Toab Khan
Born(1934-04-24)24 April 1934
Satkhira, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died1 October 2022(2022-10-01) (aged 88)
OccupationJournalist

Toab Khan (24 April 1934 – 1 October 2022)[1][2] was a Bangladeshi journalist. He served as the Advisory Editor of the Bengali daily Janakantha.[3] He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 2016 by the Government of Bangladesh.[4]

Early life and career

Toab Khan was born on 24 April 1934 in Satkhira. He started journalism in 1955. He worked for Dainik Sangbad and Dainik Pakistan. He was a press secretary to Prime Minister Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and later he served as a chief information officer and director general of the Press Institute of Bangladesh (PIB). He was also a press secretary to President HM Ershad and President Shahabuddin Ahmed.[2] He died on 1 October 2022, at the age of 88.

Awards

References

  1. ↑ "Veteran journalist Toab Khan passes away". TBS News.
  2. 1 2 "Toab Khan hospitalised with corona". Daily Sun. 18 November 2020.
  3. ↑ "'Bangladesher Joy-Porajoyer Rajniti' launched". The Daily Star. 20 February 2004. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  4. ↑ "16 named for Ekushey Padak". The Daily Star. 10 February 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  5. ↑ "16 including Hayat Mahmud, Toab Khan, Shaheen Samad receive Ekushey Padak". bdnews24.com. 20 February 2016.


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