ran unopposed in the 2014 general election, as the election was boycotted by the opposition alliance. He was elected for a fourth consecutive time in the 2018 general election for Nilphamari-2. In 2014, Noor was appointed to the Cabinet by the Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, as Minister for the Ministry of Cultural Affairs. He served a full term as Minister but was dropped from the subsequent Cabinet formed in 2019. Other activities Noor is an elocutionist known for his poetry and prose recitation and his oration. He has lent his voice to numerous television shows as a narrator and to advertisements. Noor is the former Vice Chairman at Asiatic Three Sixty and the former managing director at Desh Television, but resigned from these posts when assuming his role a Minister. He is also a trustee at the Bangladesh Liberation War Museum. Works Television Ei Shob Din Ratri (1985) Ayomoy (1988) Bohubrihi (1988) Kothao Keu Nei (1990) Nokkhotrer Raat (1995) Priyo Podorekha (1992) Aaj Robibar (1999) Ke Hotey Chay Kotipoti (2011) Osthir Somoy Shostir Golpo: Hotel Albatross (2017) Films Hooliya (1984) Shonkhonil Karagar (1992) Aguner Poroshmoni (1994) Chandrokotha (2003) Daruchini Dip (2007) Biography of Nazrul (2020), as a narrator Joy Banglar Dhoni (2022) Web series Unoloukik Awards Shahid Munier Chowdhury Award (2006) Syed Badruddin Hossain Memorial Award (2015) World Theatre Day Award (2015) Independence Day Award, (2018) Personal life Noor is married to Shaheen Akhter, a professor of paediatric neurology in Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University and the director of the Institute of Paediatric Neurodisorder and Autism (IPNA). Together they have a son, Shudeepto, and a daughter, Shuprova. References External links Living people 1946 births People from Jalpaiguri district University of Dhaka alumni Awami League politicians Bangladeshi actor-politicians Bangladeshi male film actors Bangladeshi male television actors 20th-century Bangladeshi male actors Bangladeshi male stage actors Recipients of the Independence Day Award 8th Jatiya Sangsad members 9th Jatiya Sangsad members 10th Jatiya Sangsad members Cultural Affairs ministers of Bangladesh 11th Jatiya Sangsad members Carmichael College alumni 20th-century Bengalis 21st-century Bengalis