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Kamal Ahmed Majumder

Kamal Ahmed Majumder
কামাল আহমেদ মজুমদার
Majumder in 2013
Member of the Bangladesh Parliament
for Dhaka-15
In office
25 January 2009 – 6 August 2024
Preceded byPosition established
State Minister of Industries
In office
7 January 2019 – 10 January 2024
Preceded byOmor Faruk Chowdhury
Personal details
Born (1950-03-03) 3 March 1950 (age 74)
Feni, East Bengal, Dominion of Pakistan
NationalityBangladeshi
Political partyBangladesh Awami League
OccupationPolitician

Kamal Ahmed Majumder (born 3 March 1950) is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Dhaka-15 since its inception in 2009 until 2024.[1] He served as a State Minister of Industries during 2019–2024 at the fourth Hasina ministry.[2]

Early life

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Majumder graduated with a B.A. degree.[3]

Career

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Majumder contested the controversial by-election in Mirpur on 3 February 1993. He lost the election to Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate Sayed Muhammad Mohsin.[4] He was arrested in August 2002 by Bangladesh Police during the Bangladesh Nationalist Party government. Amnesty International feared that he would be tortured in custody.[5]

Majumder was elected to Parliament in the 2008 Bangladeshi general election, beating Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate Muhammad Hamidullah Khan.[6] On 22 October 2013 his car was attacked with Molotov cocktails outside Mohona TV.[7] He was elected to Parliament in the General Election 2014 as a candidate of Bangladesh Awami League from Dhaka-15. He beat his nearest rival Ekhlas Uddin Molla, an independent candidate by 26,786 votes.[8] Majumder is the chairman of Mohona TV, a private television channel.[9] He is a member of the Parliamentary standing committee on Housing and Public Works Ministry.[10]

On 19 October 2024, a Dhaka court placed him on a three-day remand in connection with the killing of student Ikramul Haque. Ikramul had sustained bullet injuries on 4 August during the student-led mass uprising and later died at the Combined Military Hospital on 14 August. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Judge Ali Haider passed the remand order after the investigation officer requested a seven-day remand. Kamal was arrested by police from Gulshan in the early hours of 18 October. Ikramul's father, Ziaul Haque, had filed a murder case on 7 September with Shah Ali police station.[11]

Personal life

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Majumder is married to Shahida Majumdar. She is the daughter of Syed Yasin.Shahida was sued by Bangladesh Anti-Corruption Commission for possession of illegal wealth.[12] His son, Ziauddin Ahmed Majumder Jewel, was the managing director of Mohona TV.[9] Jewel was sentenced to 40 years in jail in 2002 for the murder of Shipu, a cell phone trader in Banani.[13][14] Jewel died on 29 May 2017.[9]

Controversy

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Majumder assaulted RTV journalist, Aparna Singha, and cameraman, Syed Haider, on 4 January 2012 in the Monipur High School and College at Mirpur. He is the president of the Monipur High School managing committee.[15] He was fined in 2013 by Bangladesh Election Commission for violating the electoral code of conduct while campaigning for the 2014 Bangladesh general elections.[16] In 2014 he established an extrajudicial court called Social Justice Committee in his office in Mirpur. Mirpur police officers described the court as illegal.[17]

References

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  1. ^ Majumder, Kamal Ahmed. "Constituency 188_10th_En". Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  2. ^ "Those who are new state ministers". The Daily Star. 6 January 2019. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
  3. ^ "Kamal Ahmed Majumder Biography". Amarmp. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  4. ^ Chowdhury, Mahfuzul H. (2017) [First published 2003]. Democratization in South Asia: Lessons from American Institutions. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-351-77391-1.
  5. ^ "Bangladesh: Fear of torture, Kamal Ahmed Majumder". Amnesty International. 22 August 2002. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  6. ^ "Bangladesh Parliament Election". amardesh.com. Amar Desh Online. Archived from the original on 9 May 2021. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  7. ^ "Cocktail hurled at MP Kamal Majumder's car". Ittefaq. Archived from the original on 12 February 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  8. ^ "Bangladesh Election Result 2014". election.dhakatribune.com. Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  9. ^ a b c "Mohona TVMD dies". Daily Sun. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  10. ^ "Amendments suggested to Cox's Bazar Development Authority Bill 2015". bssnews.net. BSS. Archived from the original on 12 February 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  11. ^ "Ex-MP Kamal Ahmed placed on 3-day remand". The Business Standard. 19 October 2024. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
  12. ^ "Kamal Majumder's wife surrenders to court". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  13. ^ Asian News Digest: A Weekly Record on Governance, Economy, Development, Human Rights, and Environment. Asian News Chroniclers. 2002. p. 2402. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  14. ^ "Kamal Majumder's son, four others get 40 years". article.wn.com. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  15. ^ "MP Kamal Majumder assaults TV reporter". The Daily Star. 4 January 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  16. ^ "Kamal Ahmed Majumder fined". banglanews24.com. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  17. ^ "'Court' in parliament member's office". Prothom Alo. Retrieved 11 February 2018.

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