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Pathshala mourns the death of Sagar, a well loved teacher at the Multimedia Department of Pathshala South Asian Media Academy and his journalist wife Meherun Runi who were killed in mysterious circumstances on early Saturday morning the 11th February 2012. Sagar was the news editor of Masranga Television and?also worked with Deutsche Welle Bangla Service, Ittefaq, Jugantor and Sangbad. Runi was a senior reporter in ATN Bangla Television. While there are many speculations, it is not known why or who killed the journalist couple.?The exact time or the circumstances leading to their death has not been confirmed either.
Mahi Sarwar Megh, their five year old son discovered the bodies of his parents in the morning and called his grandmother. Both had apparently been repeatedly stabbed in their??fourth-floor flat of a five storied building (58/A/2) in West Rajabazar. Sagar and Runi
The first namaz-e-janaza of Sarwar and Runi was held at the?Dhaka?Reporters Unity office at Segunbagicha in the capital.
They couple will be buried later at Azimpur graveyard after two more namaz-e-janazas at Maasranga and ATN offices.
Author: Shahidul Alam
Time Magazine Person of the Year 2018. A photographer, writer, curator and activist, Shahidul Alam obtained a PhD in chemistry before switching to photography. His seminal work “The Struggle for Democracy” contributed to the removal of General Ershad. Former president of the Bangladesh Photographic Society, Alam set up the Drik agency, Chobi Mela festival and Pathshala, South Asian Media Institute, considered one of the finest schools of photography in the world.
Shown in MOMA New York, Centre Georges Pompidou, Royal Albert Hall and Tate Modern, Alam has been guest curator of Whitechapel Gallery, Winterthur Gallery and Musee de Quai Branly. His awards include Mother Jones, Shilpakala Award and Lifetime Achievement Award at the Dali International Festival of Photography.
Speaker at Harvard, Stanford, UCLA, Oxford and Cambridge universities, TEDx, POPTech and National Geographic, Alam chaired the international jury of the prestigious World Press Photo contest. Honorary Fellow of Royal Photographic Society, Alam is visiting professor of Sunderland University in UK and advisory board member of National Geographic Society.
John Morris, the former picture editor of Life Magazine describes his book “My journey as a witness”, (listed in “Best Photo Books of 2011” by American Photo), as “The most important book ever written by a photographer.”
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Extremly sad to note of this untimely and violent end to this journalist couple. My deepest sympathies to the families of the deceased and the members of Pathshala.
of Pathshala.
This is unspeakably sad and outrageous. My deepest condolences to their son, their family who will care for him; for those who will seek justice; for all who work for a more open?and free Bangladesh,?at too much peril and with too much sacrifice.
This is so sad. I am so sorry to know this.
My Heart Goes Out The Child, How Could Anyone Even Cross Such Limit Of Hatred.
Extremly sad to note of this untimely and violent end to this journalist couple. My deepest sympathies to the families of the deceased and the members of Pathshala.
of Pathshala.
I deeply mourn the sudden death of Photographer & Journalist couple ,
may their soul rest in peace
Pradip Gupta, Mumbai, India?
This is unspeakably sad and outrageous. My deepest condolences to their son, their family who will care for him; for those who will seek justice; for all who work for a more open?and free Bangladesh,?at too much peril and with too much sacrifice.