Mohammad Badrul Ahsan

Mohammad Badrul Ahsan (30 August 1959 – 6 February 2020) was a Bangladeshi journalist, columnist, economist, and founder-editor of the English weekly magazine First News. He earned national acclaim through his column Crosstalk in The Daily Star, which ran weekly for 17 years. He studied economics at the University of Dhaka and later pursued higher education at George Washington University and Kansas State University. He was the head of corporate affairs at the bank. He voluntarily retired in 2000 to pursue a career in writing.

Ahsan founded First News, a quality English weekly magazine. He was close with Syed Fahim Munaim, Mirza Ali Behrouze Ispahani, A. H. M. Moazzem Hossain, and Syed Badrul Ahsan.

Death Ahsan died on 6 February 2020 in Uttara, Dhaka.