Kamal Ahmed Majumder
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Kamal Ahmed Majumder | |
|---|---|
কামাল আহমেদ মজুমদার | |
 Majumder in 2022 | |
| Member of Parliament | |
| In office 25 January 2009 – 6 August 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Shafiqur Rahman |
| Constituency | Dhaka-15 |
| Minister of State for Industries | |
| In office 7 January 2019 – 10 January 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Omor Faruk Chowdhury |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 March 1950 |
| Party | Bangladesh Awami League |
| Occupation | Politician |
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]
Majumder graduated with a B.A. degree.[3]
Career
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]