Aslamul Haque
{{Short description|Bangladeshi politician and businessman (1961–2021)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Aslamul Haque
| native_name = আসলামুল হক
| native_name_lang = bn
| image = Aslamul Haque (12).jpg
| caption = Haque in 2018
| office = Member of Bangladesh Parliament
| term_start = 25 January 2009
| term_end = 4 April 2021
| successor = Aga Khan Mintu
| constituency = Dhaka-14
| birth_date = {{birth date|1961|05|14|df=y}}
| birth_place = Dhaka, East Pakistan, Pakistan
| nationality = Bangladeshi
| party = Bangladesh Awami League
| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|04|04|1961|05|14|df=y}}
| death_place = Dhaka, Bangladesh
| predecessor = "Constituency Created"
}}
Aslamul Haque (14 May 1961 – 4 April 2021){{Cite news |date=2021-04-04 |title=Lawmaker Aslamul Haque passes away |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2021/04/04/lawmaker-aslamul-haque-passes-away |access-date=2021-04-04 |work=Dhaka Tribune}} 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{{cite web |title=Member of Parliament list |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/get-involved/contact-an-mp?layout=edit&id=2091 |website=Bangladesh Parliament |access-date=15 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181024080554/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/get-involved/contact-an-mp?layout=edit&id=2091 |archive-date=24 October 2018}} until his death in 2021.
Biography
Aslam attended Mirpur Bengali Medium High School (Now Mirpur Govt. High School).{{cite magazine |last1=Hossain |first1=Shakawat |title=National Bangla High School: An institution with a difference |url=https://theguardianbd.net/national-bangla-high-school-an-institution-with-a-difference/ |magazine=The Guardian |location=Dhaka |date=10 September 2013}}
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.{{Cite news |url=http://maishagroup.com/md-aslamul-haque-mp/ |title=Md Aslamul Haque MP |date=2015-11-15 |work=Maisha Group |access-date=2018-08-29 |language=en-US}} He was the member of Commonwealth of Independent States-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry.{{cite web |title=Member list of CIS-BCCI |url=http://cisbcci.org/mr-md-aslamul-haque-m-p/ |website=Commonwealth of Independent States-BCCI |access-date=15 August 2018 |archive-date=15 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180815045634/http://cisbcci.org/mr-md-aslamul-haque-m-p/ |url-status=dead}}{{cite news |title=Md. Aslamul Haque |url=http://election.dhakatribune.com/members/view/417 |access-date=15 August 2018 |publisher=Dhaka Tribune |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180322030623/http://election.dhakatribune.com/members/view/417 |archive-date=22 March 2018}}{{Cite web |url=https://amarmp.com/mp/607/biography |title=Md. Aslamul Hoque -মোঃ আসলামুল হক Biography |website=Amarmp |language=en-US |access-date=2018-08-29}} Maisha Group developed Arisha Private Economic Zone in Dhaka.{{Cite news |date=2016-03-15 |title=Maisha Group expects $8b investment in economic zone |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/business/maisha-group-expects-8b-investment-economic-zone-791287 |access-date=2020-10-21 |work=The Daily Star |language=en}}
Controversy
In March 2020, Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority sought to demolish apparent illegal structures owned by Aslam in Dhaka. They demolished parts of a power plant owned by him.{{Cite news |date=2020-03-03 |title=BIWTA knocks down parts of AL MP's power plant on Buriganga |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/dhaka/2020/03/03/biwta-knocks-down-parts-of-al-mp-s-power-plant-on-buriganga |access-date=2020-10-21 |work=Dhaka Tribune}}
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Category:People from Dhaka District
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