The fourth death anniversary of eminent journalist ABM Musa will be observed today (Monday).
On the occasion, a doa mahfil will be held at his native Kutubpur village in Fulgazi upazila of Feni district.
Besides, a doa mahfil will also be held at his 5/2 Iqbal road residence in city’s Mohammadpur on April 13, said a press release on Sunday.
All relatives and admirers of ABM Musa have been requested to join the Doa mahfil.
AMB Musa died of old-age complications at Lab Aid Hospital here on April 9, 2014.
ABM Musa was born at his maternal uncle’s house at Dharmapur village under Fulgazi thana of Feni on February 28 in 1931.
He started his career as a journalist in 1950 with the then Daily Insaf. He switched over to the then The Pakistan Observer from Insaf in that year.
He covered the war fronts in 1971 as a correspondent of BBC and Sunday Times.
One of the founder members of Jatiya Press Club, he was elected its general secretary thrice and president for four times.
ABM Musa was also a founder of Pakistan Journalists Union and elected general secretary of the then East Pakistan Journalists Union.
After independence, he joined Bangladesh Television (BTV) as its Director General and later became Editor of the then Morning News. He was also elected Member of Parliament (MP) from Feni constituency in 1973 as an Awami League candidate.
ABM Musa joined the United Nations Environment Programmes in Bangkok in 1978 as its regional director. He was director general (DG) of Press Institute of Bangladesh (PIB) from 1981 to 1985.
The veteran journalist joined Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) as its managing director and chief editor on May 15 in 1985 and was with the national news agency till March 23, 1987.
He joined Daily Jugantar as its editor in 2005 and worked there for about a year.
He got Ekushey Padak and many other awards for his outstanding contributions to journalism.
