Syed Mohammad Ali (9 December 1928 – 17 October 1993)[1] was a Bengali journalist and editor.
The family's ancestral home is Khandakar Bari in Uttarsur Village of Bahubal Upazila of Habiganj District.
During the 1980s, Ali and fellow UNESCO colleague Mahfuz Anam conceived the creation of a newspaper in their native country of Bangladesh.
[6] Ali and Anam founded The Daily Star in Bangladesh during the transition from presidential government to parliamentary democracy in 1991.
Ali and Anam interviewed key political figures, including erstwhile Leader of the Opposition Sheikh Hasina.
In 1995, the government of Prime Minister Khaleda Zia posthumously awarded Bangladesh's highest civilian honour on Ali.