Andaleeve Rahman Partho () is a Bangladeshi barrister and politician who has served as the leader of the Bangladesh Jatiya Party since 2008 and minister for information and broadcasting since August 2026. A former chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs,The Business Standard, 'Parliament forms standing committees on finance, law ministries' (14 June 2026) Partha is also a member of parliament representing the Bhola-1 constituency. He was also the principal of the British School of Law in Dhaka.
Early life Partho was born on 20 April 1974 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. His father, Naziur Rahman Manzur, was a politician and former minister who served as the founding chairman of the Bangladesh Jatiya Party and as the mayor of Dhaka. They belonged to a Bengali Muslim family known as the Zamindars of Balia in Bhola Island. Through his paternal grandfather Bazlur Rahman, Andaleeve Rahman is a direct descendant of Munga Khan, an eighteenth-century figure who arrived in Bengal from Garmsir in Afghanistan and settled in the village of Saluka in greater Barisal. Khan's son, Shaykh Muhammad, was part of the landed aristocracy in Bhola's Balia and Gazaria areas, where the family established themselves as zamindars.
His mother is Sheikh Reba, who is from the Sheikh family of Tungipara who are deeply involved in the political arena in Bangladesh and are a zamindar family of the Faridpur region, they trace their lineage to a Sufi Dervish, Sheikh Abdul Awal who likely came from Eastern Iran as part of a wider missionary group."The unfinished memoirs / Sheikh Mujibur Rahman | Catalogue | National Library of Australia". catalogue.nla.gov.au. Retrieved 1 June 2025 Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, a leading figure in the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971 and the first president of Bangladesh also hailed from this clan.ilton, Dr Abul Hasnat (17 October 2023). Sheikh Hasina: The Making of an Extraordinary South Asian Leader. Balboa Press. pp. Pages 28-32. . Archived from the original on 7 August 2024. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
Partha first studied at St. Joseph Higher Secondary School before going to London to pursue his LL.B. degree.
Professional and legal career Rahman passed the Bar Examination at Lincoln's Inn in the 5th. He then returned to the country and joined as an apprentice under the supervision of Barrister Rafiqul Haque and worked with him for five years. He is currently working as a lawyer in Dhaka and serves as principal of the British School of Law in Dhaka.
Political career Rahman has been actively involved in politics with his father, Naziur Rahman Manzur, for over 25 years. When his father died in April 2008, Andaleeve was elected chairman of the Bangladesh Jatiya Party. In the ninth parliamentary election of the 24th, Bhola-1 was elected as a candidate for the four-party alliance, and Awami League candidate Yusuf Hossain defeated Humayun and won. His party boycotted the election under the leadership of the BNP in the election of 2014. He became a candidate for the unity front and the 25-party alliance in the Dhaka-1 constituency in the 11th parliamentary elections. He collected nomination papers in Dhaka-17 and Bhola-3 seats.
Electoral history YearElectionConstituency NamePartyResultVotes gainedVote share%Margin2008 Jatiya Sangsad Bhola-1 BJP 95,158 53.20% 16,6692018 Jatiya Sangsad Dhaka-17 BJP 38,639 18.72% 125,9712026 Jatiya Sangsad Bhola-1 BJP 105,543 49.51% 30,206
Controversies
Commentary on Adviser Asif Mahmud In August 2025, during the tenure of the interim government, Partho became the subject of public debate following a social media post concerning government adviser Asif Mahmud. The controversy originated from a press briefing where Adviser Asif Mahmud, responding to questions about his late-night activities, stated that he often went to Neela Market in the Purbachal 300 Feet area to eat duck meat after finishing his work. He further explained that on occasions when he found the market closed, he would go to The Westin Dhaka instead.
In response to the growing discussion, Partho published a post on his verified Facebook page, writing,Once he searched for rice in the canteen, now he searches for duck in the Westin (Bengali: এক সময় ভাত খুঁজতো ক্যান্টিনে, এখন হাঁস খুঁজে ওয়েস্টিনে, romanized: Ek shomoy bhat khujto canteen-e, ekhon hash khuje Westin-e).While the comment was widely shared, Partho himself faced a significant backlash. Critics accused him of elitism and snobbery, pointing out that Partho, who comes from a well-known political family, was targeting an adviser with a background in student politics who did not have the same privileged upbringing. This criticism was articulated by figures such as Sarwar Tushar of the National Citizen's Party (NCP), who accused Partho of exhibiting "blatant class hatred" and suggested he could not "accept that a student leader without any family legacy has become a minister of Bangladesh."
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