ABM Musa's anniversary of death today

Today is the 2nd death anniversary of eminent journalist ABM Musa.

On this occasion, a doa mahfil will be held at his 5/2 Iqbal road residence in the capital's Mohammadpur after the Asr prayers, said a press release.

Relatives and admirers are requested to attend the programme.

AMB Musa died at Lab Aid Hospital in 2014.

Born in Dharmapur village of Feni in 1931, he started his career as a journalist in 1950 at the then Daily Insaf. Later, he joined erstwhile Pakistan Observer.

He covered the war fronts in 1971 as a correspondent of BBC and Sunday Times.

One of the founder members of the Jatiya Press Club, Musa was elected its general secretary thrice and president for four times.

He was also a founder of Pakistan Journalists Union and elected general secretary of the then East Pakistan Journalists Union.

After independence, he joined Bangladesh Television (BTV) as its director general and later became editor of the then Morning News.

He was also elected Member of Parliament from Feni constituency in 1973 as an Awami League candidate.

ABM Musa joined the United Nations Environment Programmes in Bangkok in 1978 as its regional director and was the director general of Press Institute of Bangladesh (PIB) from 1981 to 1985.

The veteran journalist joined BSS as its managing director and chief editor on May 15 in 1985 and was with the national news agency till March 23, 1987.

He joined Daily Jugantar as its editor in 2005. He got many awards, including Ekushey Padak, for his outstanding contributions to journalism.