Badrul Ahsan's 6th death anniv today

FE Team | Published: February 05, 2026 23:02:24

Today (Friday) is the sixth 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.
He also had a long career with Standard Chartered Bank (SCB), serving in both Dhaka and Dubai, according to a press statement.
A passionate writer, he left his banking career to launch First News in 2010, the country's first and only news magazine.
Mohammad 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, published by Mowla Brothers. His other works, such as A Good Man in the Woods and Other Essays, Crosstalk Essays, and The Parallax View, were published by The University Press Limited.