Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury is a standing committee member of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, and former minister of commerce.

[10] In December 2008, Islami Chhatra Shibir activists spread printed propaganda against Sheikh Hasina at election rallies of Chowdhury.

[11] He lost the election in Chittagong-10 to M Abdul Latif of Awami League by 22,645 votes in a major upset for his party at their traditional stronghold of Chittagong.

[15] Chowdhury's, then President of Chittagong unit of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, Jatiyatabadi Jubo Dal supporters clashed with the supporters of the General Secretary of Chittagong City unit of Bangladesh Nationalist Party Dr Shahadat Hossain in December 2011.

[17] Chowdhury's, then President of Chittagong unit of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal supporters clashed with the supporters of the General Secretary of Chittagong City unit of Bangladesh Nationalist Party Dr Shahadat Hossain on 15 August 2013 at a cake cutting function celebrating former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia's birthday.

[22] He spoke against the arrest of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia and claimed the rule of law was absent in Bangladesh.

[24] Chowdhury filed a petition with the Bangladesh High Court, on 3 September 2018, challenging it's order from the Anti-Corruption Commission as not being valid.

[29] On 24 August 2018, Chowdhury secured anticipatory bails from the High Court Division in two cases, one alleged that he "provoked" the 2018 Bangladesh road-safety protests and the second stemmed from a leaked cellphone conversation between him and a leader of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (Mizanur Rahman Naomi who was later arrested[30]), the student front of Bangladesh Nationalist Party.

[31][25] The General Secretary of Chittagong City unit of Bangladesh Chhatra League, Jakaria Dastagir, filed the case against Chowdhury under the Section 57 of Information and Communication Technology Act for the phone conversation leak.

[43] On 23 December 2021, Chittagong Police pressed charges against Chowdhury over the 2018 cases against him regarding the student protests and leaked phone call.