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Kazi Nabil Ahmed
Bangladeshi politician From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kazi Nabil Ahmed (born 4 October 1969)[1] is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Jessore-3 constituency during 2014–2024.[2][3] Ahmed is the Vice President of the Bangladesh Football Federation and the chairman of National Team's Committee as of December 2020.[4][5] He is a director of Gemcon Group.[6]
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Early life
Ahmed was born on 4 October 1969. He completed an M.Sc.[1]
Career
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Ahmed served as the director of Kazi & Kazi Tea Estate Limited in 2003.[7]
Ahmed was the chairperson of National Teams Committee in 2012.[8]
Ahmed was elected to Parliament from Jessore-3 unopposed as an Awami League candidate in an election boycotted by all other major political parties.[9]
In 2016, Ahmed was the president of the Bangladesh Football Federation.[10] He was elected vice-president of the Bangladesh Football Federation in that year's election.[11]
Ahmed was nominated by Awami League to contest from Jessore-3 in 2018.[12] Ahmed was re-elected in the election. He got 361 thousand votes which is about 330 thousand more votes than his closest opponent, Anindya Islam Amit of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, who received 31 thousand votes.[13]
Ahmed is the director-in-charge of Abahani Limited Dhaka.[14] He stated that for the development of Bangladesh there was no alternative to Sheikh Hasina in January 2021 at a program in Jessore.[15] On 7 February 2021, he took the first COVID-19 vaccine in Jessore District and started the vaccination process.[16]
He has been missing since the fall of Sheikh Hasina's government on 5 August 2024. His house, located in his native village in Jessore, was vandalized and set ablaze by locals.[17]
In October 2024, The Daily Star reported that investments in a UK-based company linked to the Kazi brothers were made via their Dubai- and Singapore-based companies rather than through direct transfers from Bangladesh.[18]
In February 2025, Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) reported that a Dhaka court imposed a travel ban on Kazi Nabil Ahmed, his brothers Kazi Anis Ahmed and Kazi Inam Ahmed, and their mother Ameena Ahmed, following a petition by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).[19]
Later that month, BSS reported that the same court ordered the freezing of bank accounts and the attachment of assets associated with members of the family; those proceedings remain ongoing.[20]
In August 2025, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) filed a case against Kazi Nabil Ahmed. He is accused of acquiring illegal wealth worth Tk 7 crore and conducting suspicious transactions of more than Tk 109 crore across 45 bank accounts.[21] These funds were reportedly transferred, relocated, or converted, indicating involvement in money laundering activities.[22]
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