Bangladeshi young entrepreneur Al Hasan Milad was released on April 30, 2026.
In 2025, he experienced controversy by defending the retention of the current national anthem of Bangladesh.
Since the incident started on August 5, there have been various questions about changing the national anthem of Bangladesh that it is written by any poet of Bangladesh and not written by Rabindranath Tagore.
Bangladeshi Islamic scholar Ahmadullah and a few others, during the interim government tenure led by Dr Muhammad Yunus, heavily criticized and advocated for banning Bangladesh's national anthem “Amar Shonar Bangla.”
He said that the national anthem does not have the name of Bangladesh, that the music does not know about Bangladesh, that the music that was created before the birth of Bangladesh should be banned. This argument was opposed by many, including Al Hasan Milad.
Many continued to present various arguments based on that. Maintaining the national anthem, a person presented an argument and posted it on Facebook with arguments on various topics including religious issues.
Milad supported and supported the national anthem and copied it and posted it. But without spreading the entire post, some took his post out of context and instigated a social media trial against him.
He was later taken to the cantonment for safety, but still had to apologize. Even after apologizing, a lawsuit was filed against him and his academic studies came to a halt.
He spent 11 months and 14 days in prison, claiming to protect his country’s national anthem while protecting the constitution of 1972.
Sources said that Al Hasan Milad, who was arrested, was originally opposed to Jamaat-e-Islam and was an active activist of Awami League. From August 5 onwards, he is alleged to have provided money in various places to continue the activities of Awami League and he also helped to continue the online work.
Speaking to Al Hasan Milad, he said that according to Article 4(2) of the Constitution of Bangladesh, insulting the national anthem or intentionally defaming it is punishable by serious punishment, which amounts to treason.
“But I had to spend more than 11 months in jail for defending the national anthem of the country. My education time was wasted. But the main issue was non-payment of extortion because I was demanded to pay Tk10 lakh, but I did not agree. I complained about it to the police, but no one listened to me, for which I had to stay in jail for so long,” he added.