Anwar Zahid

Anwar Zahid (12 June 1938 – 31 August 2008) was a politician from Jhenaidah district in Bangladesh, journalist, writer, member of parliament for Jhenaidah-2 constituency and minister of information, relief and labor and manpower.

Birth and early life Zahid was born on 12 June 1938 in the village of Narikel Baria in Ghorashal Union of Jhenaidah. His father AM Delwar Hossain and mother Razia Begum. He passed the entrance examination from Jhenaidah Model High School in 1956. He studied at Khulna BL College, Rajshahi Government College and Dhaka University. In 1961, he married Kamrunnahar Laili, a lawyer in prison. They have one son and one daughter.

Career

Journalism Anwar Zahid was elected general secretary of Sahitya Majlis in 1955. In 1956, he was the assistant editor of the daily Ittehad. Assistant editor of the Half Weekly Comet in 1958, assistant editor of the Daily News in 1959, assistant editor of Daily Ittefaq in 1960, editor of the weekly Janata in 1963, deputy editor of the English weekly Holiday in 1966, In 1970, he was the executive editor of the weekly Ganobangla. In 1972, he was the news editor of the English daily Daily People's and the executive editor of the Bangladesh Times. He was the general secretary of Dhaka Union of Journalists (DUJ) in 1962, 1963, 1964, vice president in 1965 and 1966, He served as president in 1978 and 1983. He then served as minister of information, relief and labor and manpower. He resigned from the cabinet in January 1988.