Shafiul Alam Chowdhury Nadel

Nadel was born on 11 February 1969 in a Bengali Muslim family of Kulaura in Moulvibazar, Bangladesh. His paternal residence is the Koula Chowdhury Bari which is a branch of the Zamindars of Kanihati. Whereas, his maternal residence is the Bishkuti Saheb Bari where his maternal grandfather was popularly known as "Bishkuti Saheb". Nadel is the eldest son of Shamsul Alam Chowdhury and Mashuda Akhter Chowdhury. Through his paternal grandmother Nadel is a distant cousin of Nawab Ali Abbas Khan former MP of Moulvibazar-2.^{[citation needed]}

Nadel is a Bangladesh Awami League politician. He started his political career in the Awami League by becoming the president of the Sylhet City School (now Sylhet Government Pilot High School) Chhatra League in 1986. Currently he is the organizing secretary of the Awami League Central Parishad.^[8] He became the nominated candidate of the Awami League from Moulvibazar-2 constituency in the 12th national parliament election.^[3][9] He won the election on 7 January 2024. He is a director of the Bangladesh Cricket Board.^[10] He is also the chairman of the Bangladesh women's national cricket team.^[11] He became the member of the Standing Committee on Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism on 4 February 2024.^[12][13]

After the fall of the Sheikh Hasina led Awami League government, Nadel's home in Sylhet was vandalized in April 2025 by activists of Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Chatradal, the student wing of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, along with the homes of other Awami League leaders.^[14][15]

In 2000, Nadel married Amatul Aziz Fahima Chowdhury. He has two daughters, Maisha and Maria, and a son, Maaj Alam.^{[citation needed]}