila’s native Barbari Union family cemetery, after the funeral prayers, family sources said that the funeral work was completed. The President of Awami League and five-time former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and General Secretary Obaidul Quader and the United States Awami League and Awami Parivar, all affiliated organizations and expressed deep grief over the death of Dabirul Islam. Various political, social, cultural, professional,Poets, journalists, writers and diaspora leaders have expressed deep grief and condolence over the death of Dabirul Islam in a joint statement among diaspora leaders.
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