Background
Samad was born in Kishoreganj District.
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Samad was born in Kishoreganj District.
He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 1992 by the Government of Bangladesh. Samad started his journalism career in 1959. He became the chief reporter of the Pakistan Observer during 1965 to 1969.
He was the general secretary of the East Pakistan Union of Journalists from 1969 to 1970.
Between 1982 and 1994, Samad was the British Broadcasting Corporation"s special correspondent in Dhaka. He was also a special correspondent of Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) in New Delhi during 1972 to 1976.
Later in his life, Samad served as the advisory editor of the Bangla daily Amar Desh. He was Chief Executive Officer of the television channel NTV.