Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh: Difference between revisions

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| office              = 2nd [[Mayor of South Dhaka]]

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| office1            = [[Member of Parliament]]

'''Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh''' (born 19 November 1971)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/get-involved/contact-an-mp?layout=edit&id=3743|title=Constituency 183_11th_En|website=Bangladesh Parliament|access-date=24 September 2019}}</ref> is a Bangladeshi politician and current [[Dhaka South City Corporation|Mayor of South Dhaka]]. He previously served as a Member of the Jatiya Sangsad for [[Dhaka-10]] and [[Dhaka-12]] from the [[Bangladesh Awami League]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Al Masum Molla|first1=Mohammad|title=Lawmakers demand action on Daily Star editor|url=http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2016/feb/07/taposh-demands-ban-daily-star-action-editor|newspaper=Dhaka Tribune|access-date=8 February 2016}}</ref>

Taposh was born to Awami League leader [[Sheikh Fazlul Haque Mani]] and Arzu Moni.<ref>{{cite news |title=Nation in Mourning|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/nation-in-mourning-37183|newspaper=The Daily Star|access-date=10 June 2015}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-114828|title=Joy, at long last|date=19 November 2009|work=The Daily Star|language=en|access-date=5 February 2020}}</ref>

Taposh was elected to the [[Jatiya Sangsad]] in Bangladesh General Election, 2008 from the [[Dhaka-12]] constituency.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=181&Year=2008 |title=Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Amar Desh |access-date=8 February 2018}}</ref>

Taposh vehicle came under bomb attack on 21 October 2009. There was property damage and 13 people were injured in the attack.<ref>{{cite news |title=AL lawmaker Taposh escapes bomb attack|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=110808|newspaper=The Daily Star|access-date=8 February 2016}}</ref>

In the 2014 general election he was elected unopposed to represent the [[Dhaka-10]] constituency.<ref>{{cite news |last=Ahmed |first=Taib |date=15 December 2013 |title=AL closer to majority before voting |url=http://archive.newagebd.net/260342/al-closer-to-majority-before-voting/ |newspaper=New Age |location=Dhaka |access-date=12 August 2014}}</ref>

In 2015 there was a bomb attack on his rally.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bomb attack on anti-violence rally in Dhaka’s Hazaribagh|url=http://bdnews24.com/politics/2015/03/04/bomb-attack-on-anti-violence-rally-in-dhakas|work=bdnews24.com|access-date=8 February 2016}}</ref>

In 2020, he won the Dhaka Mayoral Election and became the mayor of Dhaka South.

Taposh called for the trial of [[Mahfuz Anam]] for supporting the military backed caretaker government.<ref>{{cite news |title=7 lawmakers lambast Star in parliament|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/7-lawmakers-lambast-star-parliament-214282|newspaper=The Daily Star|access-date=8 February 2016}}</ref> He has criticized [[Rapid Action Battalion]] over extra judicial killings.<ref>{{cite news |title=Taposh fumes at Rab|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/taposh-fumes-rab-130960|newspaper=The Daily Star|access-date=8 February 2016}}</ref>