Kamal Uddin Shabuj appointed BSS MD and chief editor

The government today appointed veteran journalist Kamal Uddin Shabuj as the managing director and chief editor of state-run news agency Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS).

The Public Administration Ministry issued a gazette notification announcing his appointment under Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha Act, 2018 on a contractual basis for a period of one year from the date of his joining.

Kamal Uddin Shabuj previously served BSS for 32 years, and retired from the national news agency as the news editor in 2023.

After his retirement from BSS, he joined the Dainik Desh Rupantor as its editor and until his new appointment, he was serving the daily as chief editor.

During his service in BSS, he also served in the reporting team with various assignments including the task of covering former prime minister Begum Khaleda Zia for some 10 years.

His assignments required him also to travel widely abroad as a political, diplomatic, economic, and parliamentary correspondent.

The visits brought him in touch with global figures like Nelson Mandela, Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton, Rajiv Gandhi, Benazir Bhutto, Nawaz Sharif, Mahathir Mohamad, Hu Jintao, and Wen Jiabao.

Shabuj was elected twice as the president and general secretary of the Jatiya Press Club.