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| name=Ataus Samad<br />
| birth_date={{birth date|1937|11|16|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = Shaterdaria, [[Kishoreganj District]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]<br />
| death_date={{death date and age|2012|9|26|1937|11|16|df=y}} <br />
| death_place=[[Dhaka]], [[Bangladesh]]<br />
| resting_place = Azimpur Graveyard<br />
| awards=[[Ekushey Padak]]<br />
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'''Ataus Samad''' (16 November 1937 – 26 September 2012) was a Bangladeshi journalist.<ref name=death>{{cite news|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=251436|title=Ataus Samad passes away|work=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|The Daily Star]]|accessdate=June 16, 2022}}</ref> He was awarded [[Ekushey Padak]] in 1992 by the Government of Bangladesh.<br />
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==Early life and education==<br />
Samad was born November 16, 1937, in [[Kishoreganj District]]. He earned post graduation degree from [[University of Dhaka]] in 1959. He worked at [[Press Institute of Bangladesh|Press Institute of Bangladesh (PIB)]] for a long time.<br />
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==Career==<br />
Samad started his journalism career in 1959. He was the chief reporter of the ''[[Pakistan Observer]]'' from 1965 to 1969. He was the general secretary of the East Pakistan Union of Journalists from 1969 to 1970.<ref name=death/> Between 1982 and 1994, Samad was the special correspondent of [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]] in [[Dhaka]]. He was also a special correspondent of [[Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha]] (BSS) in New Delhi during 1972 to 1976.<ref name=death/> He served as the advisory editor of the daily ''[[Amar Desh]]''. At the same time he was the editor of ''Weekly Ekhon''. Later, he also served as the chief executive of the television channel [[NTV (Bangladesh)|NTV]] for some time. Besides, he worked as a part-time teacher of the [[University of Dhaka]] for a long time. He was imprisoned for his reporting in BBC during the presidency of [[Hussain Mohammad Ershad]].<ref>{{cite news|script-title=bn:সাংবাদিক আতাউস সামাদ আর নেই|language=bn|trans-title=Ataus Samad is no more|url=http://archive.prothom-alo.com/detail/date/2012-09-26/news/292907|accessdate=26 October 2009|work=Prothom Alo}}</ref><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Samad was married to Renu. Together they had two daughters and one son, Samia, Nayeema, and Ashequs.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=251653|title=Ataus Samad: A life defined by fearlessness|author=Fayza Haq|date=September 29, 2012|work=The Daily Star}}</ref><br />
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