Career
He is a parliament member and incumbent Minister of Public Administration of the Bangladesh Government. He is the former Local Government Rural Development minister of Bangladesh. Ashraful was a successful freedom fighter during 1971 liberation war.
He was involved in politics from the student life.
He became the General Secretary of greater Mymensingh District Chhatra League and assistant publicity secretary of the central unit He also worked as the Acting General Secretary of Awami League (Alabama) after the arrest of its General Secretary, Abdul Jalil.
He is the eldest son of Syed Nazrul Islam, acting president of the then Mujibnagar government in 1971. In 1975, following the killing of his father in prison along with three other national leaders, Ashraful immigrated to the United Kingdom and lived in London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
Whilst living in Tower Hamlets, Ashraful was involved in Bangladeshi community activism and played an important role in formation of Bangladesh Youth League (BYL).
He was elected as an Education Secretary of Federation of Bangladeshi Youth Organisation (FBYO) and worked at an education project based at Montefiore Centre in Tower Hamlets. Before immigrating to the United Kingdom, he completed Higher Secondary Certificate (Higher School Certificate) 1973 from Mymensingh Zillah School. He was elected an Member of Parliament in the 2001 election as well.
His electoral pledges include building up developed road and rail link from Dhaka to his home town, Kishoreganj.
He questioned the role of Bangladesh in the Saudi lead military alliance against terror. He has criticized Bangladesh Bank and the Finance Ministry for the high rate of interest.
He is part of a committee to study the judicial pay scale.