Matiur Rahman (journalist)
{{Short description|Bangladeshi journalist, publisher}}
{{Other people|Matiur Rahman}}
{{BLP sources|date=January 2009}}
{{EngvarB|date=August 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Matiur Rahman
| image = Matiur Rahman, Bangladeshi journalist 04.jpg
| caption = Rahman in 2018
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1946|04|15}}
| birth_place = Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India
| alma_mater = Dhaka College
| occupation = Journalist, editor
| years_active = 1970–present
| movement = Marxism
| spouse = Maleka Begum
| awards = Ramon Magsaysay Award|
}}
Matiur Rahman ({{langx|bn|মতিউর রহমান}}; born 15 April, 1946){{Cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/country/the-daily-star-honours-24-individuals-213121 |title=Daily Star honours 25 scholars, nation builders |date=5 February 2016 |work=The Daily Star |access-date=18 July 2018 |language=en}} is the editor of Prothom Alo, one of the largest circulated Bengali language daily in Bangladesh. He is the recipient of the 2005 Ramon Magsaysay Award in the journalism, literature and creative communication arts category.{{cite web |url=http://www.rmaf.org.ph/Awardees/Biography/pdfbio/rahmanmat.pdf |title=Matiur Rahman |date= |website=Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation |access-date=21 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130616064605/http://www.rmaf.org.ph/Awardees/Biography/pdfbio/rahmanmat.pdf |archive-date=16 June 2013 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web |url=http://www.rmaf.org.ph/Awardees/Citation/CitationRahmanMat.htm |title=Citation for Matiur Rahman |website=Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation |access-date=22 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319032700/http://www.rmaf.org.ph/Awardees/Citation/CitationRahmanMat.htm |archive-date=19 March 2012 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web |url=http://www.adgully.com/bangladesh-through-matiur-rahman-of-prothom-alo-s-eyes-45063.html |title=Bangladesh through Matiur Rahman of Prothom Alo's eyes |date=22 November 2010 |website=AdGully |access-date=22 April 2013}}
Early life
Rahman was born 2 January 1946 in Calcutta to Mohammed Fazlur Rahman, a lawyer, and Lutfunessa Begum. For his secondary education, he attended Nawabpur Government High School and then Dhaka College. For his higher education, he attended the University of Dhaka and earned his master's degree in statistics 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.
Career
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 newspaper Ajker Kagoj. In February 1992, he partnered with others to found Bhorer Kagoj, 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, a daily newspaper.
On 12 February 2013, Rahman was wounded from broken glass while in his car when some men were rioting and vandalising cars.{{cite news |date=13 February 2013 |title=Prothom Alo's editor Motiur Rahman wounded |newspaper=Daily Ittefaq |url=http://www.clickittefaq.com/more-stories/prothom-alos-editor-motiur-rahman-wounded/ |access-date=22 April 2013}}{{cite news |date=13 February 2013 |title=Jamaat-Shibir men clash with cops |url=http://www.thenewnationbd.com/newsdetails.aspx?newsid=65961 |newspaper=The New Nation |access-date=22 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130630105348/http://www.thenewnationbd.com/newsdetails.aspx?newsid=65961 |archive-date=30 June 2013}}
He was elected president of the Newspaper Owners' Association of Bangladesh in June 2014.{{cite news |title=Noab gets new committee |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/noab-gets-new-committee-28019 |work=The Daily Star |date=11 June 2014}} In March 2023, Matiur Rahman was sued under the controversial Digital Security Act. Reporter Samsuzzaman Shams, an 'assistant cameraman' and unnamed others were also made accused in the case.{{Cite news |title=Prothom Alo editor Matiur Rahman sued under Digital Security Act |url=https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/zziulqhp3o |access-date=2023-03-30 |work=Prothom Alo |date=30 March 2023 |language=en}}
References
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External links
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