Ekramul Bari Tipu

Ekramul Bari Tipu (ডাঃ ইকরামুল বারী টিপু; born 1 March 1965) is a Bangladeshi physician and politician. A member of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), he has represented the Naogaon-4 constituency as a Member of Parliament (MP) in the 13th Jatiya Sangsad since 17 February 2026. Prior to his parliamentary career, he served as Upazila Chairman of Manda and maintained a medical practice as a paediatrician in Naogaon District.

Ekramul Bari Tipu was born on 1 March 1965 in Naogaon District. He completed his MBBS degree from Rajshahi Medical College under Rajshahi University. He later received postgraduate training in paediatrics at Dhaka Shishu Hospital.^{[1][2] [3]}

Tipu joined the Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) in 1997 as a medical officer (17th batch) and was initially posted at Bogra Upazila Health Complex, where he served for about eight years. He specialised in paediatrics and resigned from government service in 2006 to focus on private practice and politics. He has run Manda Clinic in Prosadpur Bazar, Manda Upazila, for over 28 years and continues to practise there as a paediatric physician. He is also associated with the Doctors Association of Bangladesh (DAB), having served as its general secretary for the Naogaon district branch.^[4]

Tipu has been active in BNP politics since the early 2000s. He served as general secretary of the local BNP unit in Naogaon and was elected Upazila Chairman of Manda after resigning from his government medical post in 2006. During his tenure as chairman, he received a national award from the Government of Bangladesh as the best Upazila Chairman in the Rajshahi Division.

He has held party positions including organisational secretary of the Jatiyatabadi Samabai Dal (BNP cooperative wing) for Rajshahi Division. In the lead-up to the 2026 election, he received the BNP nomination for Naogaon-4 and campaigned on issues of local development, youth sports, and public health.^[5]

In the 13th Jatiya Sangsad election held in February 2026, Tipu contested Naogaon-4 (seat 49, covering Manda Upazila) under the BNP's paddy sheaf symbol. He won with 133,801–133,924 votes (sources vary slightly between final and unofficial counts), defeating Jamaat-e-Islami candidate Md. Abdur Rakib (or the district Amir), who received 96,814–97,585 votes. The margin was approximately 36,000–37,000 votes. Other candidates from independent, Communist Party of Bangladesh, and smaller parties trailed significantly. Total valid votes in the constituency exceeded 333,000.^[6][7]

He took oath as MP on 12 March 2026, succeeding S. M. Brahani Sultan Mahmud. As a first-time parliamentarian (one of 99 new MPs elected in 2026), he has focused on constituency issues such as infrastructure, river embankments, and youth development.^[8]

Tipu is married and resides in Naogaon District, where he maintains his medical clinic alongside parliamentary duties.^[9][10]