Dhirendra Debnath Shambhu

Dhirendra Debnath Shambhu (born 14 December 1948) is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Barguna-1 constituency.

Early life Shambhu was born 14 December 1948. He has a law degree and a M.A. degree.

Shambhu was elected to parliament from Barguna-1 as an Awami League candidate in 2014 with 85,080 while his nearest rival Md. Delowar Hossain had received 65,179 votes. He served as the deputy minister in an Awami League government. The Prothom Alo reported that he was involved with the theft from Test Relief and Food For Work. His son is accused of leading an organized crime racket in Barguna. The accused in the Murder of Rifat Sharif asked why Sunam Debnath was not charged in the case as they were following his directives.

Shambhu was re-elected in 2018 as a candidate of Awami League from Barguna-1 with 319,957 votes while his nearest rival, Matiur Rahman Talukder of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, 15,344 votes.

Following a confrontation between Additional Superintendent of Police Muharam Ali of Barguna District and Bangladesh Chhatra League activists, Shambhu supported the transfer of the police officer to Chittagong pending a departmental investigation.