Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh (born 19 November 1971) is a Bangladeshi politician and current

Mayor of South Dhaka Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) is one of the two municipal corporations in Dhaka created when the former Dhaka City Corporation (first declared in 1864) was divided into two by the Local Government (City Corporation) Amendment Bill 2011 on ...

. He previously served as a Member of the Jatiya Sangsad for Dhaka-10 and Dhaka-12 from the

Bangladesh Awami League Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...

Early life

Taposh was born to Awami League leader

Sheikh Fazlul Haque Mani Sheikh Fazlul Haque Mani (4 December 1939 – 15 August 1975) was a Bangladeshi politician. He was the nephew of the founding father of Bangladesh Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, and founded the Mujib Bahini (Bangladesh Liberation Force-BLF) one of the ma ...

and Arzu Moni. His parents were both assassinated on 15 August 1975 in a military coup that also killed

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Sheikh Mujibur Rahman ( bn, শেখ মুজিবুর রহমান; 17 March 1920 – 15 August 1975), often shortened as Sheikh Mujib or Mujib and widely known as Bangabandhu (meaning ''Friend of Bengal''), was a Bengalis, Beng ...

and other members of his family. Taposh and his elder brother Sheikh Fazle Shams Parash survived.

Career

Taposh was elected to the

Jatiya Sangsad The Jatiya Sangsad ( bn, জাতীয় সংসদ, lit=National Parliament, translit=Jatiyô Sôngsôd), often referred to simply as the ''Sangsad'' or JS and also known as the House of the Nation, is the supreme legislative body of ...

in Bangladesh General Election, 2008 from the Dhaka-12 constituency. Taposh vehicle came under bomb attack on 21 October 2009. There was property damage and 13 people were injured in the attack. In the 2014 general election he was elected unopposed to represent the Dhaka-10 constituency. In 2015 there was a bomb attack on his rally. In 2018 election he has been elected as member of parliament for consecutive third time. In 2020, he won the Dhaka Mayoral Election and became the mayor of Dhaka South. He gets status of Full minister from 8 August, 2022 along with DNCC Mayor Atiqul Islam.

Policies

Taposh called for the trial of

Mahfuz Anam Mahfuz (or Mohammed) ( Harari: መሕፉዝ, ar, محفوظ; died July 1517) was a Harari Garad, Emir of Harar and Governor of Zeila in the Adal Sultanate. Life and reign Mahfuz led raids into the provinces of Abyssinia for a number of years. ...

for supporting the military backed caretaker government. He has criticized

Rapid Action Battalion Rapid Action Battalion or RAB, is an anti-crime and anti-terrorism unit of the Bangladesh Police. This elite force consists of members of the Bangladesh Army, Bangladesh Police, Bangladesh Navy, Bangladesh Air Force, Border Guard Bangladesh, Ba ...

over extra judicial killings.

References

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Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 2 September 2020. 1971 births Living people Sheikh Mujibur Rahman family Awami League politicians 10th Jatiya Sangsad members 11th Jatiya Sangsad members Place of birth missing (living people) {{AwamiLeague-politician-stub