Zahur Hossain Chowdhury (died 1980) was a Bangladeshi journalist.
[ He was awarded ]Ekushey Padak
Ekushey Padak ( bn, একুশে পদক; lit. "Twentyfirst Award") is the second highest civilian award in Bangladesh, introduced in memory of the martyrs of the Bengali Language Movement of 1952. The award is given to recognize contribut ...
in 1981 by the Government of Bangladesh
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for his contribution to journalism.
Career
Chowdhury started his career in the Indian newspaper The Statesman
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. He became the editor of The Sangbad
''The Sangbad'' ( bn, সংবাদ) is a Bengali-language daily newspaper, founded in 1951 and published from Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is the oldest newspaper in Bangladesh.
History
The Sangbad was founded in 1951 and published from Dhaka, B ...
in 1954. Other journalists like Ranesh Das Gupta, Satyen Sen
Satyen Sen ( bn, সত্যেন সেন), (28 March 1907 - 5 January 1981) was a historian of Bengali literature from Bangladesh.
Early life
Satyen was born in Tangibari, Munshigonj. His father was Darinimohan Sen. He passed the entranc ...
, Santosh Gupta, Kamal Lohani
Kamal Lohani (26 June 1934 – 20 June 2020) was a Bangladeshi journalist. He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 2015 by the Government of Bangladesh. He served as the director general of Shilpakala Academy from April 2009 until April 2011.
Career
Loh ...
and Mohammad Farhad
Mohammad Farhad (July 5, 1938 – October 9, 1987), popularly known as "Comrade Farhad", was a guerrilla force commander during the Bangladesh independence war, and the President of Communist Party of Bangladesh and a member of Bangladesh Pa ...
also joined the Sangbad.
Chowdhury also served as an editor of The Bangladesh Observer
''The Bangladesh Observer'', founded by Hamidul Huq Choudhury in 1949, was the oldest, continuously published English-language daily newspaper in Bangladesh until it ceased publication in June 2010.
History
Since its inception as ''The Pakist ...
.
Awards
* Ekushey Padak
Ekushey Padak ( bn, একুশে পদক; lit. "Twentyfirst Award") is the second highest civilian award in Bangladesh, introduced in memory of the martyrs of the Bengali Language Movement of 1952. The award is given to recognize contribut ...
(1981)
References
External links
A photograph of Zahur Hossain Chowdhury
1980 deaths
Recipients of the Ekushey Padak
Bangladeshi journalists
People from Daganbhuiyan Upazila
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