Abdullah Al Noman

Abdullah Al Noman (2 July 1942 – 25 February 2025) was a Bangladeshi politician who served as the vice-chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party. He was a three-term Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Chittagong-9 constituency. He served as a minister of fisheries and food in the third Khaleda Cabinet.

Career Noman was elected to parliament from Kotwali, Chittagong-9 in 1991.

On 19 August 1998, the Bureau of Anti-Corruption Commission sued Noman for failure to submit a wealth statement with Dhanmondi Police Station. The charge sheet was submitted on 30 May 2000. He served as the minister of fisheries and livestock in the Third Khaleda Zia Cabinet.

Noman contested the 9th general election from Chittagong-9 in 2008 as a candidate of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party. He was at that time the joint secretary general of the Chittagong City unit of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.

On 7 April 2013, Noman was sent to jail in connection with a number of criminal cases. Jatiyatabadi Swechhasebak Dal called for a strike in Chittagong the next day protesting the decision.

Bangladesh Police from Tongi Police Station arrested Noman on 7 May 2018 from Gazipur near the home of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate of Gazipur City Corporation, Hasan Uddin Sarkar, over allegations of vandalism with 12 other activists of Bangladesh Nationalist Party. Noman was released soon after, but the rest were detained by the police for questioning.

Noman complained to the Bangladesh Election Commission on 17 March 2020, during the Chattogram City Corporation election campaign, that Awami League activists and Bangladesh Police personnel were interfering with the election campaign of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.

Death On 25 February 2025, he suffered a cardiac arrest at his residence in Dhanmondi, Dhaka. He was taken to Square Hospital in the capital, where he was declared dead. He died at the age of 82.