Golam Sarwar made PIB Chairman

The government on Tuesday appointed renowned journalist and Editor of the Daily Samakal Golam Sarwar as Chairman of the board of directors of the Press Institute of Bangladesh (PIB).
The Information Ministry confirmed his appointment saying that the post had been lying vacant following the death of former Chairman Habibur Rahman Milon, a news agency report said.
Golam Sarwar who won the highest award in journalism, ‘Ekushey Padak’, in 2013 has got the appointment for two years, said an official at the Information Ministry on Tuesday.
Born at Banaripara, Barisal on April 1, 1943, Golam Sarwar obtained his master’s degree in Bengali literature from Dhaka University in the 60s, and started his carrier as a journalist in 1963.
He served at daily ‘Poygam’ and later in different posts at daily ‘Sangbad’ till March 25, 1971.
Sarwar played active role in the War of Liberation in 1971 and also worked for the daily Ittefaq, daily Jugantar and daily Samakal.
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