Today is the tenth death anniversary of verteran Journalist, Obaidul Huq.
Obaidul Huq, a doyen of journalism, breathed his last on October 13, 2007 at his Banani residence. Widely respected elderly Journalist Obaidul Huq was the Editor of The Bangladesh Observer for 12 years since 1972.
Born in October 31, 1911at Feni, he had his Masters in Philosophy from Dhaka University and completed his LLB from Calcutta University. He then joined the Government service. In 1944 he left the Government service and joined the film world. He was the first Bengali Muslim to make a feature film “Dukkhhe Jader Jibon Gora” in 1946. He was the writer, producer and director of the film.
After the partition of India, he returned to the then East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) from Calcutta. He joined the Editorial Board of the Pakistan Observer (later The Bangladesh Observer) in 1951 as Joint Editor.
He was a columnist and regular contributor to different dailies including major Bangali newspapers. His colums became very popular like his editorials he wrote as Editor of Bangladesh Observer. The ink of his pen never dried up before his death.
Obaidul Huq was honored with a number of national and international awards. He got the highest national award, the “Ekushey Padak” in 1983. He was also recognized with Bangla Academy Award in 1964 for Drama writing. He was decorated with UNICEF Gold Medal for journalism.
