Today is the twenty-third death anniversary of journalist and banker Khairul Kabir.
Late Khairul Kabir was the Founder Editor of the Daily Sangbad and 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, Tafazzal Hossain Manik Mia, Kazi Anwarul Haq, Dr. Mahmood Hussain and other illustrious sons of Bengal. He was selected by the United States Government in 1955 for the Leadership Programme and successfully completed it.
Khairul Kabir hailed from the illustrious Kabir family of Ghorasal. A Milad Mahfil has been organized at his ancestral home in Ghorasal to pray for the salvation of the departed soul.
