Abul Kalam Azad (born 1 March 1939)[1] is a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Jamalpur-1 constituency.

[3] In 2009, when Azad was inaugurated as the minister of information, he promised journalists that the government would ensure right to information and freethinking in Bangladesh and sought "constructive criticism" from editors in the print and electronic media.

[4] However, in 2010, he changed his stance and ordered that the government would enact a law to curb what he term "yellow journalism".

Analysts say such laws were only enacted to curb the freedom of the press and dissident voices.

[6] In 2015, Azad was sent a show cause order by his own party, the Bangladesh Awami League, for working against party policy and supporting a rebel candidate.