Abul Kalam Azad is a Bangladeshi journalist and former Managing Director and Chief Editor of Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS), state-run national news agency of Bangladesh.
[1] Prior to his appointment at BSS, Azad worked as the Press Secretary to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh.
Azad was born in Haridia village at Lohajang Upazila in Munshiganj District.
[1] While studying at Dhaka University, he was a member of the central committee of Bangladesh Chhatra League.
During the 1969 Mass uprising in East Pakistan, he was Dhaka divisional treasurer of the Sarbadaliya Chhatra Sangram Parishad.