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Mahfuz Alam (Bengali: মাহফুজ আলম) also known as Mahfuz Abdullah, is a Bangladeshi student activist and a coordinator of the liaison committee of Anti-discrimination Students Movement which led the Student–People's uprising. He currently holds the position of the Adviser and Special Assistant to the Chief Adviser of the Interim Government of Bangladesh.

Early life and education

He was born in 1998 in Ichapur 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.

Activism

He was the coordinator of the liaison committee of Anti-Discrimination Student Movement.He was appointed as a special assistant to the chief adviser of the interim government with the status of a secretary on 28 August.

On 25 September 2024, while speaking at the Clinton Global Initiative on the sidelines of the 79th session of the UN General Assembly, Muhammad Yunus, Chief Advisor to Bangladesh's interim government, referred to Mahfuz as "the brain" of the Student-People's uprising, which culminated in the fall of Sheikh Hasina's administration.

Views and affiliation

Dipanjan Roy Chaudhury, an editor of the Indian newspaper The Economic Times, alleged that Alam is a former member of the Islamist fundamentalist organisation, Hizb ut-Tahrir. Alam later refuted the claim in a Facebook post.

On 16th December 2024, Mahfuz Alam showed Indian states of Tripura, Assam, and West Bengal a part of Bangladesh in an image shared in his Facebook post, 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.

See also

• Nahid Islam
• Asif Mahmud

References

1. "সরকারকে পরামর্শ দিতে বৈষম্যবিরোধী ছাত্র আন্দোলনের লিয়াজোঁ কমিটি গঠন". The Daily Ittefaq (in Bengali). 8 August 2024. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
2. "Student leader Mahfuz Alam made special assistant to chief adviser". Prothom Alo. 28 August 2024. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
3. "Three advisers take oath". Prothom Alo. 10 November 2024.
4. "Three more advisers sworn in". The Daily Star. 2024-11-10. Retrieved 2024-11-10.
5. "Student movement leader Mahfuz Alam appointed special assistant to CA Yunus". The Business Standard. 28 August 2024. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
6. "Coordinator Mahfuz Alam appointed special assistant to chief advisor". Bdnews24.com. 28 August 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
7. "Coordinator Mahfuz appointed special assistant to Chief Adviser". Dhaka Tribune. 28 August 2024.
8. টাইমস, এডুকেশন (29 August 2024). "প্রধান উপদেষ্টার বিশেষ সহকারী কে এই মাহফুজ আলম?". edutimes.net (in Bengali). Retrieved 16 September 2024.
9. "Coordinator Mahfuz Alam appointed special assistant to chief advisor". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
10. "Mahfuz Alam special asst to chief adviser". The Daily Star. 29 August 2024. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
11. TNN (27 September 2024). "Yunus introduces mastermind of revolution". The Times Of India. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
12. Tribune Desk (25 September 2024). "Dr Yunus introduces Mahfuz Alam as mastermind of student movement". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
13. Chaudhury, Dipanjan Roy (2024-09-11). "Outlawed radical outfit Hizb ut Tahrir pressurises Bangladesh interim government to lift ban". The Economic Times. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 2024-09-27.
14. "Mahfuz forced to issue clarifications on his belief system, ideology, role in movement". Dhaka Tribune. 14 September 2024. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
15. पंवार, कुलदीप. "कौन है महफूज आलम, जिसने बंगाल-असम और त्रिपुरा को बता दिया Bangladesh का हिस्सा". DNA Hindi (in Hindi). Retrieved 2024-12-18.
16. "'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.
17. ^ "Bangladesh Adviser's Provocative24". www.northeasternchronicle.in. 2024-12-18. Retrieved 2024-12-18.

• Bangladeshi civil servants
• Yunus interim government
• People from Lakshmipur District
• University of Dhaka alumni
• Living people
• Coordinators of Anti-discrimination Students Movement
• Bangladeshi activists
• Yunus interim government advisors