Today is the twenty-second death anniversary of Journalist and Banker Khairul Kabir.
Late Khairul Kabir was the Founder Editor of the Daily Sangbad and the founder – first Life Member of the Jatiya Press Club.
In the field of Banking Kabir was the major shareholder, Vice Chairman and C.E.O of The Union Bank Ltd., formerly known as the Bank of Tripura Assam & Bengal, one of the oldest bank registered in India.
Khairul Kabir was one of the authors of the Historic 6 Points programme which was the basis of the demand for autonomy for East Pakistan. He was a close associate and friend of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Khan Abdus Sabur Khan, National Professor Abdur Razzak, Taffazzal Hossain Manik Miah, Kazi Anwarul Haq, Dr. Mahmood Hussain, and other illustrious sons of Bengal.
Khairul Kabir hailed from the illustrious Kabir family of Ghorasal and was buried in the family graveyard there. A milad mehfil has been organized at his ancestral home in Ghorasal to pray for the salvation of the departed soul.
