Abul Kalam Azad

Abul Kalam Azad is a Bangladeshi businessman, founder and managing director of Azad Products, who was the president of the Bangladesh Printing Product Association.

Early life Azad was born Chandpur District and was raised in Shariatpur District. He worked in Dhaka as a lodging tutor.

Career Azad started his business by buying posters from Old Dhaka and selling them on the streets in 1982. He expanded the business, called Azad Products, by importing pinups of popular TV shows, such as The Bionic Woman, and footballers from Singapore and selling them in Bangladesh. In the 1990s he started using local celebrities more and with the profit he built Azad Centre in Paltan. In 2006, Banglalink created a television advertisement based on his biography.

The COVID-19 Pandemic in Bangladesh had been particularly difficult for Azad and his business. He had to close stores following declining demands.