Monajatuddin

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Born(1945-01-18)18 January 1945[1]
Keranipara, Rangpur town, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died29 December 1995(1995-12-29) (aged 50)
Padma River, Bangladesh
AlmamaterRangpur Carmichael College
OccupationJournalist
Monajatuddin
মোনাজাতউদ্দিন
Born(1945-01-18)18 January 1945[1]
Keranipara, Rangpur town, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died29 December 1995(1995-12-29) (aged 50)
Padma River, Bangladesh
Alma materRangpur Carmichael College
OccupationJournalist

Monajatuddin (18 January 1945 – 29 December 1995) was a Bangladeshi investigative journalist.⁣[2] He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 1997 by the Government of Bangladesh. In 1995, while investigating two boat capsizing events, he accidentally fell into the water from a ferry on the Padma River and died.[3]

Monajatuddin was born in 1945 to Alimuddin and Motijannesa. He passed matriculation from Rangpur Kolashranjon School and the Intermediate Examination from Rangpur Carmichael College.[2]

Career

Monajatuddin started his career with the Bogra Bulletin in the 1960s. He then worked for a short while with Dainik Purbadesh and Dainik Azad. He then worked for almost 20 years as a regional correspondent in Dainik Sangbad.[3]

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