Murad Hasan (born 10 October 1974) is a

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politician and former

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member from Jamalpur-4 constituency and a former State Minister of Information served during 2019–2021.

Background and education

Hasan is a son of Motiyar Rahman Talukdar who was one of the organizers of

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, the temporary justice of

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and the president of

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Awami League and District Lawyers Association. Hasan passed SSC from Jamalpur Zila School in 1990, HSC from

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in 1992 and MBBS from

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in 2001.

Career

Hasan was elected to parliament in 2008 from Jamalpur-4 as a

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candidate. He took the office of state minister of information on 20 May 2019. He has been the State Minister of Health and Family Welfare Ministry in the 2018 cabinet and served as the State Minister of Information Ministry of the Bangladesh Government. He also performed as a consultant in the Department of Oncology at

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. He is also one of the core members of

Swadhinata Chikitshak Parishad Swadhinata Chikitshak Parishad () aka ''SWACHIP'' is an organisation of pro-Awami League doctors of Bangladesh. Jamal Uddin Chowdhury is the president and Kamrul Hasan Milon is the incumbent general secretary of the organisation since 25 Novembe ...

. Following the fall of the

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led Awami League government, Hasan's home in Jamalpur District was vandalized and burned down in February 2025.

Controversies and fallout

On 13 October 2021, at a press conference Hasan said - "Islam is not the state religion, I do believe it. We will soon take measures to remove Islam as a state religion from the constitution of Bangladesh." Over the remark other political parties and religious groups of Bangladesh got outraged and demanded his termination. On 2 December 2021, at an online talk-show, Hasan made vulgar, sexual and racist remarks about

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and his daughter Zaima Rahman, on the issue of taking the lead of

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(BNP). For the indecent remarks, BNP leaders demanded for Hasan's resignation to the government of Bangladesh. On 5 December 2021, an audio call record, of Hasan with Bangladeshi actress

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went viral on social-media, where Hasan was heard making sexual remarks on Mahi's body, asking her to come over to his place and threatening to rape her. For the audio call record netizens started to call him as

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(lit. A bald person named Murad). Over the call-record scandal and the remarks about Tarique Rahman and his daughter, on 6 December, PM

ordered Hasan to resign from his position of State Minister of Information. The next day, on 7 December, he resigned from his position citing personal reasons in the resignation letter submitted to the Prime Minister's office. He left for Canada on early 10 December but he was denied entry by the

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. After also getting denied entry to the

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, he returned to Dhaka on 12 December. After the event,

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published several parody songs about Hasan. On 26 November 2023, Awami League announced the final list of its 298 candidates to contest the 2024 national election which did not include Hasan.

Personal life

Hasan is married to Jahanara Ehsan and together they have two children. In January 2022, Jahanara filed a general diary (GD) against him, alleging torture and abuse.

References

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