Nurul Kabir

Nurul Kabir (born 4 November 1960 ) is a Bangladeshi journalist, writer, columnist, editor, and activist. He is the editor of the outspoken Bangladeshi newspaper, New Age and the editor of the Bengali weekly Budhbar. Nairbachanik Swairatantra O Ganatantrer Sangram and The Red Moulana are two of his most well-known books. On 13 November 2025, he was elected as the President of Editors' Council. He was elected for a two-year term.

Education Kabir was born in the Munshiganj District of Bangladesh. He received a Bachelor of Law degree from the University of Dhaka in 1983, and a Master of Arts degree in English from the same university in 1984.

On 18 December 2025, following the death of Inqilab Mancha spokesperson Osman Hadi, an attack was carried out by violent mobs at the office of The Daily Star, located in the Karwan Bazar area of Dhaka. Nurul Kabir went to the front of The Daily Star building to protest the attack, but he was verbally harassed and branded an "Indian agent" by the mob when he attempted to intervene during the incident.

Selected publications The Red Moulana (2012) Nairbachanik Swairatantra O Ganatantrer Sangram (2012) Kathokota (a collection of interviews) (2014) Disposing of a Dictator: Revisiting a Magnificent Mass Uprising after 50 Years (2020) Birth of Bangladesh : The Politics of History and the History of Politics (2022)