Naem Nizam

Naem Nizam (born 5 November 1965) is a Bangladeshi journalist, writer, columnist, and Editor of Daily Bangladesh Pratidin, the largest circulated Bengali language daily in Bangladesh. Nizam is also the Director of East West Media Group, the largest media conglomerate in Bangladesh. He is former CEO of News24 and Radio Capital. He is the former Managing Director of STV-US. His philanthropic endeavors have led to the establishment of Heshakal Bazar Naem Nizam Degree College in his hometown of Comilla, Bangladesh. He is the Vice President of Sheikh Russell KC, a professional football club based in Dhaka, Bangladesh, currently playing in the Bangladesh Premier League. He is a member of Newspaper Owners’ Association of Bangladesh.

Media organizations created by Nizam
Nizam's career has spanned many decades where he has been involved with starting up multiple national media organizations in Bangladesh, including ATN Bangla, Bangladesh Pratidin, News24, T-Sports, The Daily Sun, and STV US. ”

ATN bangla
Nizam was one of the founders of ATN Bangla. Nizam served as the chief news editor of ATN Bangla.

STV
Nizam was the managing director of STV-US, a Bengali language television channel based in New York City in 2006.

Bangladesh Pratidin
Nizam is a member of the Editors' Council a grouping of the newspaper editors of Bangladesh. In that capacity he along with other editors including that of Prothom Alo signed a statement demanding the release of Mahmudur Rahman, protesting the raid on newspaper Daily Inqilab and the arrest and harassment of journalists across the Bangladesh. They also criticized the new broadcast policy saying it would harm the freedom of the media.

News 24
Nizam served as CEO of news24 and is currently Director of its parent company.

Highest Tax Payer in Bangladesh amongst journalists
Nizam was given a "tax card" and honored by the National Board of Revenue on 5 November 2018 for being one of the highest tax payers in the journalist category. Most recently, he was given that title in 2022 and 2023, consistently maintaining his position as one of the highest tax payers in Bangladesh.

Attendance at events of national significance
On 6 July 2014, Nizam attended an iftar hosted by former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia for prominent newspaper editors and journalists.

In March 2018, Nizam attended an event of Bangladesh Border Guard and Border Security Force near the Bangladesh-India border near Jessore which had been declared a crime free area.

On 16 September 2019, Nizam was elected General Secretary of the Editors' Council while Mahfuz Anam was elected president. In a statement of the Editors Council he condemned the usage of Digital Security Act to arrest journalists. In August 2020, a statement issued by the council and signed by Nizam condemned the absence of national newspapers from the "government list of online news portals". The statement said it was unreasonable to require special permission or separate licenses for online versions of national newspapers.

In 2020, Nizam was awarded the Bashir Ahmed Award. He called on the Ministry of Finance to reduce the import duty on newsprint in a virtual meeting with Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal in April 2021.

Nizam was elected director of Sheikh Russel KC on 29 May 2021.

Personal life
Nizam is married to journalist Farida Yasmin since 1990 and has a son Mahir Abrar and a daughter Nujhat Purnata. Nizam's wife Farida Yasmin, is a member of the 12th Bangladeshi Parliament. She is the current two-term President of the National Press Club of Bangladesh. Previously, she was elected the first female General Secretary and first female President of the National Press Club of Bangladesh.