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'''Zahur Hossain Chowdhury''' (died 1980) was a Bangladeshi journalist.<ref name=president/> He was awarded [[Ekushey Padak]] in 1981 by the [[Government of Bangladesh]] for his contribution to journalism.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.moca.gov.bd/site/page/c706da0c-29ee-4f0f-95d9-fa6705e19001/|script-title=bn:একুশে পদকপ্রাপ্ত সুধীবৃন্দ|access-date=June 20, 2016|publisher=Government of Bangladesh|language=bn|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161016174951/http://www.moca.gov.bd/site/page/c706da0c-29ee-4f0f-95d9-fa6705e19001|archive-date=October 16, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
Chowdhury started his career in the Indian newspaper [[The Statesman (India)|The Statesman]].<ref name=president>{{cite news|url=http://www.bssnews.net/newsDetails.php?cat=0&id=85223&date=2010-01-26|title=President cautions against using mass media by vested interest groups|date=January 26, 2016|access-date=July 11, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160823023923/http://www.bssnews.net/newsDetails.php?cat=0&id=85223&date=2010-01-26|archive-date=August 23, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> He became the editor of [[The Sangbad]] in 1954. Other journalists like [[Ranesh Das Gupta]], [[Satyen Sen]], [[Santosh Gupta (journalist)|Santosh Gupta]], [[Kamal Lohani]] and [[Mohammad Farhad]] also joined the Sangbad.<ref>{{cite book |last=Islam |first=Sirajul |year=2012 |chapter=Sangbad, The<br />
|chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Sangbad,_The |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |editor2-last=Islam |editor2-first=Manu |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]}}</ref><br />
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Chowdhury also served as an editor of [[The Bangladesh Observer]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Islam |first=Sirajul |year=2012 |chapter=Bangladesh Observer, The<br />
|chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Bangladesh_Observer,_The |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |editor2-last= Islam |editor2-first=Manu|title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]}}</ref><br />
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==Awards==<br />
* [[Ekushey Padak]] (1981)<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://thedailynewnation.com/news/95383/remembering-tofazzal-hossain-manik-mia.html A photograph of Zahur Hossain Chowdhury]<br />
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