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Mahbubul Alam (journalist)
Mahbubul Alam (5 February 1936 – 6 June 2014) was an advisor of the Caretaker Government of Bangladesh and editor of The Independent.[1][2] Early lifeAlam was born on 5 February 1936 in Mymensingh District, East Bengal, British India.[3][4] He studied political science at the University of Dhaka.[3] CareerAlam joined the Associated Press in 1957.[3] Alam worked for the Plain Truth show on Radio Pakistan during the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971.[5] The show produced war propaganda for the Pakistan Army.[5] He was briefly the press secretary to President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman but that came to an end due to controversy over his role during the war.[5] Alam was the press minister at the Embassy of Bangladesh, Washington, D.C. and High Commission of Bangladesh, London.[3] He was the ambassador of Bangladesh to Bhutan.[3] Under President Hussain Muhammad Ershad, he was the director general of the external affairs division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[6] Alam was the editor and managing director of the state owned Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha.[3] He served as the editor of The New Nation.[3] Alam became the editor of The Independent in the early 1990s.[5] He was the president of the Newspaper Owners Association of Bangladesh.[7] Alam was the Information Advisor in the Caretaker government led by President Iajuddin Ahmed from 2006 to 2007.[8][9] He served as the editor of The Independent.[10] He was an advisor to BEXIMCO Group.[11] Personal lifeAlam's wife and three daughters live in the United States.[3] DeathAlam died on 6 June 2014 at the BIRDEM hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh.[3] He was buried at Azimpur New Graveyard.[12] References
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