Dipankar Talukdar

Dipankar Talukdar
দীপংকর তালুকদার
Member of the Bangladesh Parliament
for Rangamati
In office
3 January 2019 – 6 August 2024
Preceded byUshatan Talukder
Succeeded byDipen Dewan
In office
25 January 2009 – 24 January 2014
Preceded byMoni Swapan Dewan
In office
14 July 1996 – 13 July 2001
Preceded byParijat Kusum Chakma
In office
5 March 1991 – 24 November 1995
Preceded byBinoy Kumar Dewan
Minister of State for Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs
In office
6 January 2009 – 24 January 2014
Prime MinisterSheikh Hasina
Preceded byIftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury
Succeeded byUshwe Sing
Personal details
Born (1952-12-12) 12 December 1952 (age 73)
Rangamati, East Bengal, Dominion of Pakistan
PartyBangladesh Awami League
SpouseBita Talukdar
EducationDhaka College University of Dhaka
OccupationPolitician

Dipankar Talukdar (born 12 December 1952) is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former state minister of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs. He is a former member of Jatiya Sangsad representing Rangamati. He is a member Bangladesh Awami League Central executive committee and President of Bangladesh Awami League Rangamati hill district.

Early life

Talukdar was born on 12 December 1952.

Career

Talukdar was elected to parliament from Rangamati as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate.

Following the fall of the Sheikh Hasina led Awami League government, Talukdar was arrested in Dhaka in February 2025 by the Detective Branch. He secured bail in five cases against him in May 2026, but was immediately arrested in three new cases.

References

  1. ↑ "Peace accord only to take away our arms". The Daily Star. 2 December 2014. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  2. ↑ "UNPO: Chittagong Hill Tracts: Victims Of Violence Return Home". unpo.org. 2 November 2009. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  3. ↑ "3 dilapidated inter-district routes bring sufferings to commuters". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  4. ↑ "Constituency 299". Bangladesh Parliament. Archived from the original on 25 July 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  5. ↑ Mohsin, Amena (2003). The Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh: On the Difficult Road to Peace. Lynne Rienner Publishers. p. 72. ISBN 9781588261380.
  6. ↑ "Former CHT affairs state minister Dipankar Talukder arrested". The Daily Star. 10 February 2025. Retrieved 10 February 2025.
  7. ↑ "হাইকোর্ট থেকে ৫ মামলায় জামিনের পর নতুন ৩ মামলায় গ্রেপ্তার দীপংকর তালুকদার". Prothomalo (in Bengali). 19 May 2026. Retrieved 18 May 2026.