From the 1990s to mid-2000s , the Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate has been routinely elected to parliament from this constituency . However , Bangladesh Awami League and other parties ; Communist Party of Bangladesh , Socialist Party of Bangladesh , Worker 's Party ( Menon ) , National Awami Party , Sammobady Dal ( including several Islamist ones ) continue to have grassroots presence . The general election at the end of 2008 saw an Bangladesh Awami League candidate elected to parliament from this constituency . Jahangirnagar University and a few colleges in the area serve as a hotbed of active student politics and strife . Foreign dignitaries customarily visit Savar as a part of their trip to Bangladesh to pay respect to the martyrs of 1971 at the Jatiyo Smriti Soudho
the martyrs of 1971
1971 Bangladesh genocide
Savar Upazila