Ataus Samad [SEP] date of death
Ataus Samad
Ataus Samad (16 November 1937 – 26 September 2012) was a Bangladeshi journalist. He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 1992 by the Government of Bangladesh.
Early life and education.
Samad was born November 16, 1937 in Kishoreganj District. He earned Post graduation degree from University of Dhaka in 1959. He worked at Press Institute of Bangladesh (PIB) for a long time.
Career.
Samad started his journalism career in 1959. He was the chief reporter of the Pakistan Observer from 1965
the Durgapur Press Club in Rajshahi. Zakaria Mahmud and six journalists from other newspapers received death threats in the mail from someone who sent the letters from Bagerhat who did not like the reporting about a member of parliament. "Amar Desh" editor Ataus Samad also received a death threat in December that had been issued by the Jamatul Mujahideen Bangladesh, an Islamist organisation which had threatened 55 journalists in Bangladesh between September and December 2005.
In 2006, a journalist from the newspaper was among 8 injured by police when a group of