City Desk :Today is the eighteenth death anniversary of journalist and banker Khairul Kabir. He died in Singapore on the 7th February, 1997 of old-age ailment.Late 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 he was the major shareholder, Vice-Chairman and C.E.O of The Union Bank Ltd. He was also Executive Vice President in charge of East Pakistan of the United Bank of Pakistan, Director of the Industrial Development Bank of Pakistan and the first Chairman and Managing Director of Janata Bank. He was a Fellow of the American Bankers Association.Late 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. A milad mahfil has been organized at his ancestral home in Ghorasal to pray for the salvation of the departed soul.
