Online Desk: Prime Minister’s press secretary Ihsanul Karim Helal no more.

Ihsanul Karim, popularly known as Ihsanul Karim Helal, earlier served as the President’s Press Secretary and the Managing Director and Chief Editor of state-run news agency Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) where he began his career as a staff reporter in 1972.

During his long career in journalism, he also served several foreign media like the British Broadcasting Corporation and Press Trust of India as their Bangladesh correspondents.

Karim joined the Liberation War in 1971 and fought on the western frontier as a member of the Bangladesh Liberation Force (BLF) under the command of Mujib Bahini.

Ihsanul Karim was born on January 5, 1951. He obtained his Master’s degree in Economics from Dhaka University.