Ahmadul Kabir

Ahmadul Kabir was a Bangladeshi politician and journalist.

Early life

Kabir born on 3 February 1923 in Ghorashal, Palash Upazila, Narsingdi District, East Bengal, British India. He studied economics at the Dhaka University.[1]

Career

Kabir worked at the Reserve Bank of India. After the Partition of India, he served as the head of East Pakistan Foreign Exchange Department. He resigned from government service in 1954 to start his business. He was a founding director of Eastern Mercantile Bank. He also founded IFIC Bank, Bengal Beverage Company, Essential Industries, and a bottling plant of Vita Cola.[1]

Kabir worked at The Sangbad from its start in 1951. He was elected to the Bengal Legislative Assembly in 1965. He supported autonomy for East Pakistan and wrote about it in the Sangbad. He was arrested after the start of Bangladesh Liberation war and the publication of the newspaper was stopped. The publication resumed after the independence of Bangladesh and he became its editor in 1972.[1][2]

Kabir was elected to Parliament in 1979 and re-elected in 1986. He served as the treasurer of Krishak Samiti. He was the founding General Secretary of Ganatanri Party. He was the chairman of Commonwealth Press Union's Bangladesh unit.[1]

Death

Kabir died 24 November 2003.[1]

References
  1. Mohanta, Sambaru Chandra. "Kabir, Ahmadul". en.banglapedia.org. Banglapedia. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  2. Assembly, East Pakistan (Pakistan) (1971). Assembly Proceedings; Official Report. p. 77.


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