Ragebul Ahsan Ripu

{{Short description|Bangladeshi politician}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Ragebul Ahsan Ripu

| native_name = রাগেবুল আহসান রিপু

| native_name_lang = bn

| constituency_MP = Bogra-6

| parliament = Bangladesh

| termstart = 8 February 2023

| termend = 6 August 2024

| predecessor = Golam Mohammad Siraj

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|11|06|df=y}}

| nationality = Bangladeshi

| party = Bangladesh Awami League

}}

Ragebul Ahsan Ripu (born 6 November 1956){{cite news|url=https://www.parliament.gov.bd/member-profile/012004101/ragebul-ahsan-ripu|title=Ragebul Ahsan Ripu|accessdate=2024-10-25|publisher=Government of Bangladesh}} is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Bogra-6 constituency during 2023–2024.{{Cite news |date=2023-02-01 |title=AL candidate Ripu wins Bogura-6 |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/politics/news/al-candidate-ripu-wins-bogura-6-3236466 |access-date=2023-02-01 |work=The Daily Star |language=en}} He is serving as Awami League's Bogura district unit general secretary since 2019.{{Cite news |date=2019-12-08 |title=Mojibar president, Ragebul general secretary |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/country/news/mojibar-president-ragebul-general-secretary-1837243 |access-date=2023-02-02 |work=The Daily Star |language=en}}

Career

Ripu was elected as a joint secretary of the Bogra District Awami League on 2015 council.{{Cite news |title='Big brothers' won't be spared: Nasim |url=https://www.daily-sun.com/printversion/details/88938/Big-brothers-wont-be-spared:-Nasim |access-date=2023-02-02 |work=Daily Sun |language=en}} He got nomination from Awami League on 3 January 2023.{{Cite news |date=January 2023 |title=AL candidates in 3 constituencies; leaves 2 for 14-party alliance |url=https://www.kalerkantho.com/english/online/politics/2023/01/01/44968 |access-date=2023-02-02 |work=Kaler Kantho}}

Ripu was detained after the fall of the Sheikh Hasina led Awami League government.{{Cite web |date=2024-12-27 |title=Inmates' basic human rights must be protected |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/opinion/editorial/news/inmates-basic-human-rights-must-be-protected-3785666 |access-date=2025-01-28 |website=The Daily Star |language=en}} He suffered from a cardiac arrest while in pre-trial detention at Bogura District Jail.

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