Aslamul Haque Explained

Aslamul Haque
Native Name:আসলামুল হক
Native Name Lang:bn
Office:Member of Bangladesh Parliament
Term Start:25 January 2009
Term End:4 April 2021
Successor:Aga Khan Mintu
Constituency:Dhaka-14
Birth Date:14 May 1961
Birth Place:Dhaka, East Pakistan, Pakistan
Nationality:Bangladeshi
Party:Bangladesh Awami League
Death Place:Dhaka, Bangladesh
Predecessor:"Constituency Created"

Aslamul Haque (14 May 1961 – 4 April 2021)[1] was a Bangladeshi entrepreneur, businessman and politician. He was a Bangladesh Awami League politician and member of parliament from the Dhaka-14 constituency since its inception in 2009[2] until his death in 2021.

Biography

Haque attended National Bangla High School.[3]

He was the founder and chairman of Maisha Group, a business conglomerate in Bangladesh. He began building his business in 1992. Maisha Group began as Maisha Property Development Ltd.[4] He was the member of Commonwealth of Independent States-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry.[5] [6] [7] Maisha Group developed Arisha Private Economic Zone in Dhaka.[8]

Controversy

In March 2020, Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority sought to demolish apparent illegal structures owned by Haque in Dhaka. They demolished parts of a power plant owned by him.[9]

Notes and References

  1. News: 2021-04-04 . Lawmaker Aslamul Haque passes away . 2021-04-04 . Dhaka Tribune.
  2. Web site: Member of Parliament list . Bangladesh Parliament . 15 August 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181024080554/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/get-involved/contact-an-mp?layout=edit&id=2091 . 24 October 2018.
  3. Hossain . Shakawat . National Bangla High School: An institution with a difference . The Guardian . Dhaka . 10 September 2013.
  4. News: Md Aslamul Haque MP . 2015-11-15 . Maisha Group . 2018-08-29 . en-US.
  5. Web site: Member list of CIS-BCCI . Commonwealth of Independent States-BCCI . 15 August 2018 . 15 August 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180815045634/http://cisbcci.org/mr-md-aslamul-haque-m-p/ . dead.
  6. News: Md. Aslamul Haque . 15 August 2018 . Dhaka Tribune . https://web.archive.org/web/20180322030623/http://election.dhakatribune.com/members/view/417 . 22 March 2018.
  7. Web site: Md. Aslamul Hoque -মোঃ আসলামুল হক Biography . Amarmp . en-US . 2018-08-29.
  8. News: 2016-03-15 . Maisha Group expects $8b investment in economic zone . 2020-10-21 . The Daily Star . en.
  9. News: 2020-03-03 . BIWTA knocks down parts of AL MP's power plant on Buriganga . 2020-10-21 . Dhaka Tribune.