Arafat Rahman

Arafat Rahman
আরাফাত রহমান
Personal details
Born(1972-08-08)8 August 1972[1]
Noakhali, Chittagong Division, Bangladesh
Died24 January 2015(2015-01-24) (aged 45)
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Resting placeBanani graveyard, Dhaka
SpouseSharmila Rahman
RelationsTarique Rahman (brother)
Taiyaba Majumder (maternal grandmother)
Sayeed Iskander (maternal uncle)
Khurshid Jahan (maternal aunt)
Children2
Parents
RelativesSee Majumder–Zia family
NicknameKoko

Arafat Rahman, nicknamed "Koko"[2] (August 8, 1972 – January 24, 2015) was a Bangladeshi cricket organizer and former chairman of the Development Committee of the Bangladesh Cricket Board.[3] He was also the younger son of the former president of Bangladesh Ziaur Rahman[4] and former prime minister of Bangladesh Khaleda Zia.[5]

Arafat Rahman is widely remembered for his contribution to cricket in Bangladesh as the chairman of the Development Committee of the Bangladesh Cricket Board from 2002 to 2005. He played a significant role in designing a development programme for the Bangladesh Cricket Board, initiating the High-Performance Squad that worked as the grooming ground for young cricketers and ensured a pipeline of talent for the national cricket team over the following decade.[6]

Arafat died in Malaysia on January 24, 2015, due to cardiac arrest.[2] He was exiled by the caretaker regime of 2007-08 after his conviction in a money laundering case which his lawyers claimed was fabricated. The funds in question were claimed by his lawyers to have been transferred by a Singaporean businessman with no obvious ties to Rahman while he was in jail in November 2007.[7]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference birth was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b "Khaleda Zia's self-exiled son dies in Malaysia". Business Standard. Retrieved January 24, 2015.
  3. ^ "ICL and our cricket". The Daily Star. Archived from the original on July 13, 2021. Retrieved July 10, 2021.
  4. ^ Selections from Regional Press. South Asia: Institute of Regional Studies. 2008.
  5. ^ Ali, S. Mahmud (2010). Understanding Bangladesh. Columbia University Press. p. 255. ISBN 978-0-231-70143-3. Retrieved May 29, 2012.
  6. ^ "High performance BCB". The Daily Star. Archived from the original on July 13, 2021. Retrieved July 10, 2021.
  7. ^ "Koko not involved in money laundering". The Daily Star. Archived from the original on July 13, 2021. Retrieved July 10, 2021.