Nazrul Islam Babu

Nazrul Islam Babu (মোঃ নজরুল ইসলাম বাবু) is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the incumbent member of parliament for Narayanganj-2.

Early life
Babu was born on 10 March 1967. He was general secretary of the Bangladesh Chhatra League, the student wing of the Awami League, from 2002 to 2006.

Career
Babu was a leader of the Bangladesh Chhatra League.

Babu was elected to Parliament in 2008 from Narayanganj-2 as a candidate of the Awami League. He received 117,435 votes while his nearest rival, A. M. Badruzzaman Khan of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, received 78,675. He represents Araihazar Upazila. He was member of the Member of the parliamentary standing committee on Shipping Ministry.

Babu was re-elected in 2014 from Narayanganj-2 unopposed after the main opposition parties boycotted the elected.

Babu was re-elected in 2018 from Narayanganj-2 as a candidate of the Awami League. He received 232,722 votes while his nearest rival, Nazrul Islam Azad of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, 5,012 votes.

In October 2019, the National Board of Revenue sough bank information from Babu and his wife. He owns M/S Babu Enterprise, M/S Star Trading Co, M/S Suchana Dying Printing Weaving Industries, and Suchana Dyeing and Printing Limited.

In 2020, Babu led a parliamentary enquiry into alleged corruption in the purchase of books for Sheikh Mujib corners in government primary schools across Bangladesh.