Mahfuz Anam

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Mahfuz Anam (born 18 June 1950) is the editor and publisher of The Daily Star, one of Bangladesh's English language newspapers.

He is also the publisher of Weekly 2000, a weekly newspaper, and Anandadhara, an entertainment fortnightly.

He was the editor of Prothom Alo, a Bengali daily, who worked as the printer.

Education

Anam studied at Notre Dame College in Dhaka. He received a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Dhaka. In 1967, 1968, and 1969, Anam has been champion of the All Pakistan Debating Championship for three years in a row. In Karachi, Dhaka, and Lahore, the debate championships were held.

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Career

In March 1972, Anam began his career. He spent his time as a staff correspondent for The Bangladesh Observer, the country's largest English-language daily. He was later named assistant editor of The Bangladesh Times. In 1976, the East-West Center gave Thomas Jefferson Fellowship in Journalism to him.

Anam served with UNESCO as both a media officer and a spokesperson between 1977 and 1990. He was posted in Paris, New York City, and Bangkok. In his last posting in Bangkok, Anam was the UNESCO Regional Media and Public Affairs Representative. While in Bangkok, Anam plans to set up a newspaper in Bangladesh with Syed Mohammad Ali, the former editor of The Bangkok Post. Investor Azimur Rahman, A. S. Mahmud, Latifur Rahman, A. Rouf Chowdhury, and Shamsur Rahman were among the beneficiaries who received funds from investors. "The paper was a while in the making," Anam's words. It began in the 1980s with the frantic exchange of letters between S. M. Ali, based in Kuala Lumpur, and myself, based in Bangkok, both working for UNESCO. He planned to retire in 1988, and I'll resign in 1990, and both of us will return to Bangladesh and begin our journal. Ali Bhai's two-year presence, as well as my frequent trips from Bangkok, gave us the opportunity to finalize investments (with Mahmud Bhai, our founding managing director, acting as the catalyst), finalize our paper's scheduling, wrap up major recruitment campaigns, rent the buildings, and, of course, get the 'declaration'—the official authorization to start a newspaper.

The Daily Star was established in 1991 during Bangladesh's democratic transition. The time was coincided with economic liberalization reforms. The newspaper quickly gained a following in Dhaka and Chittagong's port city. It became the country's most popular English-language daily, defeating rivals such as The Bangladesh Observer and Holiday. Its editorial views have soared. It emerged as a symbol of Bangladesh's outspoken, multicultural, and privately owned press, which flourished between 1990 and the late 2000s. "The Daily Star is Bangladesh's most popular English-language newspaper," the BBC reports. It was unveiled when Bangladesh returned to parliamentary democracy a quarter of a century ago, and the organisation has always had a reputation for journalistic integrity, liberal, and socialist views, a clone of Bangladesh's New York Times. Anam took over the newspaper's journalistic operations following S. M. Ali's death in 1993. In 1998, Anam was appointed publisher by the newspaper's parent company, Mediaworld Ltd. Anam worked closely with Syed Fahim Munaim, the newspaper's managing editor and responsible for revenue issues.

Anam is the founding president of Bangladesh's Newspaper Owners Association (NOAB). He also served as Secretary General of Bangladesh's Editors Council. In 2007, Anam was elected chairman of the Asia News Network (ANN) in Seoul. Anam is a member of the Board of Trustees of Transparency International's Bangladeshi chapter (TIB).

Anam founded the Bangladesh Freedom Foundation with the Ford Foundation and Professor Rehman Sobhan.

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Awards

• Courageous Journalism Award, 2016 – East-West Center