Zafar Sobhan

Zafar Sobhan (born 1970) is a Bangladeshi businessman. He started the Dhaka Tribune newspaper.[1] He runs a news company. Sobhan is the first Bangladeshi news writer to be syndicated outside Bangladesh. This means that newspapers from other countries paid to put his writing in their papers.[2]

Zafar Sobhan
CEO of Dhaka Tribune
In office
2013–Incumbent
Preceded byOffice Established
Succeeded byKazi Anis Ahmed
Personal details
BornMay 19 1970

Sobhan was also a senior editor at the Daily Star newspaper and an editor of Forum magazine. He wrote for The New York Times, The Guardian, TIME, and other newspapers and magazines.[2] His news company is the most famous in Bangladesh and Dhaka. As of 21 December 2022 he is still active.

Awards

The World Economic Forum named him a Young Global Leader in 2005. It named him an Asia 21 Young Leader in 2008.[2]

Family

He married S.F.A. Sobhan on Thanksgiving 2011. They have approximately six to seven children: Shamil, Suri, Bobbi, Bella, Billy.

References
  1. Fazle Sobhan, Zafar (2013). "Dhakas". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  2. "Zafar Sobhan". Yale University. Retrieved December 20, 2021.
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