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 Syed Ashfaqul Haque 

Syed Ashfaqul Haque (Bengali: সৈয়দ আশফাকুল হক; born 04 January 1967) is a Bangladeshi Journalist and writer. he is currently Executive Editor at The Daily Star, one of Bangladesh's largest circulating English-language newspapers. It is by far the largest circulating English-language newspaper in the country.

Biography
Syed Ashfaqul Haque was born in Magura in a Bengali Muslim family. He was the youngest among the four children. His father Syed Mahbubul Haque was a prominent businessman and freedom fighter in the south-western district of Bangladesh.

Career
Syed Ashfaqul Haque has been working for The Daily Star, which is regarded as the most credible and largest circulated English language daily in Bangladesh, as its Executive Editor since 2018. His journalistic career is almost as old as the 32-year-old newspaper. Literally, he has grown up and is going gray with The Daily Star. Prior to this assignment, heI served the newspaper in various capacities as a writer, copyeditor, Sports Editor, Joint News Editor, News Editor, Chief News Editor and Deputy Executive Editor. He is instrumental in bringing out a newspaper that is most trusted in Bangladesh by leading the newsroom for nearly 20 years. Apart from my role as top news manager, I supervise news policy, day-to-day operations, and take care of all ethical and journalistic issues.

He has a diploma in Advanced Journalism from Thomson Foundation UK, a charity that trains journalists and others in the media throughout the world, and is an East-West Center Alumni. He joined The Daily Star soon after his master’s degree from the University of Dhaka way back in 1993. He started off at the Metropolitan Section of the newspaper as an apprentice reporter, switched to Sports Section as a Staff Writer, and subsequently became Sports Editor in 1999. He was the News Editor from 2003-2008, he then served as the Chief News Editor from 2008-2018. Currently He is the Executive Editor at The Daily Star (2018-present).

Personal life
Syed Ashfaqul Haque is married and has two children, a girl- Afrin Haque Aranya- and boy- Syed Ahnaf Mahbub. His wife's name is Tania Khondoker.

Education
Syed Ashfaqul Haque did his Bachelor's and Master's degree in Geology from University of Dhaka. And his taking up journalism as a profession was apparently by accident. During his student days, Dhaka University was the hub of protests against the autocratic regime of Hussain Mohammad Ershad, the chief of army staff who took over. Many students were killed and he lost a friend during an attack by a state-sponsored student group. This injected something into him to find a profession through which he could say something and protest against injustice.

Honors & awards
DRU Award for investigative journalism Issued by Dhaka Reporters Unity · Jan 2009

TIB Awards for Investigative Journalism Issued by Transparency International of Bangladesh · Jan 2009

UNESCO Award for investigative journalism Issued by UNESCO · Jan 2009

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