Sikandar Abu Zafar


Sikandar Abu Zafar was a Bangladeshi journalist and poet.

Early life and education

Zafar passed the entrance examination in 1936 from Tala B Dey Institute in Satkhira. He received his IA degree from Ripon College, Calcutta.
He moved to Dhaka from Calcutta in 1950 and worked as a journalist for the dailies Nabajug, Ittefaq, Sangbad and Millat. He founded and edited a monthly magazine called Samakal during 1959-1970.

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