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Journey of a courageous journalist

Jibon Ahmed | 21 February 2022 | Photo: Sharif Khiam   Jibon Ahmed is not just one of my beloved photojournalists , but also one of my personal heroes. I've always been overjoyed with his success. He became a part of another history as one of the first Bangladesh Press Photography Award winners. I'm confident he'll achieve more institutional recognition in the future. Because he believes that being a happy person is more important than being a good photographer. Jibon was fired from his job in 2018 as he published public kiss scenes on social media . This well-known photojournalist became unemployed after being vindicated by the Bengali Online News Portal " purboposhchimbd ." Yet, at the time, the portal's editor, Khujista Nur-e-Naharin Munni , told me, "The final decision has not been taken in this regard yet." Previously, during the attack on writer and blogger Abhijit Roy in 2015, Jibon had photographed the scene. He was the one to take Aviji...