Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh

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Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh
শেখ ফজলে নূর তাপস
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2nd Mayor of South Dhaka
In office
16 May 2020 [1]  –19 August 2024 [2]
Children2
Parent
Relatives Sheikh Family
Profession Politician, lawyer
Website barristersheikhtaposh.info

Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh (born 19 November 1971) [3] is a Bangladeshi politician and former mayor of South Dhaka. Previously he served as a member of the Bangladesh Parliament for Dhaka-10 and Dhaka-12 from the Bangladesh Awami League. [4]

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Early life

Taposh was born on 19 November 1971 to Awami League leader Sheikh Fazlul Haque Mani and Arzu Moni. [5] His parents were both assassinated on 15 August 1975 in a military coup that also killed Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and other members of his family. Taposh and his elder brother Sheikh Fazle Shams Parash survived. [6]

Career

Taposh was elected to the Jatiya Sangsad in the 2008 Bangladeshi general election from the Dhaka-12 constituency. [7]

Taposh's vehicle was subjected to a bomb attack on 21 October 2009. The incident resulted in property damage and injuries to thirteen individuals. [8]

In the 2014 general election, he was elected unopposed to represent the Dhaka-10 constituency. [9]

In 2015, his rally was the target of a bomb attack. [10]

In the 2018 election, he was elected as member of parliament for a third consecutive time.

In 2020, he won the Dhaka mayoral election and became the mayor of Dhaka South. He got the status of full minister from 8 August 2022 along with DNCC Mayor Atiqul Islam.[ citation needed ]

On 19 August 2024, he was removed from the mayors position by the government. [11]

Policies

Taposh called for the trial of Mahfuz Anam for supporting the military backed caretaker government. [12] He has criticized the Rapid Action Battalion over extra judicial killings. [13]

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References

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  2. ↑ এবার ঢাকা উত্তর ও দক্ষিণসহ ১২ সিটি করপোরেশনের মেয়রকে অপসারণ. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 19 August 2024. Archived from the original on 19 August 2024.
  3. ↑ "Constituency 183_11th_En". Bangladesh Parliament. Archived from the original on 26 May 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
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  13. ↑ "Taposh fumes at Rab". The Daily Star. Retrieved 8 February 2016.


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