Farida Yasmin (born 1 June 1963) is a Bangladeshi journalist, and President of

Jatiya Press Club Jatiya Press Club is the professional club for journalists of Bangladesh located in the capital Dhaka. The current president is Farida Yasmin and the General Secretary is Elias Khan. History The Jatiya Press Club was founded in 1954 as the Ea ...

. She is a former senior journalist of ''

The Daily Ittefaq ''The Daily Ittefaq'' ( bn, দৈনিক ইত্তেফাক, translit. ''Doinik Ittefak'') is a Bengali-language daily newspaper. Founded in 1953, it is the oldest newspaper, and one of the most circulated newspapers in Bangladesh. Thi ...

'' and former general secretary of

Bangladesh National Press Club Jatiya Press Club is the professional club for journalists of Bangladesh located in the capital Dhaka. The current president is Farida Yasmin and the General Secretary is Elias Khan. History The Jatiya Press Club was founded in 1954 as the Ea ...

. In 2017 she was elected the first female general secretary of Bangladesh Press Club. She was the former joint secretary of National Press Club.

Early life and education

Her father is Shakhawar Hossain Bhuiyan and her mother is Jahanara Hossain. She was the student of Shibpur Girls High School, Narsingdi. She passed SSC exam from Shibpur Girls High School and HSC exam from

Eden Mohila College Eden Mohila College (known as Eden College), is a women's college in Azimpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh. It was established in 1873 in the Farashganj area of Dhaka. In 1878 the school was named after Ashley Eden, Lieutenant Governor of Bengal. The colleg ...

. Yasmin completed masters from

University of Dhaka The University of Dhaka (also known as Dhaka University, or DU) is a public research university located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is the oldest university in Bangladesh. The university opened its doors to students on July 1st 1921. Currently i ...

Career

Yasmin was elected Joint secretary of the National Press Club of Bangladesh in 2011, and 2012. In 2013 she announced convicted war criminals

Abdul Quader Molla Abdul Quader Molla ( bn, আব্দুল কাদের মোল্লা; 14 August 1948 – 12 December 2013) was a Bangladeshi Islamist leader, writer, and politician of the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, who was convicted of war crimes and ...

and

Muhammad Kamaruzzaman Muhammad Kamaruzzaman (4 July 1952 – 11 April 2015) was a Bangladeshi politician and journalist who served as the senior assistant secretary general of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and was convicted of war crimes during the 1971 Liberation war o ...

n were expelled from the press club, saying "The unanimous decision came at the JPC managing committee meeting,". She is the joint secretary of

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and was a founding member of the forum. She spoke for keeping the age of marriage in Bangladesh at 18 for women. In 2016, Yasmin was made the vice-president of

Dhaka University The University of Dhaka (also known as Dhaka University, or DU) is a public research university located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is the oldest university in Bangladesh. The university opened its doors to students on July 1st 1921. Currently i ...

Mass Communication and Journalism Alumni Association. She was elected General Secretary of

on 1 January 2017, she was first female General Secretary of the Jatiya Press Club. She was re-elected to the post of General Secretary of the Jatiya Press Club on 18 December 2018. She is the editor and publisher of womeneye24.com. On 31 December 2020, she was elected president of Jatiya Press Club, the first woman to be elected president.

Published books

* Basha Andolon o nari, 2005 * Ujjal Narir Mukhomukhi, 2005 * Itehasher Aynay Bangabandhu, 2017

Personal life

Yasmin is married to journalist

Naem Nizam Naem Nizam (born 5 November 1965) is a Bangladeshi journalist, writer, philanthropist and the editor of daily ''Bangladesh Pratidin'', the largest circulated Bengali language daily in Bangladesh. He is the Vice President of Sheikh Russell KC, a p ...

since 1990 and has a son Mahir Abrar and a daughter Nujhat Purnata.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Yasmin, Farida 1963 births Living people Bangladeshi women journalists University of Dhaka alumni Bangladeshi newspaper editors Bangladeshi women writers People from Narsingdi District Eden Mohila College alumni