Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh has resigned from his Member of Parliament (MP) post for the Dhaka 10 constituency, after being selected as Awami League's mayoral candidate for Dhaka South.

Speaker of Bangladesh Parliament Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury accepted the resignation on Sunday (Dec 29).

Taposh's personal secretary, Tarek Shikder, confirmed the matter to local journalists.

Earlier on Sunday, Awami League chose the incumbent Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) mayor Atiqul Islam to run again for mayor of DNCC and picked its former MP Taposh to run for mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC).

Both elections are slated for January 30.