Matiur Rahman (journalist)
| Matiur Rahman | |
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Matiur Rahman on 22 December 2009, photograph by Faizul Latif Chowdhury
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| Born |
2 January 1946 Calcutta |
| Education | Dhaka University |
| Alma mater | Nawabpur Government High School Dhaka Government College |
| Occupation | Journalist and editor |
| Years active | Since 1970 |
| Employer |
Daily Prothom Alo (1998–present); Bhorer Kagoj (1992–1998) Ekota (1970–1991) |
| Known for | his tenure as editor at the Daily Prothom Alo |
| Home town | Dhaka |
| Spouse(s) | Maleka Begum |
| Children | one son & one daughter |
| Parent(s) | Mohammed Fazlur Rahman and Lutfunessa Begum |
| Awards | Ramon Magsaysay Award for Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts |
Matiur Rahman (Bengali: মতিউর রহমান) is the editor of Daily Prothom Alo, the second largest circulated Bengali language daily in Bangladesh. He is the recipient of the 2005 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts.
Matiur Rahman was born 2 January 1946 in Calcutta to Mohammed Fazlur Rahman, a lawyer, and Lutfunessa Begum. He grew up in the era of decolonisation and nationalism that gave birth to East Pakistan and then Bangladesh. For his secondary education, he attended Nawabpur Government High School and then Dhaka Government College. For his higher education, he attended Dhaka University and earned his master's degree in Statistics from University of Dhaka in 1967. While a student, he became a Marxist and was a student leader in East Pakistan Student Union. Later, he was secretly a member of Communist Party of Bangladesh while it was still outlawed.
Rahman entered journalism in 1970 when he became the editor of Ekota, a Socialist weekly. For five years during the 1970s, he also published the Bangladesh edition of the journal World Marxist Review. He left that position after 21 years and after the fall of the East Bloc. After he left Ekota, he worked as a journalist for Ajker Kagoj ("Today's News"), which was Bangladesh's first modern newspaper. In February 1992, Rahman partnered with others to found Bhorer Kagoj ("Morning News"), which he edited for the next six years. After Saber Hossain Chowdhury joined the cabinet of the Awami League government, Rahman felt pressured to shape the newspaper's stance in accordance with the ruling party and this led to his resignation. In 1998 he founded Prothom Alo, or "First Light", a daily newspaper. Rahman established Prothom Alo's credibility and increased circulation by exposing government missteps and corruption, as well as human rights violations. The newspaper's advocacy of solutions and Rahman's editorials attracted readers. Today it reaches a half million readers.
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