Sumi Khan

Sumi Khan (born June 1969) is a Bangladeshi investigative journalist known for her reporting on radical extremism, minority persecution, and political affairs in Bangladesh. In 2005, she received the Courage in Journalism Award from the International Women’s Media Foundation. Khan is currently in exile in the United States.

Khan was serving as the Women’s Affairs Secretary of the Dhaka Union of Journalists when the Sheikh Hasina government fell on 5 August 2024. She was forced into exile in February 2025 due to increasing threats from radical Islamist groups. Previously, she had also faced intimidation from the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, which she alleges has significant influence over the Muhammad Yunus led interim government and media in Bangladesh. She has criticized arrest of journalists Shyamal Dutta and Mozammel Haque Babu, as well as the revocation of press accreditations for over 160 journalists by the new regime. She alleges that the government has empowered the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami to take control of the media in Bangladesh.