Shafik Rehman

Shafik Rehman
শফিক রেহমান
Rehman in 2012
Born
Shafik-ur-Rahman

(1934-11-11) 11 November 1934
NationalityBangladeshi
Alma mater
Occupations
  • Journalist
  • writer
SpouseTaleya Rehman
Children6
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Shafik Rehman (born 11 November 1934) is a Bangladeshi journalist, political analyst, and writer. He is credited for introducing Valentine's Day in Bangladesh. He is also the presenter of the Television show “Lal Golap”, aired on BanglaVision.

He has worked to gather support in favour of Bangladesh in England with Justice Abu Sayeed Chowdhury during the liberation war of Bangladesh in 1971. Rehman founded the weekly Jaijaidin in 1984 which was critical to General Hussain Muhammad Ershad, a military leader who assumed power through a military coup in 1982. He was forced to leave the country in 1986 after the Ershad government suspended the declaration of Jaijaidin and was not allowed to return Bangladesh till 1991. Rehman was a director of Spectrum Radio in England.

Rehman has been serving as the editor of magazine Mouchake Dhil from 2009. Rehman was arrested on April 16, 2016, on the charge of “plotting to abduct and kill” Bangladesh Prime Minister's son Sajeeb Wazed Joy. However, in 2025 he was acquitted.