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Nayeemul Islam Khan ( born 1960) is a
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journalist who has been active in the field since 1982. He served as the
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to Prime Minister
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. Khan has also worked as the editor of several newspapers, including the Bengali dailies ''Amader Notun Shomoy'' and ''Amader Orthoneeti'', as well as the English daily ''The Our Time''. He is known for his introduction of 'modern approach' of Bengali daily newspapers with the illustrated daily, ''
Ajker Kagoj ''Ajker Kagoj'' () was a daily Bengali-language newspaper published from Dhaka, Bangladesh. The newspaper was launched in 1991 under the editorship of Nayeemul Islam Khan, Naimul Islam Khan. Since 1992, Kazi Shahid Ahmed was the editor and publi ...
'', launched in 1990. Shortly after, he published the newspaper Daily ''
Bhorer Kagoj ''Bhorer Kagoj'' ( ''Bhorer Kagoj'' "Dawn's Paper") is a major Bengali-language daily newspaper, published from Dhaka, Bangladesh. The newspaper is published in both print and online formats. History ''Bhorer Kagoj'' began publications on 15 ...
''. He is the founding editor of the daily '' Amader Shomoy'' newspaper in 2003.


Career

Nayeemul Islam Khan's debut as an editor was for the short-lived monthly magazine ''Shomoy'' that was published for a few months in 1982. His next project was editing ''Khoborer Kagoj'', which made its debut as a weekly in 1987. He is acclaimed as the father of modern approach to the Bengali-language newspaper for his work at ''Ajker Kahoj'', in which he served as editor from its founding 1990 until 1992. That newspaper later closed in 2007. In 1992, he also founded another Bengali-language daily ''
Bhorer Kagoj ''Bhorer Kagoj'' ( ''Bhorer Kagoj'' "Dawn's Paper") is a major Bengali-language daily newspaper, published from Dhaka, Bangladesh. The newspaper is published in both print and online formats. History ''Bhorer Kagoj'' began publications on 15 ...
'', which was later edited by Matiur Rahman. Both ''Ajker Kahoj'' and ''Bhorer Kagoj'' were non-traditional in style and tone. He quit the ''Bhorer Kagoj'' in 1992 to run the non-governmental organisation Bangladesh Centre for Development, Journalism and Communication. He made an abortive attempt to publish another daily under the title ''Notundhara''. He also started his own daily, '' Amader Shomoy'' in 2007 but was removed as publisher by a court order in 2012. It was a four-page daily that cost TK 2. In 2013, Khan and his wife were returning home from a social event on 11 March when his car, which was clearly marked as a car belonging to the media, was attacked with molotov cocktails, one of which hit the car. He and his wife had to go to the hospital for treatment. The source of the attacks is unknown. The
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believed he could have been targeted as he had been making frequent television appearances. The
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called for quick investigations and demanded the violence directed against journalists be stopped. On March 3, 2025, the Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) ordered the freezing of the personal and institutional bank accounts of Nayeemul Islam Khan, his wife Nasima Khan Monty, and their children. The directive was issued to all banks and financial institutions in
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. On the same day, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) obtained a court order to seize the tax files of Khan and his wife. Khan was named as an accused in a case filed over the death of Sajjad Hossain, a student who was shot during the anti-discrimination movement in
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. The case also named former Prime Minister
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, her sister
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, and journalist
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, among others. Additionally, another case was filed at Jatrabari Police Station in connection with the death of Nayeem Howlader, a student who was shot during anti-quota protests. The case accused Hasina and seven journalists, including Khan.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Khan, Nayeemul Islam 1958 births Living people 21st-century Bangladeshi journalists Bengali-language writers Bangladeshi newspaper editors 21st-century Bangladeshi newspaper publishers (people) People from Comilla District People from Comilla