Journalist Altamash Kabir new Trustee of IUB
Daily Sangbad Publisher and Editor Altamash Kabir has become the new Trustee of Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB).
Kabir is also the Executive Director of Kedarpur Tea Company, a partner in Sathgao Tea Estate and Director of Laboni Corporation.
A graduate of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), he is at present the President of the London School of Economics and Political Science Alumni Association of Bangladesh.
Under his editorship, Sangbad received the first Press Council medal for excellence in Journalism in 2018.
Altamash Kabir had been a Director of the Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) from 2009 to 2012.
He had also been a board member of the Press Council twice in 2009-10 and 2012-13.
In 2016 and 2017, he was a trustee of the Press Institute of Bangladesh.
He was the founder treasurer of the Newspaper Owners Association of Bangladesh (NOAB) and remains a member.
Kabir has been a national champion in Clay Target Shooting and has represented Bangladesh in the SAAF games, Commonwealth Shooting Championships, Asian Shooting Championships, World Championships at various times and all over the world.
