Motahar Hossain (born 19 December 1948)[1] is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Lalmonirhat-1 constituency during 2001–2024.
[2][3] Motahar is the present chairperson of the parliamentary standing committee on primary and mass education ministry.
[9] Motahar, chairperson of the parliamentary standing committee on primary and mass education ministry, on 20 December 2017 claimed that Government of Bangladesh could not be held responsible for the leak of school exam papers.
[10] He filed a defamation suit against the editor and publisher of Bangladesh Pratidin, Naem Nizam and Moynal Hossain Chowdhury respectively, over a news item in the paper on 9 April 2014 titled Sabekder Amalnama: Ration Dealer Sabek Protimontri Motaharer Shato Koti Taka.
[11] Lalmonirhat Cognizance Court-4, Judge Md Afaz Uddin, issued an arrested warrant against the accused on 11 January 2018.