Today is the first death anniversary of Syed Fahim Munaim, former chief executive officer and chief editor at Maasranga Television.

He died of a cardiac arrest at his Gulshan residence at age 63, leaving behind his wife, three sons, a daughter-in-law, and a host of relatives, well-wishers and admirers.

Also a former executive editor of The Daily Star, Fahim was involved in the media industry for more than three decades and contributed to the development of professional and ethical journalism in the country. He was managing editor at The Daily Star from 1996 to 2007.

He joined The Daily Star on June 10, 1996 as deputy managing editor and was promoted to managing editor on December 1 the following year.

Fahim became executive editor of the newspaper on February 1, 2010.

A well-known TV personality, Fahim joined Maasranga Television, a concern of Square Group, as chief executive officer and chief editor in March 2010.

He became the press secretary to then chief adviser of the caretaker government in 2007 and ambassador to Indonesia the following year.

Fahim, son of journalist Syed Nuruddin, was born on July 4, 1953. He studied at Mirzapur Cadet College, and later completed his bachelor's and master's degrees in public administration from George Mason University in the US.

In his career, he was also executive director at the Daily Sangbad and managing editor at the Morning Sun, news agency UNB, and weekly Dhaka Courier. He earned popularity among journalists during his stints there.

He also worked as press counsellor at the Bangladesh Embassy in Tokyo, Japan.