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Friday | November 06, 2026 | Dhaka

Kishoreganj’s son wins US election unopposed

 Sr. Staff Reporter, Kishoreganj
 Published: 12:01 AM, 06 November 2026  Updated: 11:21 PM, 05 November 2026

Sheikh Mujahidur Rahman Chandan, a Bangladeshi-origin man, was re-elected unopposed to the 5th seat of the State Senate in the US state of Georgia. He was born in Sarachar village of Bajitpur upazila in Kishoreganj.

The people of his birthplace Bajitpur and the Bangladeshi expatriates are happy with the news of his re-election.

Sheikh Mujahidur Rahman Chandan is the son of the brave freedom fighter Najibur Rahman.

His father served as the camp supervisor of the ‘Joy Bangla Youth Camp’ in Agartala, India, during the Liberation War in 1971.

Sheikh Rahman is the elder brother of BNP leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Iqbal, MP for Kishoreganj-5 (Bajitpur-Nikli) constituency.

According to family sources, Sheikh Rahman immigrated to the United States in 1981. He later earned a BBA degree from the University of Georgia. He is the second of three brothers and four sisters.

Sheikh Rahman was first elected as a State Senator in Georgia in 2018.
He became known as the state’s first Muslim and Bangladeshi-origin legislator. He has been representing the 5th seat of the State Senate ever since.

According to the election results, Sheikh Rahman was elected unopposed as there was no candidate to challenge him in the general election. The preliminary results showed 35,101 votes in his name.