Zillur Rahman is a Bangladeshi journalist and activist. He is the executive director of the

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and host of

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Early life

Rahman was born in Dhaka. His father A K M Khalilur Rahman was a lawyer, and his mother Shamim Parvin was a housewife. He graduated from Nawabpur Government High School. He completed his undergrad and a Post Graduated Degree in governance and politics at

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Career

Rahman joined the weekly ''

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'' in 1986. He became the executive editor of the Khaborer Kagoj in 1987. He joined the

Ajker Kagoj ''Ajker Kagoj'' () was a daily Bengali-language newspaper published from Dhaka, Bangladesh. The newspaper was launched in 1991 under the editorship of Nayeemul Islam Khan, Naimul Islam Khan. Since 1992, Kazi Shahid Ahmed was the editor and publi ...

in 1991 as an assistant editor and then

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next year. Rahman became the host of Tritiyo Matra in 2003. He had produced more than seven thousand episodes of the show. The show was stopped by the government during the

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. In 2007, Rahman visited the United States as part of the International Visitor Leadership Program organized by the

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sought information on Rahman's bank accounts. On 22 December 2022, Police questioned Rahman at his home which he considered harassment for his professional activities. It was condemned by ARTICLE 19. Police actions were condemned by activists such as

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, Mohammad Kamrul Ahsan, Nur Khan Liton, Jyotirmoy Barua, etc. Before the

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, Rahman said, “The Awami League are all so scared, they don’t have a safe exit”. In April 2024, Rahman attacked Bangladeshi journalists for having ''"corrupt nature"''. After the fall of the

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led

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government, Rahman has written in favor of the

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led Interim government.

Bibliography

* Ek Bartho Avvuthaner Nayok Bolsen * Chenamukh Chenamot * Samorik Shasonottor Besamorik Sarkarer Samashya * Gonoabvuthyan ’90

Personal life

Rahman is married to Fahmida Haq.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rahman, Zillur Living people Jahangirnagar University alumni 20th-century Bangladeshi journalists 21st-century Bangladeshi journalists Year of birth missing (living people) Journalists from Dhaka Bangladeshi television talk show hosts Bangladeshi political journalists