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Mr. Rahman has three Sons and one daughter.
And Gonoabvuthyan ’90 (Mass Upsurge 1990), Collection of articles on the mass upsurge in Bangladesh in 1990. Led cultural delegation again to stage performances by Bangladeshi artists in the Asian Art Festival in 1980 in Hong Kong and from there proceeded to Japan to perform Bangladeshi music and dance program, in Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka and for sightseeing of Japan's beautiful cities.
From there proceeded to Canada. A collection of essays on politics.
After a long successful career, Mr. Rahman passed away on 14th May 2000 in Bangkok, Thailand after prolonged illness, shortly after the death of his wife, Amatul Umda Begum who passed away on 8th November, 1998. In September 1996 went to the U.S., to have an eye witness account of presidential race to the key to the white house, between the two giant contenders Bill Clinton and Senator Bob Dole.
On return wrote a series of articles on the race and outcome which were published in the Bangladesh Observer. He was the second eldest children of six brother and three sisters. Across the Bangladesh and around the world, 60 million viewers have made ‘Tritiyo Matra’ a part of their nightly television routine. He is the President of a Bangladeshi think tank named Centre for Governance Studies (CGS). He is also the Chair and Curator of the Bay of Bengal Conversation, Bangladesh’s premier international geopolitical conference.
Zillur Rahman also lead a media and political consultancy firm named CCN.
Zillur Rahman is the Managing Editor of the Journal of Governance, Security and Development, a double-blind, peer-reviewed international academic journal.
He also leads NZ Charity, a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting underprivileged communities through education and humanitarian aid.
He was educated at Nawabpur Government High School, in Dhaka.
Served broadcasting both in East and West Pakistan for 27 years, as Regional Director (including national television for a couple of years). The first, Mustafa Kamal Syed, is former Deputy Director General of the Bangladesh Television and presently working with private satelite channel NTV, the second, Yousuf Kamal Syed, General Manager Holiday Inn chain of hotels, Canada, the third, Ahmed Kamal Syed is a businessman and the daughter Rukhsana Samad was in teaching profession, now a housewife of a major industrialist of Bangladesh.
Accompanied the President of erstwhile Pakistan Field Marshall Md. Ayub Khan in 1966 on his first State visit to the then USSR for coverage of his visit on Radio and TV. Traveled widely in Moscow, Leningrad, Tashkand, Samarkand and Bokhara with him.
In 1981, went to London to attend Commonwealth Arts and conference and later a conducted tour of the London city and suburbs offered by the British Council.
Dhaka: Kagoj Publications, February 1991. He is a definite “trend setter” in the history of television channel programs in Bangladesh.He is the founder, director and host of the widely popular daily television talk show “Tritiyo Matra” (The 3rd Dimension) for which he has produced more than 8000 episodes, over the last 23 years since July 2003.
Tritiyo Matra is an award winning program by Channel i is referred to as one of the most popular talk show ever produced or broadcasted for the Bengali television program viewers or news enthusiasts, by any television channel in Bangladesh.
Zillur married to Fahmida Haq who gave birth to his son Ajmain Zahin in 2005, daughter Najah Zayaan in 2008 and daughter Niija Zain in 2010. He has worked for the Weekly Kagoj, Weekly Shomoy, Weekly Laboni, Weekly Bichitra and has contributed to the Daily Ittefaq (a leading newspaper in Bangladesh).
As a Short Term Local Consultant he also worked for the World Bank (External Affairs Department) in 2000 and for the UNICEF (Water & Sanitation Department) in 2001.
Zillur Rahman has visited many countries to participates different conferences, seminars and symposium since last few years.