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Asif Nazrul | |
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আসিফ নজরুল | |
![]() Nazrul in 2024 | |
Adviser for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs | |
Assumed office 9 August 2024 | |
Chief Adviser | Muhammad Yunus |
Preceded by | Anisul Huq (as Minister) |
Adviser for Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment | |
Assumed office 16 August 2024 | |
Chief Adviser | Muhammad Yunus |
Preceded by | Shafiqur Rahaman Chowdhury (as State Minister) |
Adviser for Cultural Affairs | |
In office 16 August 2024 –10 November 2024 | |
Chief Adviser | Muhammad Yunus |
Preceded by | Naheed Ezaher Khan (as State Minister) |
Succeeded by | Mostofa Sarwar Farooki (as Adviser) |
Personal details | |
Born | Mohammad Nazrul Islam 12 January 1966 Comilla,East Pakistan,Pakistan |
Nationality | Bangladeshi |
Political party | Independent |
Spouse(s) | |
Education | University of Dhaka (LL.B, LL.M) University of London (PhD) |
Occupation | Professor of law |
Website | asifnazrul |
Mohammad Nazrul Islam, better known as Asif Nazrul (Bengali : আসিফ নজরুল; born 12 January 1966), is a Bangladeshi writer, novelist, columnist, political commentator and a professor of law at the University of Dhaka. [1] [2] He was appointed an adviser to the interim government of Bangladesh in August 2024. [3] He is responsible for the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, and the Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment. [4] [5]
Asif Nazrul completed his LLB and LL.M. at the University of Dhaka in 1986 and 1987 respectively, and garnered his PhD degree from the SOAS University of London in 1999. Afterwards he did post-doctoral work at the Environmental Law Center in Germany. [2]
Nazrul worked as a journalist and an administrative officer of the Bangladesh government before becoming a professor of law at the University of Dhaka. [6]
After the fall of Sheikh Hasina following an uprising, he was appointed as an adviser to the interim government on 8 August 2024. [7] [8]
In 2012, Nazrul was directed to appear before the High Court after a petition was filed, alleging that his remarks made during a televised talk show had incited undemocratic forces. [9]
In 2013, his office at the University of Dhaka was reportedly set on fire with kerosene. In May of the same year, he received a death threat via telephone, which was linked to his criticism of the Sheikh Hasina administration. [10]
In 2017, Faruk Khan filed a defamation case against him in the Madaripur District Court, citing statements perceived as defamatory toward his cousin Shajahan Khan, who was the minister of shipping at the time. [11] [12] [13]
Nazrul married television and film actress Rokeya Prachy in May 2004. [14] They have a daughter together. They divorced in 2013. [15] Nazrul remarried, to Shila Ahmed (daughter of writer Humayun Ahmed), and they have a daughter together. [16]
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