Senior journalist Md. Rezaul Karim (Lotus) has been appointed as the new editor of the Daily Sun.
He replaced Enamul Hoque Chowdhury, who was promoted as Editor-in-Chief.
On January 1, 2020, Rezaul Karim Lotus joined the Daily Sun as City and Diplomatic Editor. Later in October 2021 he was promoted to the position of Executive Editor of the English daily.
Lotus served as Chief Reporter, Diplomatic and Special Correspondent of The Daily Star with vast experience in diplomatic and other fields of journalism.
He is the current President of Diplomatic Correspondents Association, Bangladesh (DCAB). He was also elected President of DCAB in 2012, 2017, 2018 and 2022.
Lotus has brought with him a wealth of reporting experience during his three decades’ career at The Daily Star and United News of Bangladesh (UNB).
He began his career in journalism as Dhaka University Correspondent at the UNB in March, 1989.
In his long career, Lotus participated in various high-level professional training, conference, leadership and study programmes, UN and other international summits in different countries, including the USA, UK, EU, Australia, India, China, Japan, and Korea.