Kamal Ahmed Majumder
Kamal Ahmed Majumder | |
|---|---|
কামাল আহমেদ মজুমদার | |
.jpg) Majumder in 2013 | |
| Member of Parliament for Dhaka-15 | |
| Assumed office January 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 March 1950 Feni, East Bengal, Dominion of Pakistan |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Political party | Bangladesh Awami League |
| Occupation | Politician |
Kamal Ahmed Majumder (born 3 March 1950) is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the incumbent Jatiya Sangsad member from Dhaka-15 since its inception in 2009.[1]
Early life
Majumder graduated with a B.A. degree.[2]
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.[3] 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.[4]
Majumder was elected to Parliament in the 2008 Bangladeshi general election, beating Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate Muhammad Hamidullah Khan.[5] On 22 October 2013 his car was attacked with Molotov cocktails outside Mohona TV.[6] 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.[7] Majumder is the chairman of Mohona TV, a private television channel.[8] He is a member of the Parliamentary standing committee on Housing and Public Works Ministry.[9]
Personal life
Majumder is married to Shahida Majumdar. She is the daughter of Syed Yasin.
References
- ^ Majumder, Kamal Ahmed. "Constituency 188_10th_En". www.parliament.gov.bd (in Bengali). Retrieved 7 September 2018.
- ^ "Kamal Ahmed Majumder Biography". Amarmp. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
- ^ Chowdhury, Mahfuzul H. (2017) [First published 2003]. Democratization in South Asia: Lessons from American Institutions. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-351-77391-1.
- ^ "Document". amnesty.org.
- ^ "Bangladesh Parliament Election". amardesh.com. Amar Desh Online. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
- ^ "Cocktail hurled at MP Kamal Majumder's car". Ittefaq. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
- ^ "Bangladesh Election Result 2014". election.dhakatribune.com. Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
- ^ "Mohona TVMD dies". Daily Sun. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
- ^ "Amendments suggested to Cox's Bazar Development Authority Bill 2015". bssnews.net. BSS. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
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