Morshed Alam

Morshed Alam (born 29 March 1950) is a Bangladeshi business magnate, politician, and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Noakhali-2 constituency. Alam is the chairperson of the Bengal Group. Alam was the chairman of Mercantile Bank Limited. He is the chairperson of RTV and vice chairman of Desh General Insurance Company Limited. He is a director of United Hospital Limited and the National Life Insurance Company Limited. He is a trustee board member of the Peoples University of Bangladesh.

Early life Alam was born on 29 March 1950. He studied up to a Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC).

Career In 1969, Alam founded Bengal Group, one of Bangladesh's largest plastic and manufacturing groups today. He started with a single injection molding machine. In 1992, he received the contract to supply plastic crates for both Pepsi and Coca-Cola.

He was reelected to parliament in 2018 from Noakhali-2 as a candidate of the Awami League. He received 177,391 votes, while his nearest rival, Jainul Abedin Faruk of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, received 26,169 votes. The drama focused on the controversial Indemnity Act and aired on various platforms, sparking protests from Bangladesh Nationalist Party supporters.

In 2021, Alam founded Bengal Commercial Bank led by his younger brother Jashim Uddin. He was re-elected to Parliament in the 2024 general elections as a candidate of the Awami League. He received 56,186 votes while his nearest rival, Ataur Rahman Bhuya Kanchi, received 52,863 votes.

After the fall of the Sheikh Hasina led Awami League government, Alam's factory, Bengal Plastic at Zirani, was burned down along with several businesses owned by Awami League supporters. He was detained by the Detective Branch led by Rezaul Karim Mallick in April 2025. He was sent to jail in a case over the death of Shamim, a school student, in protests against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in July 2024.