Nayeemul Islam Khan (Bengali: নাঈমুল ইসলাম খান; born 1960), is a media personality in Bangladesh who had been active in Bangladeshi journalism since 1982. He was the press secretary to the former prime ministerc of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina. Prior to his appointment at the Prime Minister's Office, Mr. Khan worked as the emeritus editor of the Bengali-language daily Amader Notun Shomoy, daily Amader Orthoneeti and English-language daily The Our Time.[1][2]
Nayeemul Islam Khan | |
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নাঈমুল ইসলাম খান | |
 Nayeemul Islam Khan in 2009 | |
| Press secretary to the Prime Minister's Office (Bangladesh) | |
| In office 06 June 2024 – 05 August 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Ihsanul Karim |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 January 1960 |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Spouse | Nasima Khan Monty |
| Parent(s) | Nurul Islam Khan and Nurun Nahar Khan |
| Education | University of Dhaka |
| Alma mater | Comilla Zilla School |
| Occupation | Newspaper editor and journalist |
He is best known for his introduction of the modern approach of Bengali daily newspapers with the illustrated daily, Ajker Kagoj, launched in 1990. Shortly after, he published the newspaper Daily Bhorer Kagoj.
He was also the founding editor of the popular daily Amader Shomoy in 2003. He frequently appears on TV talk-shows since 2007.
Career
editNayeemul Islam Khan's debut as an editor was for the short-lived monthly magazine Shomoy that was published for a few months in 1982. His next project was editing Khoborer Kagoj, which made its debut as a weekly in 1987.[3] He is acclaimed as the father of modern approach to the Bengali-language newspaper for his work at Ajker Kahoj, in which he served as editor from its founding 1990 until 1992.[4] That newspaper later closed in 2007. In 1992, he also founded another Bengali-language daily Bhorer Kagoj,[4] which was later edited by Matiur Rahman. Both Ajker Kahoj and Bhorer Kagoj were non-traditional in style and tone. He quit the Bhorer Kagoj in 1992 to run the non-governmental organisation Bangladesh Centre for Development, Journalism and Communication.[5] He made an abortive attempt to publish another daily under the title Notundhara.[6] He also started his own daily, Amader Shomoy in 2007 but was removed as publisher by a court order in 2012. It was a four-page daily that cost TK 2.[7]
In 2013, Khan and his wife were returning home from a social event on 11 March when his car, which was clearly marked as a car belonging to the media, was attacked with molotov cocktails, one of which hit the car. He and his wife had to go to the hospital for treatment. The source of the attacks is unknown. The International Federation of Journalists believed he could have been targeted as he had been making frequent television appearances. The Committee to Protect Journalists called for quick investigations and demanded the violence directed against journalists be stopped.[2][8][9]
References
edit- ^ [Amader Orthoneeti has been being published from Dhaka since 2008.]
- ^ a b "In Bangladesh, press attacked with explosives". Committee to Protect Journalists. 4 March 2013. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
- ^ Khoborer Kagoj published a weekly column by Mymensingh-based poet and gynaecologist Taslima Nasreen.
- ^ a b Mahmud, Shameem (2013). "The Transformation of the Bangladesh Press". In Shoesmith, Brian; Genilo, Jude William (eds.). Bangladesh's Changing Mediascape: From State Control to Market Forces. Intellect Books. pp. 45, 49. ISBN 978-1-78320-126-6.
- ^ "Drug traffickers target provincial newspaper 'Andoloner Bazar', journalist found dead". IFEX.org. 8 August 2002. Archived from the original on 16 April 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
- ^ সম্পাদনায় নতুন চিন্তার প্রবর্তক নাঈমুল ইসলাম খান. Amader Notun Shomoy (in Bengali). 22 January 2019.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Nayeemul no longer publisher of Amader Shomoy". New Age. 9 August 2012. Archived from the original on 25 November 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
- ^ Gaydazhieva, Stanislava (13 March 2013). "IFJ speaks in defence of attacked Bangladeshi editor". New Europe. Archived from the original on 15 March 2013. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
- ^ "Journalist Naimul Islam Khan injured". bdnews24.com. 13 February 2013. Retrieved 14 March 2013.