Abed Khan
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Abed Khan
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| Native name | আবেদ খান |
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16 April 1945 Rasulpur, Khulna, Bengal Presidency, British India (now Bangladesh) |
| Occupation | Journalist, columnist, author |
| Known for | Editing Kaler Kantho, Samakal, Jugantor, Bhorer Kagoj |
| Spouse(s) | Sanjida Akhter |
| Children | 1 |
Abed Khan (Bengali: আবেদ খান; born 16 April 1945) is a prominent Bangladeshi journalist and columnist. He has been influential in the Bangladesh news industry in various capacities for five decades. Khan is currently editor and publisher of the Dhaka-based daily Jagoran and is the former chief executive officer and chief editor of ATN News.
Abed Khan was born in the village of Rasulpur, Khulna district, Bengal Presidency, British India. Both his father and maternal grandfather were renowned journalists in British India. Khan graduated from Dhaka University by 1962, after which he began working as a sub-editor at daily newspaper Jehad at the age of 17. After working at Jehad for almost a year, he joined the daily newspaper Sangbad. In 1966, he took a position at the influential daily newspaper Ittefaq; Khan would later become Ittefaq's chief reporter.
Abed Khan fought in the Bangladeshi army during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War. In 1972, after Bangladesh's declaration of independence, Ittefaq began publishing Khan's "Open Secret", an investigative column dealing with corruption in Bangladesh.Ittefaq also published a series of Khan's columns entitled "Abhajoner Nibedon Iti", written under the pseudonym "Obhajan" (an ordinary man). Khan became Ittefaq's assistant editor in 1978.
In 1995, after 31 years of service at Ittefaq, Abed Khan resigned and became a freelance journalist. He continued to write for several top-ranked Bangladeshi newspapers, including Janakantha, Bhorer Kagoj, Prothom Alo and Sangbad. Janakantha published "Gaurananda Kobi Bhone Shune Punyaban" (Poet Gaurananda describes, that the pious listen to), Khan's highly popular series of satirical articles. Khan briefly served as chief of incipient broadcast network Ekushey Television's news department in 2000. Khan was also elected president of the East Pakistan Journalists' Union and the Dhaka Journalists' Union.
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