1. Naem Nizam was born on 5 November 1965 and is a Bangladeshi journalist, writer, columnist, and editor of daily Bangladesh Pratidin.
24 Facts About Naem Nizam
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Naem Nizam is former CEO of News24 and Radio Capital.
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Naem Nizam is the vice president of Sheikh Russell KC, a professional football club based in Dhaka, Bangladesh, currently playing in the Bangladesh Premier League.
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Naem Nizam is a member of Newspaper Owners' Association of Bangladesh.
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Naem Nizam's career has spanned many decades where he has been involved with starting up multiple national media organizations in Bangladesh, including ATN Bangla, Bangladesh Pratidin, News24, T-Sports, the Daily Sun, and STV US.
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Naem Nizam was born on 11 November 1965 in Nangalkot Upazila, Comilla District, East Pakistan, Pakistan.
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Naem Nizam started his career in the late 1980s as a political correspondent and worked at national newspapers Ajker Kagoj and Bhorer Kagoj.
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Naem Nizam served as the chief news editor of ATN Bangla.
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Naem Nizam was the managing director of STV-US, a Bengali language television channel based in New York City in 2006.
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Naem Nizam served as first CEO of News24, a 24 hour news channel, and is currently director of its parent company, East West Media Group.
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Naem Nizam is a member of the Editors' Council a grouping of the newspaper editors of Bangladesh.
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Naem Nizam was sued by Ashikur Rahman Miku, general secretary of the Bangladesh Volleyball Federation following the publication of a critical report about him 18 May 2012.
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Naem Nizam secured bail from the court after appearing before it.
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On 6 July 2014, Naem Nizam attended an iftar hosted by former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia for prominent newspaper editors and journalists.
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In March 2015, Naem Nizam received threats from Safiur Rahman Farabi, an Islamic extremist.
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On 5 October 2017, Naem Nizam was summoned a local Dhaka Court by Metropolitan Magistrate Debabrata Biswas following a case filed by Dhaka Lawyers Association President Saidur Rahman Manik.
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On 23 August 2017, Naem Nizam was appointment member of the Bangladesh Press Council.
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Naem Nizam had filed the defamation case following a report on his corruption published on Bangladesh Pratidin on 9 April 2014.
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Naem Nizam condemned the passage of the Digital Security Act, 2018.
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On 16 September 2019, Naem Nizam was elected general secretary of the Editors' Council while Mahfuz Anam was elected president.
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Naem Nizam called on the Ministry of Finance to reduce the import duty on newsprint in a virtual meeting with Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal in April 2021.
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Naem Nizam was elected director of Sheikh Russel KC, sponsored by Bashundhara Group, on 29 May 2021.
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Naem Nizam is married to journalist Farida Yasmin since 1990 and has two children.
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Naem Nizam is the current two-term president of the National Press Club of Bangladesh.