Sheikh Selim: Difference between revisions

| constituency_MP   = [[Gopalganj-2]]

| parliament        = Bangladesh

| term_start         = 1986

| term_end           = 1988

| predecessor       =  

| successor          = [[Farid Ahmed]]

| term_start1       = 1991

| term_end1          =  

| birth_date        = {{birth year and age|1971}}

| birth_place = [[Tungipara Upazila|Tungipara]], [[Gopalganj District, Bangladesh|Gopalganj]], [[East Bengal]] <small>(now [[Bangladesh]])</small>

| nationality        = [[Bangladesh]]i

| parents            =  

| mother            =

| father            =

| relatives          = [[Sheikh–Wazed family]]

'''Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim''', better known as '''Sheikh Selim''', is a [[Bangladesh]]i member of parliament and a member of the [[standing committee]] of [[Bangladesh Awami League]] party.<ref>{{cite news |title=AL's 60th founding anniversary today |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=93811 |work=[[Daily Star (Bangladesh)|The Daily Star]] |date=23 June 2009 |access-date=12 January 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Prime minister: Stand united to get rid of terrorism |url=http://archive.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2016/jul/20/prime-minister-stand-united-get-rid-terrorism |newspaper=Dhaka Tribune |access-date=7 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Suranjit slates ‘scared’ ministers over US ambassador’s comments, faces ire |url=http://bdnews24.com/politics/2016/07/21/suranjit-slates-scared-ministers-over-us-ambassadors-comments-faces-ire |newspaper=bdnews24.com |access-date=7 August 2016}}</ref>

 

Selim is the nephew of [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]], former President of Bangladesh. He is the younger brother of [[Sheikh Fazlul Haque Mani]] founder of [[Jubo League]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-116465|title=Tributes paid to Sheikh Moni|date=2009-12-04|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2018-02-19|language=en}}</ref> He is a cousin of Prime Minister [[Sheikh Hasina]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2007/06/03/d7060301033.htm|title=Hasina regularly took money from magnates|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2018-02-19}}</ref>

== Controversy ==

On 23 April 2008, [[Bangladesh Anti Corruption Commission]] sued him for corruption with Ramna Police Station. He secured bail from the [[Bangladesh High Court|High Court]] on 16 September 2008.

His eldest son [[Sheikh Fazle Fahim]] is the former president of the [[Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce & Industries]] and is married to the daughter of businessman [[Moosa Bin Shamsher]], with whom he has had 3 children Sheikh Zaharat Maanha, Sheikh Fardan Yavand and Sheikh Farzaad Zaidan .<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://bdnews24.com/business/2019/04/29/sheikh-fazle-fahim-named-fbcci-president-after-unopposed-election |title=Sheikh Fazle Fahim named FBCCI president after unopposed election |date=2019-04-29 |work=[[Bdnews24.com]] |language=en |access-date=2020-12-23}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.arthosuchak.com/archives/133880/%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B8-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0/ |script-title=bn:এবার প্রিন্স মুসার সহকারীকে তলব |date=2014-12-14 |work=Arthosuchak |language=bn |access-date=2020-12-23}}</ref> Another son Sheikh Nayem is married to the daughter of [[Bangladesh National Party|BNP]] politician [[Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.bd-pratidin.com/special/2014/12/18/50542 |script-title=bn:আত্মীয়তার যত বন্ধনে বিএনপি আওয়ামী লীগ |date=2014-12-16 |work=[[Bangladesh Pratidin]] |language=bn |access-date=2020-12-23}}</ref> One of Selim's grandsons, Zayan Chowdhary, died in the [[2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings]]. The child's father Moshiul Haque Chowdhary was wounded, though his mother, Selim's daughter Sheikh Amina Sultana Sonia, was unharmed.<ref name="Bangladeshi_victim-1">{{cite news |title=Sheikh Selim's minor grandson dies in Sri Lanka bombings |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2019/04/21/sheikh-selims-minor-grandson-dies-in-sri-lanka-bombings |access-date=22 April 2019 |work=bdnews24.com |date=22 April 2019}}</ref>