Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran, politician
Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran ‑ a Bangladeshi politician and the first elected mayor of Sylhet city corporation – succumbed to Covid-19 on 15 June 2020.
He was elected twice as mayor of Sylhet City. In 2013, he lost to Arif by nearly 3,000 votes. He was also a member on the standing Committee of Awami League.
Kamran was born on 1 January 1951. He was elected ward commissioner of Sylhet in 1973, when he was still a high school student.
Kamran was elected Chairman of Sylhet municipality board in 1995. From 1989 to 2002, he served as the General Secretary of Sylhet city unit of Awami League. He became the mayor of Sylhet city by defeating Muhammad Abdul Haque in March 2003; In which Kamran won the election by more than 20,000 votes.
He became the President of Sylhet City un...