Nilufer Zafarullah

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| birth_name = Nilufer Zafar Ullah

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| nationality = Bangladeshi

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| known for = Bangladesh Awami League member of the Jatiyo Sangshad

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Nilufer Zafarullah (born 6 June 1949) is a Bangladeshi politician who was a member of the 9th and 10th parliaments from the Bangladesh Awami League.{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/current-mp-s/list-of-10th-parliament-members-english?layout=edit&id=2700 |title=Begum Nilufer Zafar Ullah |website=Bangladesh Parliament |access-date=7 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140627213144/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/current-mp-s/list-of-10th-parliament-members-english?layout=edit&id=2700 |archive-date=27 June 2014}} She is a Director of Chittagong Independent University and Independent University Bangladesh.{{Cite news |date=2021-10-08 |title=Midland Bank reelects chairman, vice chairman |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/business/economy/banks/news/midland-bank-reelects-chairman-vice-chairman-2193346 |access-date=2022-06-24 |work=The Daily Star |language=en}}

She was named in the 2016 Panama Papers leak.{{cite news |title=Bangladeshis not outside Panama Papers |url=http://www.observerbd.com/2016/04/07/145571.php |work=The Daily Observer |access-date=7 April 2016}} She is the current chairman of a commercial bank, Midland Bank Ltd.{{Cite news |title=Nilufer re-elected Midland Bank chair, Shamsuzzaman vice-chair |url=https://www.newagebd.net/article/117276/nilufer-re-elected-midland-bank-chair-shamsuzzaman-vice-chair |access-date=2021-12-02 |work=New Age |language=en}} She is a director of Hong Kong Shanghai Manjala Textiles Limited.

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Further reading

  • {{cite news |last=Rahman |first=Mizan |date=11 May 2016 |title=Call to Probe Bangladeshis Named in Panama Papers |url=https://www.gulf-times.com/story/493029/Call-to-probe-Bangladeshis-named-in-Panama-Papers |work=Gulf Times}}
  • {{cite web |url=https://www.midlandbankbd.net/new-chairman-and-vice-chairman-elected-in-midland-bank-limited/ |title=New Chairman and Vice Chairman elected in Midland Bank Limited |date=19 September 2018 |website=Midland Bank Limited}}

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Category:1949 births

Category:Living people

Category:Women members of the Jatiya Sangsad

Category:Awami League politicians

Category:21st-century Bangladeshi women politicians

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