Jahrat Adib Chowdhury

Jahrat Adib Chowdhury
জহরত আদিব চৌধুরী
Member of the Bangladesh Parliament
for Women's Reserved Seat-27
Assumed office
3 May 2026
Preceded bynot applicable
Personal details
SpouseMohammad Zeeshan Hyder
Parent
Harvard Business School

Jahrat Adib Chowdhury is a Bangladeshi politician, a Barrister of Lincoln’s Inn, an Advocate of Supreme Court of Bangladesh and a former corporate executive. She is a Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Moulvibazar-Habiganj constituency from the Women's Reserved Seat-27 since May 2026 from Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).[1][2]

Background

Jahrat Adib Chowdhury's father, Ebadur Rahman Chowdhury, was a State Minister for Food and Disaster Management during 2001–2003.[3] She was one of the four sisters and grew up in Moulvibazar District.[4] She is a graduate from Harvard Business School and became a barrister-at-law from Lincoln’s Inn.[3]

Career

Chowdhury joined Banglalink, a telecommunications company owned by Veon Group, in 2014; later became the Chief Legal Officer and Company Secretary, and then the Deputy-CEO of the company in April 2025.[5]

Personal life

Chowdhury is married to Mohammad Zeeshan Hyder, a barrister and a deputy attorney general of Bangladesh Supreme Court.[6] He was a son of Mohammad Hyder Ali, also a barrister, who served as a secretary of the government of Bangladesh and an adviser of the then prime minister Khaleda Zia.[7][8] Chowdhury and Zeeshan have a son.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Reserved seat MPs take oath today". The Daily Star. 2026-05-03. Retrieved 2026-05-22.
  2. ^ সাবেক প্রতিমন্ত্রী এবাদুর রহমান চৌধুরীর কন্যা জহরত বিএনপির সংসদ সদস্য মনোনীত. The Bangladesh Today. 2026-04-20. Retrieved 2026-05-23.
  3. ^ a b c "Jahrat Adib Chowdhury Nominated by BNP for Reserved Women's Seat from Moulvibazar". The Daily Campus. 2026-04-20. Retrieved 2026-05-22.
  4. ^ "Jahrat Adib Chowdhury". femflection. 2017-01-18. Retrieved 2026-05-23.
  5. ^ "Jahrat Makes History at Banglalink". The Daily Dazzling Dawn. 2025-04-15. Retrieved 2026-05-23.
  6. ^ কর্মকর্তাবৃন্দ এটর্নি জেনারেলের কার্যালয়. Attorney General Portal (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 2026-04-12. Retrieved 2026-05-22.
  7. ^ "Muhammad Jisan Haider Member ID: 9691". dhakabarassociation.com. Retrieved 2026-05-22.
  8. ^ সংসদে যাচ্ছেন সাবেক প্রতিমন্ত্রী এবাদুর রহমান চৌধুরীর কন্যা ব্যারিস্টার জহরত. www.shyamalsylhet.net. Retrieved 2026-05-22.