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| name = Mahmudur Rahman Manna
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| birth_date = 1 November 1948
| birth_place = Bogra
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| spouse = Meher Nigar
| education = [[Dhaka University]]
| occupation = [[Politician]]
| years_active = 1968–present
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| children = Niloy Manna, Nilom Manna
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'''Mahmudur Rahman Manna''' ({{lang-bn|মাহমুদুর রহমান মান্না}}) is a Bangladeshi politician and a media personality.<ref>{{cite news |title=Formula, only a phone call away |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-238300 |newspaper=The Daily Star}}</ref> He was former Organizing Secretary of ruling party [[Bangladesh Awami League]].<ref>{{cite news |title=BNP blames Awami League of creating rift between its allies |url=http://bdnews24.com/politics/2016/01/09/bnp-blames-awami-league-of-creating-rift-between-its-allies |newspaper=bdnews24.com |accessdate=18 January 2022}}</ref> ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' described him as a "fierce critic of the government". He was arrested after a leaked conversion where he was asked if he would agree to talk to an army officer who was not named.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Al-Mahmood |first1=Syed Zain |title=Bangladesh Court Orders Arrest of Opposition Leader |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/bangladesh-court-orders-arrest-of-opposition-leader-1424872665 |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal |accessdate=18 January 2022}}</ref>

==Biography==
Manna was born to Afsar Uddin Ahmed and Meher Akhter.

He is married to Meher Nigar.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Al Masum Molla |first1=Mohammad |last2=Jamil Khan |first2=Mohammad |title=Manna likely to run for mayor |url=http://www.dhakatribune.com/politics/2015/mar/12/manna-likely-run-mayor |newspaper=Dhaka Tribune |accessdate=18 January 2022}}</ref>

He was former vice president, [[Dhaka University Central Students' Union]] (DUCSU) and former general secretary of [[Chittagong University]] Central Student Union (CUCSU).<ref>{{cite news |title=Politicians responsible for rot in student politics: speakers |url=http://newagebd.com/newspaper1/archive_details.php?date=2012-01-31&nid=48979 |url-status=dead |newspaper=New Age |location=Dhaka |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130129183545/http://newagebd.com/newspaper1/archive_details.php?date=2012-01-31&nid=48979 |archive-date=29 January 2022}}</ref>

He is the co-founding convener of [[Nagorik Oikko]] a civil society platform of Bangladesh.

He was arrested by [[Rapid Action Battalion]] on 25 February 2015,<ref>{{cite magazine |title=On the boil |url=https://www.economist.com/news/asia/21645873-prime-minister-has-backed-opposition-up-against-barricade-boil |magazine=The Economist |accessdate=18 January 2022}}</ref> after a leaked conversation with [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party|Bangladesh Nationalist Part]] leader [[Sadeque Hossain Khoka]], on which he called for a stronger movement against the Bangladesh Awami league government. In the conversation he advised Khoka to seize Dhaka University dormitories. He talked with another unidentified person who suggested contacting Bangladesh Army officers to make a change in government.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/op-ed/politics/manna-held-3678 |title=Detectives deny detaining Manna |date=2015-02-24 |work=The Daily Star |access-date=21 April 2022}}</ref> The [[National Human Rights Commission of Bangladesh]] had called for his arrest.<ref>{{cite news |title=NHRC demands legal action against Manna, Khoka |url=http://en.prothom-alo.com/bangladesh/news/60131/NHRC-demands-legal-action-against-Manna-Khoka |newspaper=Prothom Alo |accessdate=18 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151223170759/http://en.prothom-alo.com/bangladesh/news/60131/NHRC-demands-legal-action-against-Manna-Khoka |archive-date=23 December 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Nagorik Oikko has called for his release.<ref>{{cite news |title=Nagorik Oikya demands Manna's treatment, release |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/politics/nagorik-oikya-demands-mannas-treatment-release-203602 |newspaper=The Daily Star |accessdate=18 January 2022}}</ref> Former Prime Minister [[Khaleda Zia]] has also demanded for his release.<ref>{{cite news |title=Khaleda accuses govt of muzzling freedom of expression |url=http://bdnews24.com/politics/2016/01/06/khaleda-accuses-govt-of-muzzling-freedom-of-expression |newspaper=bdnews24.com |accessdate=18 January 2022}}</ref> He was released on bail in November 2016.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/politics/sc-upholds-mannas-bail-no-bar-release-1321630 |title=SC upholds Manna's bail, no bar to release |date=2016-11-28 |work=The Daily Star |access-date=2017-04-21}}</ref>

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