Md Shah Kamal is a retired senior secretary of the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief and the chief national commissioner of Bangladesh Scouts.
[4][5] In August 2017, Md Abdul Haque, general secretary of Sunamganj Bar Association, sued Kamal and 139 others over comments critical of residents of Sunamganj District affected by flood for saying they do not understand disaster zone based on their demands to declare the flood zones disaster areas and for poor construction of wetland dams leading to flooding.
[6] Kamal allowed an inspection team of the United Nations to visit Bhasan Char, where the government planned to house 100 thousand Rohingya refugees, in November 2019.
[10] In July 2024, Kamal was elected chief national commissioner of Bangladesh Scouts winning against another retired government secretary, Kabir Bin Anwar.
[11] On 16 August 2024, Dhaka Metropolitan Police raided his residence and recovered 31.1 million BDT.