Today (Thursday) is the fifth death anniversary of Mohammad Badrul Ahsan, a longtime weekly columnist for The Daily Star and the publisher and editor of the now-defunct weekly magazine, First News, says a statenemt.
He also had a long career with Standard Chartered Bank (SCB), serving in both Dhaka and Dubai.
A passionate writer, he left banking career to launch First News in 2010, the country's first and only news magazine.
Badrul Ahsan, the inimitable weekly author of Cross Talk in The Daily Star, began writing his column in 2000.
He also authored several books, including Grameen Bank and Muhammad Yunus, In Search of a Nation, and Tales from the Heart.
His family seeks blessings of all for the eternal peace of his departed soul.
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