A nationally visible party organizer discussed through Awami League leadership, ministerial office, and electoral politics.
Aliases: Obaidul Kader, Obaidul Kader Bhai, ওবায়দুল কাদের, ওবায়দুল কাদের
Obaidul Quader is included because of his long association with national party leadership, ministerial office, and parliamentary politics.
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After student politics and party organizing, he entered senior parliamentary roles and became Awami League general secretary in 2016; the government biography also records his ministerial office.
Bangladesh Awami League, national politics, the Road Transport and Bridges ministry, and the Noakhali electoral base.
This record separates party leadership, ministerial office, transport infrastructure, and distinct legal proceedings; allegations are not presented as findings.
His roles as party general secretary and transport minister make him significant in discussions of party organization, infrastructure governance, and post-2024 accountability.
Public sources identify him as Awami League general secretary, minister, and member of parliament.
Verified claims, incidents, court records, responses, and corrections can be added later in the evidence layer.
POLITICAL REPRESSION · REPORTED
The record separates the student movement after two deaths, reports of attacks on protesters and journalists, arrests, and government road-safety commitments into distinct statuses.
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PUBLIC PROTEST · 2018-07-29 2018-08-16
Student-led protests from July 29 into August 2018 demanding safer roads, accountable transport systems, and justice after fatal road crashes.
Human-rights reporting documented attacks and arrests involving protesters and journalists, alongside concerns about freedom of expression and peaceful assembly.
Explore incidentBSS reported the ICT investigation agency's position and a deadline for the investigation report.
The Daily Star reported that ICT-2 framed charges against Obaidul Quader and six others.
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Acquitted after the final investigation report was accepted.
View caseWikipedia · 7 Aug 2026
Public biographical reference for name, political affiliation, occupation, and senior public roles.
View sourceBangladesh Sangbad Sangstha · 8 Dec 2025
BSS report on an ICT case against 45 accused including Obaidul Quader and Anisul Huq, listing 17 arrested accused produced before the tribunal.
View sourceThe Daily Star · 2 Sep 2025
Report on former IGP Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun's ICT testimony naming political and security figures in alleged July-uprising crackdown decision-making.
View sourceBangladesh Sangbad Sangstha · 22 Jan 2026
Report that ICT-2 framed charges against seven accused including Obaidul Quader, Saddam Hossain, and Wali Asif Inan.
View sourceBangladesh Sangbad Sangstha · 8 Dec 2025
Report that ACC filed a case against Obaidul Quader and 13 former secretaries over alleged unlawful flat construction and long-term leases on land acquired for Dhaka Elevated Expressway rehabilitation.
View sourcePress Information Department, Government of Bangladesh · 1 Jan 2024
The government biography identifies Obaidul Quader as Minister for Road Transport and Bridges and records his party and parliamentary roles.
View sourceThe Daily Star · 23 Oct 2016
A biographical profile describing Obaidul Quader's Awami League general-secretary role, ministerial office, student-politics background, and public career.
View sourceThe Daily Star · 22 Jan 2026
The report says ICT-2 framed charges against Obaidul Quader and six others over alleged crimes against humanity during the July 2024 uprising.
View sourceThe Financial Express · 8 Dec 2025
The report says ACC filed a case over alleged allocation of rehabilitation flats built on land acquired for people affected by the Dhaka Elevated Expressway project.
View sourceThe Daily Star · 19 Aug 2025
The report says ACC filed a case against former minister Obaidul Quader and former Bridge Authority officials over alleged corruption and irregularities in the Karnaphuli Tunnel project.
View sourceJago News 24 · 1 Apr 2026
The report says a Dhaka court acquitted Obaidul Quader and other accused after a final investigation report recommended acquittal.
View sourceThe Daily Star · 6 Aug 2018
The Daily Star reported Amnesty International's call to end the crackdown on student protesters after two students were killed and others injured by a speeding bus, and described the movement's safe-road demands.
View sourceHuman Rights Watch · 6 Aug 2018
Human Rights Watch reported attacks on student protesters and critics, arrests of students and journalists, and government promises concerning reckless driving, traffic regulation, and a new Road Safety Act.
View sourcebdnews24.com · 16 Aug 2018
bdnews24.com reported police figures of 97 arrests in 51 cases after the road-safety movement, including cases under the ICT Act; the report described the procedural arrest record rather than a finding of guilt.
View sourceThe Daily Star · 29 Jul 2022
The Daily Star reviewed the 2018 road-safety movement, subsequent government directives, and continuing road-safety concerns without treating the movement's disputed outcomes as settled fact.
View sourceThe Daily Star · 1 Aug 2018
The Daily Star reported comments by Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal describing the students' demands as logical, alongside Road Transport Minister Obaidul Quader's comments on the proposed transport law.
View sourceThe Daily Star · 4 Aug 2018
The Daily Star reported that Road Transport and Bridges Minister and Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader urged students to remain alert to political exploitation and spoke about the safety of protesters.
View sourceThe Daily Star · 2 Aug 2018
The Daily Star reported public comments by Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader, and Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan during the road-safety movement.
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