S.M. Abul Kalam

Last updated

S.M. Abul Kalam is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the ambassador of Bangladesh to Kuwait. [1] [2]

Contents

Early life

Kalam graduated from University of Dhaka. [3]

Career

Kalam contested the 2001 parliamentary election as a candidate of Awami League from Chittagong-10. He lost the election to Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate Morshed Khan. [4]

Kalam was a member of Chittagong Development Authority. [3] He served as the president of Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry. He was a director of Argani Bank. He was as a member of Chittagong Stock Exchange. He is the vice-president of South Chittagong City Awami League. On 20 March 2016, he was appointed the ambassador of Bangladesh to Kuwait. [5] On 19 April 2020, his contract of ambassadorship to Kuwait ended. The government extended his contract till 31 July 2020. [6] He reported in May 2020 that due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, he expected a thousands of migrant Bangladeshi workers would be forced to leave Kuwait. [7] In January 2019, the embassy was attacked and ransacked by migrant workers over unpaid wages according to Kalam. [8]

Kalam defended and protected Mohammad Shahid Islam, Member of Parliament, in Kuwait. Shahid has been detain by the Criminal Investigation Department (Kuwait) on allegations of human trafficking. Kalam wrote a letter to Bangladesh Ministry of Foreign Affairs defended Shahid when he was being investigated. According to Bangladeshi journalists based in Kuwait he asked Kuwait to deport Bangladeshi journalist or blacklist them to prevent them from re-entering Kuwait. He had Jamuna TV correspondent, Ehsanul Haque Khokon, detained and deported from Kuwait after he reported on workers protests. [9] AK Abdul Momen, Foreign Minister of Bangladesh, stated that Kalam had been unable to inform them on the arrest of Shahid. Despite being the ambassador of Bangladesh to Kuwait for almost 5 years he was unable to gather information on the detention and charges against Shahid. [10]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rapid Action Battalion</span> Elite Bangladeshi Police Unit

Rapid Action Battalion or RAB, is an anti-crime and anti-terrorism unit of the Bangladesh Police. This elite force consists of members of the Bangladesh Army, Bangladesh Police, Bangladesh Navy, Bangladesh Air Force, Border Guard Bangladesh, and Bangladesh Ansar. It was formed on 26 March 2004 as RAT, and commenced operations on 14 April 2004. From 2004 to 2008 RAB had killed 1,062 people.

The Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Sramik Dal is a national trade union federation in Bangladesh and an affiliate of Bangladesh Nationalist Party. It is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation. Anwar Hossain is the president of Jatyatabadi Sramik Dal.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Zillur Rahman</span> President of Bangladesh from 2009 to 2013

Mohammed Zillur Rahman was a Bangladeshi politician who served as the President from 2009 to 2013. He was also a senior presidium member of the Awami League. He is the third president of Bangladesh, after Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Ziaur Rahman, to die in office, while being the first to die of natural causes.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bangladeshi diaspora</span> People of Bangladeshi birth, descent or origin who live outside of Bangladesh

The Bangladeshi diaspora are people of Bangladeshi birth, descent or origin who live outside of Bangladesh. First-generation migrants may have moved abroad from Bangladesh for various reasons including better living conditions, to escape poverty, to support their financial condition, or to send money back to families there. The Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment estimates there are 13 million Bangladeshis living abroad, the fourth highest among the top 20 countries of origin for international migrants. Annual remittances transferred to Bangladesh were almost $22.1 billion in 2021, the seventh highest in the world and the third highest in South Asia.

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) is a specialized intelligence and investigation wing of the Bangladesh Police. It is headquartered in Malibagh, Dhaka and maintains a training school named the Detective Training School. Personnel attached to this wing essentially work in plain clothes. Mohammad Ali Mia, BPM, PPM is the head of the Criminal Investigation Department.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury</span> Bangladeshi politician

Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury was a Bangladeshi politician, war-criminal, minister and six-term member of Jatiya Sangsad and member of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Standing Committee, who served as the adviser of parliamentary affairs to Prime Minister Khaleda Zia in from 2001 to 2006. On 1 October 2013 he was convicted of 9 of 23 charges and sentenced to death by the International Crimes Tribunal of Bangladesh for crimes during the 1971 Bangladesh War of Independence. He was executed by hanging from the gallows in Old Dhaka Central Jail on 22 November 2015.

Syed Abul Hossain is a Bangladeshi businessman and politician. He is currently the managing director and chairman of SAHCO International Ltd. He served as a member of Jatiya Sangsad for four terms during 1991–1995 and 1996–2014 representing the Madaripur-3 constituency. He served as the Minister of Information and Communication Technology (2011–2012), Minister of Communications (2009–2011) and State Minister of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives (1996–1997).

Bangladesh and Maldives established diplomatic relations in 1978. Rear Admiral Akhtar Habib is the Bangladeshi High Commissioner to the Maldives.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bangladesh–Kuwait relations</span> Bilateral relations

Bangladesh–Kuwait relations refer to the bilateral relations between Bangladesh and Kuwait.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ziauddin Ahmed Bablu</span> Bangladeshi politician (1954–2021)

Ziauddin Ahmed Bablu was a Bangladeshi politician of the Jatiya Party and served as the Secretary General for two terms. He was a Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Chittagong-9 constituency at the 10th Jatiya Sangsad and the Chittagong-6 constituency at the 4th Jatiya Sangsad. He served as the Cabinet Minister for Energy during Ershad's regime in the 1980s. He was appointed an advisor to the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in November 2013.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Abdus Salam Murshedy</span> Bangladeshi politician

Abdus Salam Murshedy is a Bangladeshi politician, entrepreneur and former national team football player. Aligned with the Bangladesh Awami League, he is elected uncontested as member of the Jatiya Sangsad for Khulna-4 since September 2018. He is the managing director of Envoy Group, senior vice president of Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF), President of Exporters Association of Bangladesh (EAB) and former president of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters' Association (BGMEA). He is the candidate nominated by the Awami League nominated by the Khulna-4 constituency by-election. He has been elected as a Commercially Important Person (CIP) by the Government of Bangladesh in 2014.

Md. Abul Kalam Azad is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the incumbent Member of Parliament from Gaibandha-4.

ABM Abul Kashem was a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the former Member of Parliament from Chittagong-2

Mohammad Shahid Islam is a Bangladeshi businessman, politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Lakshmipur-2 constituency during 2018–2021 as an independent candidate.

Selina Islam is a Bangladeshi politician and controversial business person. She is the incumbent Jatiya Sangsad member selected as an independent candidate from the reserved women's seat-49.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Serniabat Sadiq Abdullah</span> Bangladeshi politician

Serniabat Sadiq Abdullah is a Bangladeshi politician and businessman. He served as mayor of the Barisal City Corporation from 2018-2023. He is a son of Awami League politician Abul Hasanat Abdullah and grandson of Abdur Rab Serniabat.

Ashikuzzaman is a major general of Bangladesh Army and the Ambassador of Bangladesh to Kuwait.

Abul Khair Group is a Bangladeshi diversified conglomerate based in Dhaka. Abul Kashem is the chairperson and Abul Hashem is the managing director of Abul Khair Group. Abu Syed Chowdhury is the deputy managing director and Shah Shafiqul Islam is the group director. All four are sons of Abul Khair.

Nuruddin Chowdhury Noyon is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the incumbent Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Lakshmipur-2 constituency.

Syed Shahed Reza is the General Secretary of the Bangladesh Olympic Association and former Ambassador of Bangladesh to Kuwait and Yemen. He is a former President of Dhaka Club.

References

  1. ↑ "Govt reappoints six ambassadors, high commissioners". UNB. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  2. ↑ "Everyone who worked under MP Papul must be exposed: Kuwait MP". The Business Standard. 15 June 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  3. 1 2 "SM Abul Kalam new envoy to Kuwait". banglanews24.com. 20 March 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  4. ↑ "Developing road, industry common poll pledges". The Daily Star. 24 December 2008. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  5. ↑ "Ctg AL leader new ambassador to Kuwait". The Daily Star. 20 March 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  6. ↑ "Six ambassadors get contract extension". The Financial Express. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  7. ↑ "Thousands of Bangladeshi workers could leave Kuwait next week". Arab News. 6 May 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  8. ↑ "Demand for Arrears, Work Permit: Anger, chaos in Kuwait". The Daily Star. 19 January 2019. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  9. ↑ "Envoy defended lawmaker Shahid". The Daily Star. 7 July 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  10. ↑ "Foreign Minister: The arrest of MP Papul is disgraceful for the country". Dhaka Tribune. 23 June 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.