Shah Alamgir (died 28 February 2019) was a Bangladeshi journalist. He served as the Director General of

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. He joined the post on 7 July 2013. Before joining PIB, he worked as a journalist.

Birth and family identity

Alamgir was born in

Brahmanbaria district Brahmanbaria ( bn, ব্রাহ্মণবাড়িয়া, translit=Brahmôṇbaṛiya) is a district in eastern Bangladesh located in the Chittagong Division. Geographically, it is mostly farmland and is topographically part of the Ga ...

. Due to his father's job, he spent a large part of his life in greater Mymensingh.

Education life

He passed HSC from Gauripur College,

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. Later, he completed his graduation and post-graduation in Bangla literature 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 ...

. He also completed his higher degree course of journalism from the Moscow Institute of Journalism, conducted by

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Career

Alamgir's journalism career started from his student life. He started his career through joining the first child-teen weekly '' Kishore Bangla''. He worked as the co-editor there from 1980 to 1984. Then he worked at ''Dainik Janata'', ''Banglar Bani'', ''Daily Azad'' and ''Daily Sangbad''. He was involved with the ''

Prothom Alo ''The Daily Prothom Alo'' ( bn, প্রথম আলো) is a daily newspaper in Bangladesh, published from Dhaka in the Bengali language. It is the largest circulated newspaper in Bangladesh. According to National Media Survey 2018, conducte ...

'' from November 1998 to September 2001, where he served as the joint editor. Then he began working in television, starting with Channel I as Chief News Editor, then Ekushey Television as Head of News,

Jamuna Television Jamuna Television ( bn, যমুনা টেলিভিশন; ), commonly known as Jamuna TV, stylized as jamuna, tv, is a privately owned Bangladeshi satellite and cable news and current affairs television channel. It is owned by the Jamuna ...

as Director (News), and Maasranga Television as Head of News. Along with these, Alamgir served as the President and General Secretary of Dhaka Union of Journalists. He was also the President of Children's Welfare Council and Children's National Institutes ChaderHat. He was a member of the board of directors of

Bangladesh Shishu Academy Bangladesh Shishu Academy ( bn, বাংলাদেশ শিশু একাডেমি) is the national academy for children in Bangladesh. It was established in 1976 for promoting cultural development of children, and nurturing their tale ...

. He was President of "Bangladesh Shishu Kallayan Parishad" from January 2006 to December 2018 i.e. for 12 years. Prior to joining PIB, he served as the chief executive officer and Chief Editor of Asian Television.

Awards

* Poet Abu Jafar Obaidullay literature award, 2006 * Chandraboti gold medal, 2005 * Rotary Dhaka South vocational excellence award, 2004 * Cumilla youth samity award, 2004 * Rotary International Life Achievement award, 2016

References

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