| Mahbubul Alam Tara | |
| Office: | Member of Parliament |
| Term Start: | 1991 |
| Term End: | 1996 |
| Primeminister: | Khaleda Zia |
| Birth Date: | 1939 |
| Birth Place: | Feni |
| Nationality: | Bangladeshi |
| Party: | Bangladesh Nationalist Party |
Mahbubul Alam Tara (Bengali: মাহাবুবুল আলম ; 1939–2014) was a Bangladeshi entrepreneur, politician, and member of parliament.
Tara was born in Faradnagar village at Feni on 1939. He studied in Khaiyara School, Faradnagar, and Chittagong Collegiate School. He started his political career while studying at Chittagong College. He was elected VP of the student council in 1962–63. He organized student movements against the then autocratic ruler. He Studied in the Department of Economics of University of Dhaka.[1]
Tara was involved in the 1969 mass movement in East Pakistan and actively supported the Mukti Bahini during Bangladesh Liberation War.
Tara was the member of parliament for constituency Feni-3 from 1991 to 1996. He was elected as a candidate of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.[2] He was chief whip in the parliament of Bangladesh.[3] In 1998, he was the president of Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Krishak Dal.[4]
Tara was popularly known as 'Tara Mia'. He was also the pioneer of the packaging industry in Bangladesh. He, along with his friends, established National Credit and Commerce Bank Limited (NCC Bank). He was chairman of NCC Bank twice. He established Mahbubul Huq High School in his village Faradnagar.[5]
Tara died at National University Hospital at Singapore on 3 June 2014; he was suffering from lung problems.[6] [7]