Enamul Hoque Chowdhury

Enamul Hoque Chowdhury is a Bangladeshi journalist and the former chairman of the Press Institute of Bangladesh. He is also the former editor of the Daily Sun, a prominent English-language daily newspaper in Bangladesh. He was the Minister (Press) at Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi.

Chowdhury has had a distinguished career in journalism, working with several national and international news agencies and media outlets. He has worked for Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, The Bangladesh Observer, Daily News (now defunct), The Independent, Desh TV, Reuters, and bdnews24.com.

Career Chowdhury, then a journalist with Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha and Reuters, was arrested in December 2002 for allegedly fabricating a quote linking al-Qaeda to deadly bombings in Mymensingh. Reuters retracted related stories, BSS fired him, and police accused him of harming the nation's image and filed charges under the Special Powers Act. Later investigations confirmed that three militants from the banned Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh were responsible for the attacks, which killed 21 and injured around 200. His appointment was extended multiple times, including a one-year extension in May 2015. Chowdhury condemned the 2016 Nasirnagar violence as a planned attempt to drive out the Hindu minorities and grab their land. He led a National Human Rights Commission of Bangladesh delegation to the affected areas and criticized the inaction of local authorities. In May 2022, he was appointed a syndicate board member of the World University of Bangladesh. He is a member of the Bangladesh Sports Journalists Association.

On 20 August 2024, Chowdhury's office was attacked and vandalized for 20 minutes along with other media offices at the East West Media Group complex.