Mukhlesur Rahman Chowdhury

Mukhles Chowdhury
Advisor to the President
In office 13 November 2006 – 15 January 2007
President	Iajuddin Ahmed
Personal details
Born	Lakhai, Bangladesh
Spouse(s)	Begum Sufia Mukhles Chowdhury
Children	2 (Monsoor & Masroor)
Residence	London, UK
Alma mater	University of Dhaka
Occupation	Journalist
Religion	Islam
Website	http://mukhleschow.webs.com/

Bangladeshi journalist Mukhlesur Rahman Chowdhury (Bengali: মোখলেসুর রহমান চৌধুরী) also known as Mokhles Chowdhury, was adviser to the President of Bangladesh during the 2006-07 Caretaker Government.^[1]

Education and awards

Chowdhury received his Masters of Arts in Mass communication & Journalism from the University of Dhaka.

Mukhles Chowdhury is seen with Iajuddin Ahmed, President of Bangladesh (1st from left), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 5 August 2005.

He is presently working as editor of the Weekly Prekshit.

Role during the 2006-2007 political crisis

On 13 November 2006, Iajuddin Ahmed, President of Bangladesh as well as the Chief Adviser of Caretaker Government appointed M Mukhlesur Rahman Chowdhury as the Adviser to President with the rank and status of State Minister.^[2] From December 2006 to January 2007, when acute national political impasses arose in Bangladesh^[3] out of uncertainty about Parliamentary elections, he performed the role of President’s special envoy in the negotiation process for a peaceful solution between Begum Khaleda Zia and Sheikh Hasina, the two top leaders of rival political alliances of Bangladesh.^[4] The political parties agreed to participate in parliamentary elections on 3 January 2007. The elections were postponed on 11 January 2007^[5] at the alleged intervention of a group of military officers which had created an event known as One-Eleven that subsequently led to an interim government.^[5]

Notable, in the past, during 1994-1995, Bangladesh had experienced a similar political deadlock, a failed case of negotiation conducted by the then Commonwealth Secretary General's special envoy Sir Ninian Stephen.^[6]

Chowdhury alleged that Moeen U Ahmed, erstwhile Army Chief was the main force in the events of Bangladesh on 11 January 2007 and the hidden agenda of Moeen was to capture the country's Presidency in disguise of interim Caretaker Government headed by Fakhruddin Ahmed.^[7] Mukhles's interviews were published in Thikana,^[8] Akhon Samoy, Probashi Voice, Bangla Patrika and Probashi barta of New York^[9] and Voice of America^[10][11] and Euro Bangla, Bangla Post, BBC, Channel S and Bangla TV of London. "Military coup in Bangladesh: Dateline 2007", one of his fact-finding write-ups about the One Eleven conspiracy, was published in the weekly Akhon Samoy of New York.^[12]

Previous Positions

• Press Secretary as well as spokesman of the Bangladesh President Iajuddin Ahmed^[13] from December 2004 to November 2006.^[14]
• Former diplomatic editor and special correspondent of the Daily Dinkal.^[15]
• Also worked for the Ajker Kagoj and the Naba Abhijan as special correspondent, the Dainik Patrika as chief reporter and the Island Upali newspapers of Sri Lanka as Bangladesh correspondent.^[16][17]
• Was editor of the Weekly Sarak and the Sromo magazine.

Extra-Professional Activities

In 2004 Chowdhury was elected president of Overseas Correspondents Association Bangladesh-OCAB (Foreign Journalists Association).^[18] Before that he was elected to all posts including vice president, secretary, treasurer, joint secretary and Executive committee member of the same organization since 1993. In the Diplomatic Correspondents Association of Bangladesh he served as vice president and acting president, and during 2003-04 he performed as senior joint secretary general of the Commonwealth Journalists Association, Bangladesh.^[13] In 1986 and 1991 he was elected executive committee member of Dhaka Union of Journalists– DUJ. As an environmental journalist he positioned himself as an executive committee member of the Forum of Environmental Journalists of Bangladesh.

Publications

President presents a book to Mukhles on thanks giving 2006.

1. Protokoler Nigor (Bindings in Protocol^{[disambiguation needed ]})
2. Samakalin Sangbadikata (Contemporary Journalism).
3. Hundred Years of Bangabhaban and Bangabhabaner Shatabarsha were published from Bangabhaban where Mukhles was the publisher as the head of press wing of President's Office.^[19]

As Columnist

Mokhles wrote hundreds of columns for newspapers & magazines in Bangladesh and abroad^{[citation needed]}. He wrote unique columns under the headings Bangabhabaner sei Dingulo in Janatar Chokh magazine of the Manabzamin^[20] He also wrote for the weekly Thikana and the Bangla Patrika of New York, the Sunday Express, Weekly Economic Times, Dhaka Courier, the Japan Times, Usha, Nipun, Kagaj Barta, Dainik Jonopad, Dainik Desh, Dainik Kishan, Weekly Holiday, Agami, Tarokalok, Jagrata Janata, Jiboner Alo, Jalalabadi, Arthokatha, Sandwip, Khoborer Kagaj and Muktibani.^{[citation needed]}

See also

List of Bangladeshi people

List of people from Sylhet

Habiganj District

Lakhai Upazila

Weekly Prekshit

References

1. ^ "The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 5 Num 892". Thedailystar.net. 30 November 2006. http://www.thedailystar.net/2006/11/30/d6113001129.htm. Retrieved 20 August 2010. 
2. ^ "Secretary-Appointment". UNB - United News of Bangladesh. 5 December 2004. http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-5369473_ITM. 
3. ^ "National". Newagebd.com. http://www.newagebd.com/2006/oct/30/nat.html. Retrieved 20 August 2010. 
4. ^ "Renewed violence hits Bangladesh". BBC News. 28 October 2006. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6093742.stm. Retrieved 13 May 2010. 
5. ^ ^{a b} "Bangladesh: The coup that dare not speak its name". The Economist. 18 January 2007. http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=E1_RVGDDDG. Retrieved 20 August 2010. 
6. ^ "Envoy fails - The Independent (London, England) | HighBeam Research - FREE trial". Highbeam.com. 21 November 1994. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4687779.html. Retrieved 20 August 2010. 
7. ^ http://www.amardeshbd.com/dailynews/detail_news_index.php?NewsID=209860&NewsType=bistarito&SectionID=home&oldIssueID=2009/02/01
8. ^ http://www.thikana.net/?q=softwork/news_print&news_id=4&edition=12
9. ^ "জেনারেল মঈন ইউ আহাম্মেদ একজন জাতীয় বেঈমানঃ ২৬ শে ফেব্রুয়ারী ২০০৭ তিনি আমাকে হত্যা করতে চেয়ে ছিলেন: -রাষ্ট্রপতির সাবেক উপদেষ্টা মোখলেসুর রহমান চৌধুরী". Probashibarta.com. 21 October 2009. http://www.probashibarta.com/bn/details.php?NewsId=131&cat=21&NewsDate=2009-12-09. Retrieved 20 August 2010. 
10. ^ "Mukhles Chowdhury in media - Thikana Interview". Mukhleschow.webs.com. http://mukhleschow.webs.com/thikanainterview.htm. Retrieved 20 August 2010. 
11. ^ "Category Page". Thikana. http://www.thikana.net/?q=softwork/category_page&edition=12&category=98. Retrieved 20 August 2010. 
12. ^ http://www.akhonsamoy.com/39/Page_01.pdf
13. ^ ^{a b} http://www.bangladesh-web.com/view.php?hidRecord=133894
14. ^ "US Ambassador meets President's Press Secretary at Bangabhaban tonight". UNB - United News of Bangladesh. 3 November 2006. http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-24134539_ITM. 
15. ^ "RSF - Rapport annuel 2001". Ecoi.net. 1 January 2001. http://www.ecoi.net/file_upload/dh1647_01885bgd.htm. Retrieved 20 August 2010. 
16. ^ UNB, Dhaka (30 December 2004). "The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 5 Num 214". Thedailystar.net. http://www.thedailystar.net/2004/12/30/d41230100778.htm. Retrieved 20 August 2010. 
17. ^ "Metro". Newagebd.com. http://www.newagebd.com/2004/dec/30/met.html. Retrieved 20 August 2010. 
18. ^ "Reception. - UNB - United News of Bangladesh | HighBeam Research - FREE trial". Highbeam.com. 13 January 2005. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-127032626.html. Retrieved 20 August 2010. 
19. ^ http://bangla-sydney.com/pdf/helal-100-years-of-bangabhaban.pdf
20. ^ "ржмржЩрзНржЧржнржмржирзЗрж░ ржжрж┐ржиржЧрзБрж▓рж┐ - рзл :: মোখলেসুর রহমান চৌধুরী Mokhlesur Rahman Chowdhury". Sonarbangladesh.com. http://www.sonarbangladesh.com/articles/MokhlesurChow/. Retrieved 20 August 2010. 

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Name	Chowdhury, Mukhlesur Rahman
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Date of birth	1965
Place of birth	Lakhai, Bangladesh
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