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{{Short description|Bangladeshi journalist and politician}}
{{Infobox person
|name=A B M Musa
|native_name=এ বি এম মুসা
|native_name_lang = bn
|occupation=Journalist
|birth_place=Dharmapur village, [[Fulgazi Upazila]], [[Feni District]], [[Bengal]], [[British India]] (<small>now Bangladesh</small>)
|birth_date={{birth date|1931|2|28|df=y}}
|death_date={{death date and age|2014|4|9|1931|2|28|df=y}}
|death_place=[[Dhaka]], [[Bangladesh]]
|resting_place=Feni district
|awards=[[Ekushey Padak]]
|spouse=Setara Musa
}}

'''A B M Musa''' (28 February 1931{{snd}}9 April 2014) was a [[Bangladesh|Bengal]]i journalist.<ref name=bss>{{cite news |title=Eminent journalist ABM Musa passes away |url=http://www.bssnews.net/newsDetails.php?cat=0&id=401655&date=2014-04-09 |newspaper=Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha |date=9 April 2014 |access-date=16 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402155333/http://www.bssnews.net/newsDetails.php?cat=0&id=401655&date=2014-04-09 |archive-date=2 April 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was the chief editor of [[Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha]] (BSS). He was awarded [[Ekushey Padak]] for journalism in 1999 by the Government of Bangladesh.

==Education==
Musa was born in Feni District in on 28 February 1931. He was educated in Chittagong Government Moslem High School, Noakhali Zila School, [[Comilla Victoria Government College]] and [[Choumohoni College]]. In Choumohoni College he first got into journalism as an editor of the College newspaper ''Koifoyot''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bdtoday24.com/%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95-%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%AE-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%82%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%95/ |script-title=bn:সাংবাদিক এবিএম মূসার সংক্ষিপ্ত জীবনী|date=12 April 2014 |website=bdtoday24.com |language=bn}}</ref>

==Career==
Musa started his career as a journalist in 1950 with the then ''Daily Insaf''. He moved to the daily ''[[Pakistan Observer]]'' in the same year. He was a founder of Pakistan Journalists Union and elected general secretary of the then East Pakistan Journalists Union.<ref name=bss/>

Musa was a correspondent of [[BBC]] and ''[[Sunday Times]]'' during the [[Liberation War of Bangladesh]] in 1971. He was one of the founder members of [[Jatiya Press Club]].<ref name=bss/><ref name=star>{{cite news |title=ABM Musa dies |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/abm-musa-dies-19416 |newspaper=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|The Daily Star]] |date=9 April 2022}}</ref> In 1971 he joined [[Bangladesh Television]] (BTV) as its Director General. He was also the editor of the then ''[[Morning News (Bangladeshi newspaper)|Morning News]]''. Musa worked in [[Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha]] (BSS), Bangladesh's national news agency, as its managing director and chief editor from May 1985 to March 1987. Later in his life he worked as the editor of ''[[Daily Jugantor]]'' during 2004–05.

Musa was an elected Member of Parliament (MP) from Feni constituency in 1973 as an [[Awami League]] candidate.<ref name=bss/>

==Personal life==
Musa was married to Setara Musa. They had one son Nasim Musa and three daughters namely Mariam Sultana Musa Ruma, Parveen Sultana Musa Jhuma and Dr Sharmin Musa <ref>{{cite news |title=Musa laid to restwith love, tears|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/musa-laid-to-restwith-love-tears-19654 |newspaper=The Daily Star |date=11 April 2022}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:1931 births]]
[[Category:2014 deaths]]
[[Category:Bangladeshi journalists]]
[[Category:Awami League politicians]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Ekushey Padak]]
[[Category:People from Fulgazi Upazila]]
[[Category:Honorary Fellows of Bangla Academy]]
[[Category:Comilla Victoria Government College alumni]]
[[Category:1st Jatiya Sangsad members]]

A. B. M. Musa - Revision history

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