Tungipara (Bangla: টুঙ্গিপাড়া) is a municipality inTungipara Upazila ofGopalganj District in Bangladesh.[1] It is the birthplace ofSheikh Mujibur Rahman, who is considered the founding father of the nation.[1] It has a population of 29, 424.[2] Sheikh Tozammel Haque Tutul is the mayor of Tungipara municipality.[3]
In December 2013,The Daily Star reported that the mayor of Tungipara, Sardar Issial Hossain, was using a government project car as a personal vehicle.[4] A Jubo League leader locked the office of theBangladesh Water Development Board which was later reopened by Mayor Sheikh Ahmad Hossan Mirja for not getting the contract for a tender in April 2017.[5]
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