Mir Mohammed Helal Uddin

Mir Helal is the only son of Mir Mohammad Nasiruddin, a former State Minister of Civil Aviation and Tourism and Mayor of Chattogram City Corporation, and Dalia Nazneen Nasir.^[2]

By profession an Advocate of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh, a UK trained Barrister-at-Law, Member of the Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn, Uk, Barrister Mir Helal hails from a renowned family of Mir Bari, Mirer Khil Mirer Haat, Hathazari, Chittagong, Bangladesh. Mir Helal is serving as the Assistant Organising Secretary (Chittagong Division) of the National Executive Committee of Bangladesh Nationalist Party – BNP. He is also serving as Special Assistant to BNP Chairperson’s Foreign Afffairs Advisory Committee. Barrister Helal is also Member of the BNP Media Cell. He is Director of Ziaur Rahman Foundation and Convenor of Legal Research Cell, an organization found and headed by the Chairman of BNP and Prime Minister Tarique Rahman.

Uddin won the 2026 Bangladeshi general election contesting at the Chittagong-5 constituency securing 147,054 votes while his nearest opponent Bangladesh Khelafat Majlis candidate Nasiruddin Munir got 46,589 votes.^[6]

In March 2007, Anti-Corruption Commission filed a case at Gulshan Police Station against Uddin and his family, for illegally accumulating wealth worth around Tk 28 crore and concealing the information.^[7] In July, an anti-graft tribunal sentenced Nasiruddin to 13 years' imprisonment and Uddin to 3 year's for abetting his father in those cases.^[8] After a series of challenging, acquittals and rehearings by Supreme Court and High Court, in October 2020, Uddin was sent to jail after his surrender.^{[9][10][11][12][13][14]} However, In September 2025, the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court acquitted Uddin along with his father.^[15]