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'''Iqbalur Rahim''' is a [[Bangladesh]] Awami League politician and the incumbent member of parliament for [[Dinajpur-3]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Orao play to take part in World Festival of Children’s Theatre|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-143429|accessdate=11 March 2018|work=The Daily Star|date=21 June 2010|language=en}}</ref>

==Career==
Rahim was elected to Parliament from Dinajpur-3 in 2008 as a Bangladesh Awami candidate.<ref>{{cite news|title=Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results|url=http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=1&Year=2008|accessdate=11 March 2018|work=amardesh.com|publisher=Amar Desh Online}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=MPs-elect vow to fight corruption|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-69497|accessdate=11 March 2018|work=The Daily Star|date=1 January 2009|language=en}}</ref> He was re-elected on 5 January 2014 from Dinajpur-3.<ref>{{cite news|title=Search result for Candidates in Constituency Dinajpur-3 {{!}} Bangladesh Election Result 2014|url=http://election.dhakatribune.com/pages/search_candidates/?constituency_id=008|accessdate=11 March 2018|work=election.dhakatribune.com|publisher=Dhaka Tribune|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180307151206/http://election.dhakatribune.com/pages/search_candidates/?constituency_id=008|archive-date=7 March 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Rahim laid the foundation stone of a bridge over Dhepa River in Dinajpur on 23 October 2011 and then on 10 November 2011, [[Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury]], Member of Parliament from Dinajpur-2 laid the foundation stone on the other side.<ref>{{cite news|title=Two ruling party MPs lay foundation stones separately for one bridge!|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-210829|accessdate=11 March 2018|work=The Daily Star|date=20 November 2011|language=en}}</ref> On 15 February 2014 he visited Hindu families in Chirirbandar upazila, Dinajpur District attacked by members of [[Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh]], [[Islami Chhatra Shibir]], and [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] following the 5 January 2014 General Elections in Bangladesh.<ref>{{cite news|title=Victims yet to file any case for fear of reprisal|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/victims-yet-to-file-any-case-for-fear-of-reprisal-11497|accessdate=11 March 2018|work=The Daily Star|date=16 February 2014|language=en}}</ref> He is a whip in the parliament of Bangladesh.<ref>{{cite news|title=AL submits Hamid’s nomination for president|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/country/awami-league-submits-abdul-hamid-bangladesh-presidential-nomination-1530184|accessdate=11 March 2018|work=The Daily Star|date=5 February 2018|language=en}}</ref>

==Award==
World Leadership Federation (WLF), a global platform based in India, has nominated Iqbalur Rahim, the whip of the Bangladesh Parliament, for WLF Award-2017 for his outstanding contribution to social services. The WLF has decided to give him the award in the social innovator category and the award will be handed over to Iqbalur Rahim on February 23 at a gala event in Dubai. The federation has chosen Iqbalur Rahim, a ruling Bangladesh Awami League lawmaker elected from Dinajpur, to construct and maintain a shelter house "Manab Palli" for transsexuals under his constituency.<ref>{{cite news|date=17 February 2017 |title=Whip Iqbalur Rahim gets WLF Award |language=en|work=[[The Daily Sun]] |agency=BSS |url=https://www.daily-sun.com/post/206341/Whip-Iqbalur-Rahim-gets-WLF-Award}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
His father, [[M. Abdur Rahim]], was Member of Parliament from the same constituency and famous politician from Dinajpur who was awarded [[Independence Day Award]]. His only brother [[M Enayetur Rahim]] is a justice on the [[Appellate Division (Bangladesh)|Appellate Division]] of [[Bangladesh Supreme Court]].

==References==
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