Syed Badrul Ahsan is the Executive
Editor, The Daily Star, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Born in 1954, he studied
English literature at Dhaka University and began his career teaching English in
various schools and colleges in Dhaka. He joined The New Nation newspaper
as assistant editor in 1983 and has subsequently worked for The Morning Sun,
The BangladeshObserver, The Independent, The News Today and New
Age. Ahsan has been minister (press) at the Bangladesh High Commission,
London, and a speechwriter for Sheikh Hasina.
