Nirmal Sen

Nirmal Kumar Sen Gupta (; 3 August 1930 – 8 January 2013), commonly known as Nirmal Sen, was a Bangladeshi journalist and politician.

Early life Sen was born on 3 August 1930 in Dighirpar village, Kotalipara Upazila, Gopalganj District, East Bengal, British India. In 1942, he became active in student politics while in grade nine. He did his undergraduate and master's from the University of Dhaka.

Career Sen joined Dainik Jehad in 1956. He also worked at The Daily Ittefaq, Dainik Pakistan (later renamed Dainik Bangla).

The Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists and Dhaka Union of Journalists demanded the government send Sen abroad for medical treatment on 27 October 2003 after he had suffered stroke and was admitted to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University. Tariqul Islam, Minister of Information, and Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan, Minister of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives, visited him in the hospital. He was sent to Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore for treatment. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, M Morshed Khan, and the ambassador of Bangladesh to Singapore, Munshi Faiz Ahmed, visited him at the hospital.

In February 2004, Sen's Sramik Krishak Samajbadi Dal met with Awami League to talk about forming a coalition. He was active in the National Committee for Protection of Power-Port and Oil-Gas Resources.

Sen presided over a meeting of the Left Democratic Front on 26 December 2005, which called on the government to provided subsidized fertilizer to farmers.

Sen chaired a meeting of the Left Democratic Front in June 2006 which called for the resignation of the Election Commissioners of Bangladesh Election Commission.

Death Sen was paralyzed after a stroke in 2011. Comrade Nirmal Sen Memorial National Committee organizes events in his memory. Journalist Nirmal Sen Auditorium was named after him in Dhaka.