Yasser Khan Choudhury

Yasser Khan Choudhury
Yasser Khan Choudhury
ইয়াসির খান চৌধুরী
	Choudhury at inauguration of film 'Mayer Daak', Bangladesh Film Archive in 2026
Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 17 February 2026
Prime Minister	Tarique Rahman
Preceded by	Mohammad A Arafat
Member of Parliament
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 17 February 2026
Preceded by	Abdus Salam
Constituency	Mymensingh-9
Personal details
Born	18 May 1984 (age 42); Nandail, Mymensingh, Bangladesh
Party	Bangladesh Nationalist Party

Yasser Khan Choudhury (born 18 February 1982)^[1] is a Bangladeshi politician affiliated with Bangladesh Nationalist Party. He is the incumbent Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting and the incumbent Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Mymensingh-9 constituency since February 2026.^[2]^[3]

Early life

He was born on 18 February 1982 in Moazzempur village, Nandail upazila, Mymensingh district. His father, Anwarul Hossain Khan Chowdhury, was elected from Mymensingh-9 constituency in the 1991 National Parliament election, and his mother, Rahat Khan Chowdhury.

Career

Yaser Khan Chowdhury is an information technology scientist. He has worked in the Information Technology Department of the BBC Television Network London for a long time.^[4]

He was the convener of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party's Nandail Upazila.

In the 13th National Parliament election of 2026, he received 85,761 votes, while his nearest rival AKM Anwarul Islam received 71,168 votes. As a result, he won the 13th National Parliament election representing the Bangladesh Nationalist Party from the Mymensingh-9 constituency.^[5] Later, he took charge as the State Minister of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting of the Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh.^[6]^[7]

State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Yaser Khan Chowdhury has been nominated as the new chairman of the Journalists' Welfare Trust.^[8]

References

↑ "Member detail". Bangladesh National Portal. Retrieved 2026-02-20.
↑ "BNP candidate Yeaser Khan Chowdhury wins from Mymensingh-9". BSS. Retrieved 2026-02-19.
↑ "Which minister holds which portfolio". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 2026-02-19.
↑ "বাবার আসনে প্রথমবার এমপি হয়েই প্রতিমন্ত্রী ইয়াসের খান" (in Bengali). Ekhon. 17 February 2026. Retrieved 25 February 2026.
↑ "Results of the 13th National Parliament Election". Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha. Retrieved 24 February 2026.
↑ "ময়মনসিংহে প্রথমবার এমপি হয়ে দুজন প্রতিমন্ত্রী, উচ্ছ্বসিত এলাকার মানুষ". Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 25 February 2026. Retrieved 25 February 2026.
↑ "নির্বাচন কমিশনের গেজেট ২৯৭ আসনের.pdf" (in Bengali). Retrieved 15 February 2026 – via Internet Archive.
↑ "সাংবাদিক কল্যাণ ট্রাস্টের চেয়ারম্যান হলেন তথ্য প্রতিমন্ত্রী ইয়াসের খান চৌধুরী". Daily Naya Diganta (in Bengali). 23 February 2026. Retrieved 25 February 2026.

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[1] "Member detail". Bangladesh National Portal. Retrieved 2026-02-20.

[2] "BNP candidate Yeaser Khan Chowdhury wins from Mymensingh-9". BSS. Retrieved 2026-02-19.

[3] "Which minister holds which portfolio". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 2026-02-19.

[কি-4] "বাবার আসনে প্রথমবার এমপি হয়েই প্রতিমন্ত্রী ইয়াসের খান" (in Bengali). Ekhon. 17 February 2026. Retrieved 25 February 2026.

[5] "Results of the 13th National Parliament Election". Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha. Retrieved 24 February 2026.

[চৌধুরী-6] "ময়মনসিংহে প্রথমবার এমপি হয়ে দুজন প্রতিমন্ত্রী, উচ্ছ্বসিত এলাকার মানুষ". Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 25 February 2026. Retrieved 25 February 2026.

[7] "নির্বাচন কমিশনের গেজেট ২৯৭ আসনের.pdf" (in Bengali). Retrieved 15 February 2026 – via Internet Archive.

[8] "সাংবাদিক কল্যাণ ট্রাস্টের চেয়ারম্যান হলেন তথ্য প্রতিমন্ত্রী ইয়াসের খান চৌধুরী". Daily Naya Diganta (in Bengali). 23 February 2026. Retrieved 25 February 2026.

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