I happen to be the first Chief News Editor of The Daily Star, which turns 23 this year. My journalistic career is almost as old as my newspaper. Literally, I have grown up and am going grey with The Daily Star.I have been leading the news team since 2008. We've managed to be the runaway English language newspaper, covering about 80 percent of country's readership. According to two recent surveys, my newspaper is most trusted, and it carries along the highest brand value. Humbly though, I want to credit myself in developing a youthful team that is dynamic and creative. They love to go for ethical journalism without fear or favour. They work and have fun together. And I'm as good as my team!-- I coordinate planning of news,selection of news and photo, finalise page layouts,headlines, treatment of contents. -- I write and also edit when needed.--I supervise policy, day-to-day operations, and take care of ethical and all journalistic issues, reporting directly to the Editor.

Administrative responsibility apart, the job involved news management, coordination with reporting, story planning, treatment and display of news. I edited copies, gave headlines/captions, made the best use of copy editors and ensured pages ready for printing on time everyday without any fail.

I edited The Daily Star Sports for 4 years. I initiated a drastic change in the layout and display along with overall quality when I was given the rein of the most popular section of the newspaper. I edited copies, filed reports and managed make-up of the 4-page sports section. I inspired an eight-member team to a new high in local sports journalism. I edited half a dozen special supplements on World Cup cricket and football that stirred huge enthusiasm among Star readers. Our World Cup lead-ups also included quiz competitions across the country.

I started my career as a copy editor in the metropolitan section of The Daily Star. I edited copies and wrote headlines/captions. Three years later, I switched to Sports Section of the newspaper. I wrote live match reports and analysis in addition to editing copies.