Humayun Kabir Balu (4 October 194727 June 2004) was a Bangladeshi journalist. He was awarded

Ekushey Padak Ekushey Padak () is the second highest civilian award in Bangladesh, introduced in memory of martyrs of the Bengali language movement of 1952. The award is given to recognize contributions in a number of fields, including culture, education, and e ...

in 2009 by the government of Bangladesh.

Career

Balu was the editor of ''Dainik Janmbhumi''. He was the president of Khulna Press Club in 1984, 1998 and 2003. He became the vice-president of Khulna Zonal Newspaper Editors' Association in 1990 and a member of Mongla Port Authority in 1998. In 1976, Balu was elected publicity secretary of Khulna City Awami League. Balu was very active in politics before the independence of Bangladesh. He even went to jail for participating in liberation movement during the Pakistan rule in Bangladesh. He took active participation as a freedom fighter. He was the first person to hail the flag of newly born Bangladesh in the southern city of Khulna. In 2004, Balu was killed in a bomb attack in front of his own house after coming from his mother's house while entering the house getting down from the car with his three children in

Khulna City Khulna (, ) is the third-largest city in Bangladesh, after Dhaka and Chittagong. It is the administrative centre of the Khulna District and the Khulna Division. It is the divisional centre of 10 districts of the division. Khulna is also the seco ...

. In 2020, five members of

Purbo Banglar Communist Party The Purbo Banglar Communist Party (, abbreviated: PBCP) is an outlawed communist party and militant far-left organization in Bangladesh. The PBCP formed in 1968 following a split in the Bangladesh Communist Party. It is mainly active in the are ...

were sentenced to life in prison for killing Balu.

Awards

* President's Award (1992) * Gold medal of Dr Ashraf Siddiqui Foundation (1993) *

(2009)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Balu, Humayun Kabir 1947 births 2004 deaths Journalists killed in Bangladesh Bangladeshi journalists Recipients of the Ekushey Padak People from Narail District 20th-century journalists Awami League politicians