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Two prominent student advisors to Bangladesh’s interim Prime Minister Muhammad Yunus, Mahfuj Alam and Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuiyan, have resigned ahead of the announcement of the election schedule. Their departures follow an earlier resignation by Nahid Islam, who now leads the National Citizen Party. Bhuiyan faced controversy for his father’s contracting license and his call for youth arms training. Alam, once lauded by Yunus, drew criticism for comments against the BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami, seen as potentially undermining the interim government’s efforts towards a smooth transition and governance reforms.

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Bangladesh Student Advisors Resign Ahead of Election Announcement

NEW DELHI – December 11, 2025 – In a significant development ahead of the upcoming election schedule announcement in Bangladesh, two prominent student advisors to interim Prime Minister Muhammad Yunus have tendered their resignations. Mahfuj Alam, advisor to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, and Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuiyan, advisor to the Ministry of Youth and Sports, as well as the Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives, both stepped down on Wednesday, December 10th.

This follows the earlier resignation of Nahid Islam, another leading student advisor in the Yunus government, who left in February to lead the National Citizen Party, which is expected to contest the election.

Bhuiyan had previously faced scrutiny for a potential conflict of interest stemming from his father’s contractor’s license and for suggesting arms training for Bangladeshi youth citing “regional” reasons.

Alam, a key figure who accompanied Yunus on his first trip to the U.S. after taking office in August 2024, recently sparked controversy by criticizing the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and Jamaat-e-Islami (JEI), two major political parties expected to perform well in the February 2026 elections. His remarks, alleging that BNP and Jamaat supported the uprising against Sheikh Hasina and rapidly placed their supporters in key positions after her ouster, were perceived as undermining the interim government’s efforts to foster a smooth transition of power to a democratically elected administration and advance the July Charter – a set of governance reform proposals.

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