Mahfuj Alam

Mahfuj Alam
মাহফুজ আলম
Alam in 2024
Adviser for Information and Broadcasting
In office
26 February 2025 – 10 December 2025
PresidentMohammed Shahabuddin
Chief AdviserMuhammad Yunus
Preceded byNahid Islam
Succeeded byRizwana Hasan
Adviser of the Interim government
In office
10 November 2024 – 10 December 2025
PresidentMohammed Shahabuddin
Chief AdviserMuhammad Yunus
Special Assistant to the Chief Adviser
In office
28 August 2024 – 26 February 2025
Chief AdviserMuhammad Yunus
Personal details
Born (1994-04-15) April 15, 1994 (age 32)
Ramganj, Lakshmipur District, Bangladesh
EducationUniversity of Dhaka
CommitteesStudents Against Discrimination Liaison Committee
NicknameAbdullah

Mahfuj Alam (Bengali: মাহফুজ আলম) also known as Mahfuj Abdullah, is a Bangladeshi activist and was a coordinator of the liaison committee of Students Against Discrimination which was involved in the July Uprising. He also served as an adviser of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.

Early life and education

Alam was born in 1998 in Narayanpur village, located in the Ramganj Upazila of Lakshmipur district. He completed his SSC (Dakhil) from Gallak Darussunnat Alim Madrasa in Chandpur, and later passed his HSC (Alim) from Tamirul Millat Kamil Madrasa. In the academic year 2015-16, he was a student in the Department of Law at the University of Dhaka.

Career

On 28 August 2024, he was appointed as Special Assistant to the Chief Adviser of the Interim government of Bangladesh.

On 26 February 2025, he was appointed as the adviser to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.

Activism

He was the coordinator of the liaison committee of Students Against Discrimination.

On 25 September 2024, while speaking at the Clinton Global Initiative on the sidelines of the 79th session of the UN General Assembly, Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus, referred to Mahfuj as "the brain of the July Uprising", which culminated in the fall of the Sheikh Hasina's government.

Personal life

Alam is son-in-law of Museh Uddin Madani, lecturer in Peace TV Bangla.[citation needed] He is a translator of Islamic books and co-translated some Islamic books with Abubakar Muhammad Zakaria, waiting to be published.[citation needed] He got married on 18 October 2024.

Controversies

Dipanjan Roy Chaudhury, an editor of the Indian newspaper The Economic Times, claimed that Alam is a former member of the Islamist fundamentalist organization Hizb ut-Tahrir based on fake social media posts. Alam later refuted the claim on Facebook.

Views

On 16 December 2024, he has showed Northeast India and parts of the Indian state of West Bengal as part of Bangladesh in an image shared on a Facebook post that was later deleted and faced a statement of protest by the Ministry of External Affairs, while declaring the need for "a new geography and system". Alam also claimed that the cultures of Northeast India and Bangladesh have been suppressed by "Hindu extremists" and "anti-Bengal attitude" of the upper-caste Hindus. Indian commentators saw it as a part of the Greater Bangladesh concept, Harshil Mehta, an editor of the Indian newsportal News18, commented that Alam's 'statement represents a direct threat to India’s sovereignty and hints at demographic changes through the persecution of Hindus.'

See also

References

  1. ↑ "জুলাই বিপ্লবের চালিকাশক্তি উল্লেখ করে মাহফুজকে জন্মদিনের শুভেচ্ছা জানালেন নাহিদ". Daily Janakantha (in Bengali). Retrieved 2025-02-01.
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  3. ↑ "Bangladesh climbs 16 spots in Press Freedom Index: Mahfuj Alam". The Daily Observer. 2 May 2025. Retrieved 3 May 2025.
  4. ↑ টাইমস, এডুকেশন (29 August 2024). "প্রধান উপদেষ্টার বিশেষ সহকারী কে এই মাহফুজ আলম?". edutimes.net (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 30 August 2024. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  5. ↑ "Coordinator Mahfuj Alam appointed special assistant to chief advisor". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
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  8. ↑ "Coordinator Mahfuj appointed special assistant to Chief Adviser". Dhaka Tribune. 28 August 2024.
  9. ↑ "Mahfuz Alam made information and broadcasting adviser". banglanews24.com. 26 February 2025. Archived from the original on 26 February 2025. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
  10. ↑ "Adviser Mahfuj given charge of information and broadcasting ministry". The Business Standard. 26 February 2025. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
  11. ↑ "Mahfuj Alam special asst to chief adviser". The Daily Star. 29 August 2024. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  12. ↑ TNN (27 September 2024). "Yunus introduces mastermind of revolution". The Times Of India. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
  13. ↑ Tribune Desk (25 September 2024). "Dr Yunus introduces Mahfuj Alam as mastermind of student movement". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
  14. ↑ "বিয়ে করেছেন প্রধান উপদেষ্টার বিশেষ সহকারী মাহফুজ". thikananews.com (in Bengali). 18 October 2024. Archived from the original on 3 February 2025. Retrieved 3 February 2025.
  15. ↑ Chaudhury, Dipanjan Roy (2024-09-11). "Outlawed radical outfit Hizb ut Tahrir pressurizes Bangladesh interim government to lift ban". The Economic Times. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 2024-09-27.
  16. ↑ "From social to news media: How false claims of Adviser Mahfuj Alam's extremist ties spread". Dismislab. 11 November 2024. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
  17. ↑ "Mahfuj forced to issue clarifications on his belief system, ideology, role in movement". Dhaka Tribune. 14 September 2024. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
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  19. ↑ "'बंगाल, असम, त्रिपुरा बांग्लादेश का हिस्सा'... यूनुस के इस्लामिस्ट मंत्री ने शेयर किया विवादित नक्शा, बाद में डरकर किया डिलीट". Navbharat Times (in Hindi). Retrieved 2024-12-18.
  20. 1 2 "Bangladesh Adviser's Provocative Comments on Victory Day Spark Controversy". Northeastern Chronicle. 2024-12-18. Retrieved 2024-12-18.
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