Education
Munier studied mass communication and journalism at Dhaka University.
Munier studied mass communication and journalism at Dhaka University.
He was known for his photography direction and cofounded global news channel The Real News Network. He was one of three sons of the martyred intellectual Munier Chowdhury. Mishuk served as the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Editor of satellite television channel ATN News.
He died in a road accident, along with Tareque Masud, on August 13, 2011.
He was awarded Ekushey Padak for his contribution to journalism in 2012 by the Bangladeshi government. After completing his studies, he joined the faculty as a part-time lecturer in 1989.
At the same time, he started to work for British Broadcasting Corporation as a freelance photographer. In 1999, Munier took a job as director of news operations of satellite television channel Ekushey Television, playing a key role in broadcast journalism in Bangladesh.
In 2002, he emigrated to Canada, where he worked for The Real News.
He also contributed for British Broadcasting Corporation, WTN, ARD1, Channel 4, Canadian Broadcasting Company, and Discovery Health. In November 2010, he returned to Bangladesh to act as Chief Executive Officer of ATN News. Munier was the second son of martyred intellectual Munier Chowdhury, who lost his life on December 14 of the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War.
Munier and Tareque Masud died on a road accident on August 13, 2011 at Ghior of Manikganj with three others including camera assistant Wasif and the driver.
The accident took place when the microbus collided with another bus coming from the opposite direction. The team was returning from location scouting for Masud’s next movie, Kagojer Phool, in Manikganj.
With Munier"s death, the International War Crimes Tribunal lost a key witness, as he had been involved in compiling documents and audio-visual evidence for the investigation agency of the international war crimes tribunal of Bangladesh. Mishuk was to be a witness for the International Crimes Tribunal formed in March 2010.
