Mukhlesur Rahman Chowdhury
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Bangladeshi
journalist Mukhlesur Rahman Chowdhury also known as Mokhles Chowdhury, was adviser to the President of Bangladesh
during the 2006-07 Caretaker Government
.
and Journalism, and in Political Science from the University of Dhaka
http://alumni.univdhaka.edu/member_list.php?topsrch=1&srch_type=member&srch_name=Mukhlesur+Rahman+Chowdhury. Chowdhury's PhD in Politics at the University of Sheffield is in progress
He is presently working as editor
of the Weekly Prekshit.
, President of Bangladesh
as well as the Chief Adviser of Caretaker Government
appointed M Mukhlesur Rahman Chowdhury as the Adviser
to President
with the rank and status of State Minister
. From December 2006 to January 2007, when acute national political impasses arose in Bangladesh
out of uncertainty about Parliamentary elections, he performed the role of President’s special envoy in the negotiation process for a peaceful solution between Begum Khaleda Zia
and Sheikh Hasina
, the two top leaders of rival political alliances of Bangladesh. The political parties agreed to participate in parliamentary elections and submitted nominations on 26 December 2006. But on 3 January 2007 conspirators declared State of Emergency by cancelling H M Ershad's nomination. The elections were postponed on 11 January 2007 at the alleged intervention of a group of military officers which had created an event known as One-Eleven that subsequently led to an interim government.
Notable, in the past, during 1994-1995, Bangladesh
had experienced a similar political deadlock, a failed case of negotiation conducted by the then Commonwealth Secretary General's special envoy Sir Ninian Stephen
.
Chowdhury alleged that Moeen U Ahmed
, erstwhile Army Chief was the main force in the events of Bangladesh on 11 January 2007 and the hidden agenda of Moeen was to capture the country's Presidency in disguise of interim Caretaker Government
headed by Fakhruddin Ahmed
. Mukhles's interviews were published in Thikana, Akhon Samoy
, Probashi Voice, Bangla Patrika and Probashi barta of New York and Voice of America
and Euro Bangla, Bangla Post, BBC
, Channel S
and Bangla TV of London. "Military coup in Bangladesh: Dateline 2007", one of his fact-finding write-ups about the One Eleven
conspiracy, was published in the weekly Akhon Samoy
of New York.
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er sei Dingulo in Janatar Chokh magazine of the Manabzamin
List of people from Sylhet
Habiganj District
Lakhai Upazila
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Bengali people
The Bengali people are an ethnic community native to the historic region of Bengal in South Asia. They speak Bengali , which is an Indo-Aryan language of the eastern Indian subcontinent, evolved from the Magadhi Prakrit and Sanskrit languages. In their native language, they are referred to as বাঙালী...
journalist Mukhlesur Rahman Chowdhury also known as Mokhles Chowdhury, was adviser to the President of Bangladesh
President of Bangladesh
Since 1991, the President of Bangladesh is the head of state, a largely ceremonial post elected by the parliament. Since 1996, the President's role becomes more important after the term of the government has finished, when his executive authority is enhanced as laid down in the constitution of the...
during the 2006-07 Caretaker Government
Caretaker government
Caretaker government is a type of government that rules temporarily. A caretaker government is often set up following a war until stable democratic rule can be restored, or installed, in which case it is often referred to as a provisional government...
.
Education and awards
Chowdhury received his degrees in Mass communicationMass communication
Mass communication is the term used to describe the academic study of the various means by which individuals and entities relay information through mass media to large segments of the population at the same time...
and Journalism, and in Political Science from the University of Dhaka
University of Dhaka
The University of Dhaka is the oldest university in Bangladesh. It is a multi-disciplinary research university and is among the top universities in the region. Established on July 21, 1921, as per the Government of India Act, 1920, it was modelled on the Universities in England and soon gained...
http://alumni.univdhaka.edu/member_list.php?topsrch=1&srch_type=member&srch_name=Mukhlesur+Rahman+Chowdhury. Chowdhury's PhD in Politics at the University of Sheffield is in progress
He is presently working as editor
Editor in chief
An editor-in-chief is a publication's primary editor, having final responsibility for the operations and policies. Additionally, the editor-in-chief is held accountable for delegating tasks to staff members as well as keeping up with the time it takes them to complete their task...
of the Weekly Prekshit.
Role during the 2006-2007 political crisis
On 13 November 2006, Iajuddin AhmedIajuddin Ahmed
-Early life:Ahmed was born in Bikrampur of Dhaka District, erstwhile Bengal province, British India . As the son of Moulvi Ibrahim Mia, Ahmed obtained his B.Sc. and M.S. at the University of Dhaka in 1952 and 1954 respectively and later received his M.S. and Ph.D...
, President of Bangladesh
President of Bangladesh
Since 1991, the President of Bangladesh is the head of state, a largely ceremonial post elected by the parliament. Since 1996, the President's role becomes more important after the term of the government has finished, when his executive authority is enhanced as laid down in the constitution of the...
as well as the Chief Adviser of Caretaker Government
Caretaker government of Bangladesh
The Caretaker Government of Bangladesh is a form of government system in which the country is ruled by a selected government for an interim period during transition from one government to another, after the completion tenure of the former. As the outgoing government hands over their power, the...
appointed M Mukhlesur Rahman Chowdhury as the Adviser
Senior Advisor
In some countries, a Senior Advisor is an appointed position by the Head of State to advise on the highest levels of national and government policy. Sometimes a junior position to this is called a National Policy Advisor...
to President
President of Bangladesh
Since 1991, the President of Bangladesh is the head of state, a largely ceremonial post elected by the parliament. Since 1996, the President's role becomes more important after the term of the government has finished, when his executive authority is enhanced as laid down in the constitution of the...
with the rank and status of State Minister
Minister of State
Minister of State is a title borne by politicians or officials in certain countries governed under a parliamentary system. In some countries a "minister of state" is a junior minister, who is assigned to assist a specific cabinet minister...
. From December 2006 to January 2007, when acute national political impasses arose in Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...
out of uncertainty about Parliamentary elections, he performed the role of President’s special envoy in the negotiation process for a peaceful solution between Begum Khaleda Zia
Khaleda Zia
Begum Khaleda Zia is the former First Lady of Bangladesh , and then Prime Minister of Bangladesh, having served from 1991 to 1996, becoming the first woman in the country's history and second in the Muslim world to head a democratic government as prime minister. She served again from 2001 until...
and Sheikh Hasina
Sheikh Hasina
Sheikh Hasina is a Bangladeshi politician and current Prime Minister of Bangladesh. She has been the President of the Awami League, a major political party, since 1981. She is the eldest of five children of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding father of Bangladesh and widow of a reputed nuclear...
, the two top leaders of rival political alliances of Bangladesh. The political parties agreed to participate in parliamentary elections and submitted nominations on 26 December 2006. But on 3 January 2007 conspirators declared State of Emergency by cancelling H M Ershad's nomination. The elections were postponed on 11 January 2007 at the alleged intervention of a group of military officers which had created an event known as One-Eleven that subsequently led to an interim government.
Notable, in the past, during 1994-1995, Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...
had experienced a similar political deadlock, a failed case of negotiation conducted by the then Commonwealth Secretary General's special envoy Sir Ninian Stephen
Ninian Stephen
Sir Ninian Martin Stephen, is a retired politician and judge, who served as the 20th Governor-General of Australia and as a Justice in the High Court of Australia.-Early life:...
.
Chowdhury alleged that Moeen U Ahmed
Moeen U Ahmed
General Moeen Uddin Ahmed ndc psc was Chief of Army Staff of the Bangladesh Army from 15 June 2005 to 15 June 2009. Previously, he worked as in diplomatic mission in Pakistan as a Defence Attaché, prior to that he served as a UN Peacekeeper in United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda.General...
, erstwhile Army Chief was the main force in the events of Bangladesh on 11 January 2007 and the hidden agenda of Moeen was to capture the country's Presidency in disguise of interim Caretaker Government
Caretaker government
Caretaker government is a type of government that rules temporarily. A caretaker government is often set up following a war until stable democratic rule can be restored, or installed, in which case it is often referred to as a provisional government...
headed by Fakhruddin Ahmed
Fakhruddin Ahmed
Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed is a noted Bangladeshi economist, civil servant, and a former governor of the Bangladesh Bank, the country's central bank...
. Mukhles's interviews were published in Thikana, Akhon Samoy
Akhon Samoy
Akhon Samoy is a Bengali language newspaper published from New York, USA since 2000. The paper's theme, as printed in the upper left-hand corner of the editorial page, is "A New Millennium newsweekly" is organized into sections: News, Opinions, International, Literature, Arts, Science, Sports,...
, Probashi Voice, Bangla Patrika and Probashi barta of New York and Voice of America
Voice of America
Voice of America is the official external broadcast institution of the United States federal government. It is one of five civilian U.S. international broadcasters working under the umbrella of the Broadcasting Board of Governors . VOA provides a wide range of programming for broadcast on radio...
and Euro Bangla, Bangla Post, BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
, Channel S
Channel S
Channel S is a UK-based, free-to-air television channel targeting the British Bangladeshi community. The channel was established on 16 December 2004, by Mahee Ferdous Jalil - a Bangladeshi businessman in London. On Sky it had a timesharing deal with ATN Global, and then in 2005 it started to...
and Bangla TV of London. "Military coup in Bangladesh: Dateline 2007", one of his fact-finding write-ups about the One Eleven
Caretaker government of Bangladesh
The Caretaker Government of Bangladesh is a form of government system in which the country is ruled by a selected government for an interim period during transition from one government to another, after the completion tenure of the former. As the outgoing government hands over their power, the...
conspiracy, was published in the weekly Akhon Samoy
Akhon Samoy
Akhon Samoy is a Bengali language newspaper published from New York, USA since 2000. The paper's theme, as printed in the upper left-hand corner of the editorial page, is "A New Millennium newsweekly" is organized into sections: News, Opinions, International, Literature, Arts, Science, Sports,...
of New York.
Previous Positions
- Press SecretaryPress secretaryA press secretary or press officer is a senior advisor who provides advice on how to deal with the news media and, using news management techniques, helps their employer to maintain a positive public image and avoid negative media coverage....
as well as spokesman of the Bangladesh President Iajuddin AhmedIajuddin Ahmed-Early life:Ahmed was born in Bikrampur of Dhaka District, erstwhile Bengal province, British India . As the son of Moulvi Ibrahim Mia, Ahmed obtained his B.Sc. and M.S. at the University of Dhaka in 1952 and 1954 respectively and later received his M.S. and Ph.D...
from December 2004 to November 2006. - Former diplomatic editor and special correspondent of the Daily Dinkal.
- Also worked for the Ajker KagojAjker KagojThe Daily Ajker Kagoj was a Bengali language newspaper published in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Launched in 1991 under the editorship of Naimul Islam Khan, it established itself as a modern genre Bengali language newspaper....
and the Naba Abhijan as special correspondent, the Dainik Patrika as chief reporter and the Island Upali newspapers of Sri Lanka as Bangladesh correspondent. - Was editor of the Weekly Sarak and the Sromo magazine.
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Extra-Professional Activities
In 2004 Chowdhury was elected president of Overseas Correspondents Association Bangladesh-OCAB (Foreign Journalists Association). http://www.bangladesh-web.com/view.php?hidRecord=9420 Before that he was elected to all posts including vice president, secretary, treasurer, joint secretary and Executive committee member of the same organization since 1993. In the Diplomatic Correspondents Association of Bangladesh he served as vice president and acting president, and during 2003-04 he performed as senior joint secretary general of the Commonwealth Journalists Association, Bangladesh In 1986 and 1991 he was elected executive committee member of Dhaka Union of Journalists– DUJ. As an environmental journalist he positioned himself as an executive committee member of the Forum of Environmental Journalists of Bangladesh.Publications
- Hundred Years of BangabhabanBangabhabanThe Banga Bhaban is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of Bangladesh, the head of state of Bangladesh. Located in the capital Dhaka, the palace has been the official residence of the British Viceroy of India until 1912, when the capital was moved to New Delhi. From...
and Bangabhabaner Shatabarsha were published from BangabhabanBangabhabanThe Banga Bhaban is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of Bangladesh, the head of state of Bangladesh. Located in the capital Dhaka, the palace has been the official residence of the British Viceroy of India until 1912, when the capital was moved to New Delhi. From...
where Mukhles was the publisher as the head of press wing of President's Office.
As Columnist
He wrote unique columns under the headings BangabhabanBangabhaban
The Banga Bhaban is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of Bangladesh, the head of state of Bangladesh. Located in the capital Dhaka, the palace has been the official residence of the British Viceroy of India until 1912, when the capital was moved to New Delhi. From...
er sei Dingulo in Janatar Chokh magazine of the Manabzamin
Manabzamin
The Manab Zamin is a major daily tabloid newspaper in Bangladesh, published from Dhaka in the Bengali language. It is the first and largest circulated Bengali tabloid Daily in the world, with monthly website hits of 8,400,000. The newspaper is also the only Bangladeshi newspaper to boast...
See also
List of Bangladeshi peopleList of people from Sylhet
Habiganj District
Habiganj District
Habiganj is a district in the north-eastern part of Bangladesh. It is under Sylhet Division.Habiganj is the historical place where the Mukti Bahini started their first guerrilla movement against aggressor Pakistani Army. It is also the place full of memory of Syed Nasir Uddin, an associate of...
Lakhai Upazila
Lakhai Upazila
Lakhai is an Upazila of Habiganj District in the Division of Sylhet, Bangladesh.-Geography:Lakhai is located at . It has 19465 units of house hold and total area 196.56 km². Lakhai is the connecting point of 3 administrative divisions Sylhet, Dhaka & Chittagong of Bangladesh...
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