Harunur Rashid

Harunur Rashid (born 1 January 1962) is a politician of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and was the Jatiya Sangsad member for the Chapai Nawabganj-3 constituency from 2019 to 2022.

Career Rashid was elected to Jatiya Sangsad from Chapai Nawabganj-3 in the June 1996 Bangladeshi general election as a candidate of Bangladesh Nationalist Party. He had received 77,929 votes while his nearest rival, Latifur Rahman of the Jamaat-e-Islami, had received 47,048 votes. He received 76,178 votes while the winner received 112,753 votes.

Rashid boycotted the 2014 election as per decision of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and Abdul Odud of the Awami League was elected to parliament uncontested from Chapai Nawabganj-3.

Rashid was elected to parliament from Chapai Nawabganj-3 as a candidate of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party on 30 December 2018. He had received 133,661 votes while Abdul Odul of the Awami League and his nearest rival received 85,938 votes. He took the oath of office 90 days after the mandated time following instructions of Tarique Rahman. The four Bangladesh Nationalist Party members of parliament initially refused to join parliament as they had deemed the election unfair. Rashid resigned from parliament on 23 December 2022 as part of the BNP's anti-government protest.

Charges and convictions Assistant Director Monayem Hossain of the Anti-Corruption Commission filed a case against Rashid for tax fraud in March 2007 with Tejgaon police station and then pressed charge in July. Rashid had imported a Hummer H2 on 25 April 2005 without paying tax as per his privilege as a member of parliament but later sold the to Ishtiak Sadek, violating the rules of the duty free facility, who sold it to Enayetur Rahman Bappi. The car, imported under duty free privilege, cannot be sold under less than years of being purchased.

In October 2019, Judge Shaikh Nazmul Alam of the Dhaka court sentenced Rashid to five years' imprisonment for dodging taxes while importing a luxurious car in 2007 and fined him five million taka.

Justices Obaidul Hassan and AKM Zahirul Huq asked the government to explain why Rashid's parliamentary membership should not be canceled due to his conviction.

On 9 December 2021, Justice Md Selim of Bangladesh High court upheld the verdict in the tax evasion case against Rashid after hearing his appeal. The High Court commuted his sentence to time served.

Controversy On 15 November 2025, he publicly stated at a rally that “puja is a worship of the devil.” Following his communal and derogatory remarks on religion, widespread criticism erupted on social media, and the Bangladesh Hindu-Buddhist-Christian Unity Council demanded the cancellation of his candidacy in the upcoming election.

Personal life Rashid is married to Syeda Asifa Ashrafi Papia.