Nurjahan Begum

Nurjahan Begum: 1st woman journalist of the country, pioneer in South Asia

In the tumultuous times of the 1940s, when women, particularly belonging to conservative Muslim families, were mostly absent in the public sphere, weekly magazine Begum emerged to give them a voice of their own. Established by renowned journalist and Saogat editor Mohammad Nasiruddin, in 1947, the weekly was run by her daughter Nurjahan.

Mohila Dal leader beaten up in Sherpur

Miscreants have physically assaulted a Jatiyatabadi Mohila Dal leader and vandalised her residence in Gopalbari Bottola area of Sherpur allegedly over political enmity and land dispute.

NURJAHAN BEGUM REMEMBERED

A documentary on pioneering journalist Nurjahan Begum's life and her magazine “Begum” was screened on her 91st birth anniversary at Bashundhara City's Star Cineplex, on June 5.

Nurjahan Begum laid to rest

After two phases of namaj-e-janaza, Nurjahan Begum, the editor and publisher of weekly magazine Begum, is buried at Martyred Intellectual Graveyard in Dhaka’s Mirpur. She passes away at a Dhaka hospital at the age of 91. Born on June 4, 1925, she is a daughter of prominent journalist Mohammad Nasiruddin, editor of Bangla literary journal Saogat and awarded the Ekushey Padak in 2011.

May 23, 2022
May 23, 2022

Nurjahan Begum: 1st woman journalist of the country, pioneer in South Asia

In the tumultuous times of the 1940s, when women, particularly belonging to conservative Muslim families, were mostly absent in the public sphere, weekly magazine Begum emerged to give them a voice of their own. Established by renowned journalist and Saogat editor Mohammad Nasiruddin, in 1947, the weekly was run by her daughter Nurjahan.

September 11, 2018
September 11, 2018

Mohila Dal leader beaten up in Sherpur

Miscreants have physically assaulted a Jatiyatabadi Mohila Dal leader and vandalised her residence in Gopalbari Bottola area of Sherpur allegedly over political enmity and land dispute.

June 6, 2016
June 6, 2016

NURJAHAN BEGUM REMEMBERED

A documentary on pioneering journalist Nurjahan Begum's life and her magazine “Begum” was screened on her 91st birth anniversary at Bashundhara City's Star Cineplex, on June 5.

May 23, 2016
May 23, 2016

Nurjahan Begum laid to rest

After two phases of namaj-e-janaza, Nurjahan Begum, the editor and publisher of weekly magazine Begum, is buried at Martyred Intellectual Graveyard in Dhaka’s Mirpur. She passes away at a Dhaka hospital at the age of 91. Born on June 4, 1925, she is a daughter of prominent journalist Mohammad Nasiruddin, editor of Bangla literary journal Saogat and awarded the Ekushey Padak in 2011.

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