Shahidul Islam Mintu

Shahidul Islam Mintu, born and grew up in Rajbari, Bangladesh, started his media career in Bangladesh. Mintu also established ‘Nandonik Telefilm’ a media production house. He produced many drama and documentary films, the most popular production being ‘Devdas’ the first beta-formatted film in Bangladesh. Adding on, he was also elected as President of the Bangladesh Cultural Reporters Association. Later, after he immigrated to Canada in 2004, he started an online newspaper by the name of “The Bengali Times” in 2008; which became the most popular Bengali online newspaper in Canada. Four years later, Shahidul started a (print) newspaper called “The Weekly Bangla Mail”; The largest circulated Bengali newspaper in Canada. Another four years later, he created NRB TV; Canada’s First 24-Hour Bengali TV Channel. As of right now, NRB TV is Shahidul’s most thriving project. On August 1^st 2018, he launched a new creation: Bangla Radio, the first 24-hour Bangla radio channel in North America. Starting in 2015, Shahidul held (and will continue to hold) The Annual Bangladesh Festival, a festival that celebrates and honours Bengali culture. On average, the festival attracts an audience of 5000.  He is also the founder and managing director (2012) of Click Art BD, an outsourcing company. He was the director of the Conservative party of Canada (2014-2017). Lastly, since 2017, Shahidul has been the director of the BBCC (Bangladesh Business Chamber of Commerce).