[6] He reported in May 2020 that due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, he expected a thousands of migrant Bangladeshi workers would be forced to leave Kuwait.
Kalam wrote a letter to Bangladesh Ministry of Foreign Affairs defended Shahid when he was being investigated.
He had Jamuna TV correspondent, Ehsanul Haque Khokon, detained and deported from Kuwait after he reported on workers protests.
[9] AK Abdul Momen, Foreign Minister of Bangladesh, stated that Kalam had been unable to inform them on the arrest of Shahid.
Despite being the ambassador of Bangladesh to Kuwait for almost 5 years he was unable to gather information on the detention and charges against Shahid.