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{{infobox person
|name=Mishuk Munier
|image= Mishuk Munier.jpg
|native_name = মিশুক মুনীর
|native_name_lang = bn
|birth_name=Ashfaque Munier
|birth_date={{birth date|1959|09|24}}
|death_date={{death date and age|2011|08|13|1959|09|24|df=y}}
|death_place=Ghior, [[Manikganj District]], [[Bangladesh]]
|alma_mater=[[Dhaka University]]
|occupation=journalist
|spouse=Monjuly Kazi
|children=Nayeem Sebastien Munier
|parents=[[Munier Choudhury]] and Lily Chowdhury
|relatives=Ahmed Munier and Asif Munier (brothers)
|awards=[[Ekushey Padak]]
}}

'''Ashfaque Munier''' (September 24, 1959{{snd}}August 13, 2011; known as '''Mishuk Munier''') was a Bangladeshi media specialist and broadcast journalist. He was known for his photography direction{{citation needed|date=September 2022}} and for being the cofounder of the global news channel [[The Real News Network]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Death of Mishuk Munier: Shocking end to a devoted soul |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=198546 |newspaper=The Daily Star |date=2011-08-14 |access-date=2013-02-02}}</ref> He was one of three sons of [[Munier Chowdhury]]. Mishuk served as the [[chief executive officer]] and [[chief editor]] of satellite TV channel [[ATN News]]. He died in a road accident, along with [[Tareque Masud]], on August 13, 2011. He was awarded [[Ekushey Padak]] for his contribution to journalism in 2012 by the Bangladeshi government.<ref>{{cite news |title=15 personalities receive Ekushey Padak |url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2012/02/20/15-personalities-receive-ekushey-padak |newspaper=bdnews24.com |date=2012-02-20}}</ref>

== Career ==
Munier studied mass communication and journalism at [[Dhaka University]]. After completing his studies, he joined the faculty as a part-time lecturer in 1989. At the same time, he started to work for [[BBC]] as a freelance photographer. In 1999, Munier took a job as director of news operations of satellite TV channel [[Ekushey Television]], playing a key role in broadcast journalism in Bangladesh.{{citation needed|date=September 2022}} In 2002, he emigrated to Canada, where he worked for [[The Real News]]. He also contributed for BBC, WTN, ARD1, [[Channel 4]], CBC, and Discovery Health. In November 2010, he returned to Bangladesh to act as CEO of [[ATN News]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Munier |first=Asif |year=2012 |chapter=Munier, Ashfaque |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Munier,_Ashfaque |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |editor2-last=Jamal |editor2-first=Ahmed A. |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]}}</ref>

== Family ==
[[File:Microbus Wreckage - Dhaka-Cha-13-0302 - Mishuk Munier and Tareque Masud Memorial - University of Dhaka Campus - Dhaka 2015-05-31 2493.JPG|220px|thumbnail|The wrecked microbus of Mishuk Munier and Tareque Masud is preserved at University of Dhaka Campus.]]
Munier was the second son of Munier Chowdhury, who lost his life on December 14 during the 1971 [[Liberation War of Bangladesh|Bangladesh Liberation War]].

== Works ==
Munier worked as a cinematographer on many of Tarque Masud's films. He was the chief cinematographer of Tareque Masud's ''Runway'' and was working on ''Kagojer Phool'' when he died. He extensively worked on conflict zones, natural disasters and political upheavals. He worked as the director of photography for ''Return to Kandahar'' (2003) and also as the cinematographer of ''Words of Freedom'' (1999).<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.bdnews24.com/details.php?cid=2&id=203513 |title=Details on Mishuk Munier's life and career |newspaper=Bdnews24.com |date=2011-08-16 |access-date=2011-09-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402071316/http://www.bdnews24.com/details.php?cid=2&id=203513 |archive-date=2012-04-02 }}</ref>

== Death ==
Munier and Tareque Masud died on a road accident on August 13, 2011, at Ghior of [[Manikganj]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Tareque Masud, Mishuk Munier killed in road crash |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/latest_news.php?nid=31498 |newspaper=The Daily Star |date=2011-08-13 |access-date=2013-02-02}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Shah |first1=Zahangir |last2=Ashraf |first2=Shamim |date=2011-08-14 |title=Tareque, Mishuk among 5 killed |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=198549 |newspaper=The Daily Star |access-date=2013-02-01}}</ref> with three others including camera assistant Wasif and the driver. The accident took place when the microbus collided with another bus coming from the opposite direction. The team was returning from location scouting for Masud's next movie, ''Kagojer Phool'', in Manikganj.

With Munier's death, the [[International Crimes Tribunal (Bangladesh)|International War Crimes Tribunal]] lost a key witness,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ahammed |first1=Rakib |last2=Laskar |first2=Rizanuzzaman |date=2011-08-15 |title=War Crimes Trial : 2 key witnesses lost |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-198696 |newspaper=The Daily Star |access-date=2013-02-02}}</ref> as he had been involved in compiling documents and audio-visual evidence for the investigation agency of the international war crimes tribunal of Bangladesh. Mishuk and his uncle, Shamser Choudhury, were the only two witnesses who saw his father Munier Choudhury being taken away by collaborators of the Pakistani occupation force on December 14, 1971.{{citation needed|date=September 2022}} Mishuk was to be a witness for the International Crimes Tribunal formed in March 2010.

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20121018134338/http://www.demotix.com/news/792930/burial-journalist-mishuk-munier-bangladesh Burial of Journalist 'Mishuk Munier' - Bangladesh]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120325205043/http://www.asianewsnet.net/home/news.php?id=20772 2 key witnesses lost for Liberation War crimes tribunal in Bangladesh]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120312174957/http://news.priyo.com/entertainment/2011/08/15/tribute-duo-34704.html Priyo news tributes Mishuk Munier and Tareque Masud]

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[[Category:1959 births]]
[[Category:2011 deaths]]
[[Category:Bangladeshi journalists]]
[[Category:Road incident deaths in Bangladesh]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Ekushey Padak]]
[[Category:Burials at Banani Graveyard]]
[[Category:People from Manikganj District]]

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