Matiur Rahman (; born 15 April 1946) is the editor of Prothom Alo, one of the largest circulated Bengali language daily in Bangladesh. He is the recipient of the 2005 Ramon Magsaysay Award in the journalism, literature and creative communication arts category.
Early life
Rahman was born 2 January 1946 in Calcutta to Mohammed Fazlur Rahman, a lawyer, and Lutfunessa Begum.
He was elected president of the Newspaper Owners' Association of Bangladesh in June 2014. In March 2023, Matiur Rahman was sued under the controversial Digital Security Act. Reporter Samsuzzaman Shams, an 'assistant cameraman' and unnamed others were also made accused in the case.
Criticism
In December 2024, Simin Rahman of Transcom Group was accused by his younger sister of embezzling her deceased father's shares through non-judicial stamp fraud. On 18 May 2025, Elias Hossain's YouTube investigative report program called Fifteen Minutes was shown, stating that Simin Rahman was unethically assisted by Prothom Alo editor Matiur Rahman and Daily Star's Mahfuz Anam in this matter along with publishing false news, and Asif Nazrul dismissed the case without investigation due to his good relations with them. Zulkarnain Saer Khan also criticised Matiur Rahman and Mahfuz Anam for involving in this matter. Matiur Rahman, Anisul Haque and Mahfuz Anam also helped Simin giving advice to donate on making Bollywood film Faraaz with a false narrative to hide the information about his son Faraz being a militant in 2016 Dhaka Holey Artisan attack, instead showing him as a saviour hero.