'''Kabir Chowdhury Tanmoy''' (born July 20, 1982) is a Bangladeshi activist,

journalist, columnist, blogger, author, and political commentator.<ref>{{Cite

journal |last=Sabur |first=Abdus |date=2022-08-12 |title=Bangladesh's Online
Maverick: Kabir Chowdhury Tanmoy's social Media Comments Take the Internet by Storm
|url=https://archive.org/details/dhaka-courier-vol-39-issue-5/page/n52/mode/1up?
view=theater |journal=[[Dhaka Courier]] |volume=39 |issue=5
|pages=52}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-12-17 |title=অনলাইন অ্যাকটিভিস্ট কবীর
চৌধুরী তন্ময় |trans-title=Online activist Kabir Chowdhury Tanmoy
|url=https://www.ittefaq.com.bd/207166/%E2%80%98%E0%A7%A9%E0%A7%A6-
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01-15 |website=[[The Daily Ittefaq]] |language=bn}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |
last=Correspondent |first=Staff |date=2018-12-25 |title=Don't want minorities being
used in political blame game |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/city/news/dont-want-
minorities-being-used-political-blame-game-1678495 |access-date=2023-01-15 |
website=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|The Daily Star]] |language=en |quote=online
activist Kabir Chowdhury Tonmoy was present at the event}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |
title=Online activist Kabir Chowdhury Tanmoy condemns blogger Niloy murder |
url=https://www.observerbd.com/2015/08/07/103607.php |access-date=2023-01-15 |
website=[[The Daily Observer (Bangladesh)|The Daily Observer]] |quote=Condemning
the murder of blogger Niloy, Bangladesh Online Activist Forum (BOAF) on Friday
demanded immediate arrest and punishment of the killers.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |
title=কবীর চৌধুরী তন্ময় |url=https://www.channelionline.com/author/kabirchy/ |
access-date=2023-01-15 |website=[[Channel i]] |language=en-US}}</ref> He is the
founder and president of the Bangladesh Online Activist Forum (BOAF),<ref>{{Cite
web |date=2018-04-25 |title=Bangladesh Online Activist Forum (BOAF) President Kabir
Chowdhury Tanmoy says “The village police has been neglected in all aspects" |
url=https://archive.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2018/04/25/village-police-demand-
inclusion-government-pay-scale?fb_comment_id=1935675916505706_2441709122569047 |
access-date=2023-01-15 |website=[[Dhaka Tribune]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |
date=2016-04-07 |title=Liberal Bangladeshi blogger killed by machete-wielding
attackers |language=en |work=[[Reuters]] |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-
bangladesh-blogger-idUSKCN0X40FZ |access-date=2023-01-15 |quote=Kabir Chowdhury
Tanmoy, president of the Online Activist Forum}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-
08-03 |title=Kabir Chowdhury Tanmoy presides demand over actions against Chief
Justifce |work=[[Daily Sun (Bangladesh)|Daily Sun]] |url=https://www.daily-
sun.com/amp/post/412809}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2017-10-20 |title=BAOF
President Kabir Chowdhury Tonmoy said Bangladesh has considered Rohingya issue from
humanitarian ground |work=[[Daily Sun (Bangladesh)|Daily Sun]]
|url=https://www.daily-sun.com/arcprint/details/269847/%E2%80%98India-to-stand-by-
Bangladesh-over-Rohingya-issue%E2%80%99/2017-11-20}}</ref> a platform for promoting
liberal ideas.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2016-04-07 |title=Kabir Chowdhury Tanmoy,
president of the Online Activist Forum, which advocates secularism |language=en-GB
|work=[[BBC News]] |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-35987345 |access-
date=2023-01-15}}</ref> Tanmoy regularly contributes to national and international
media.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=কবীর চৌধুরী তন্ময়
|url=https://www.risingbd.com/kabir-tanmoy |access-date=2023-01-15 |
website=[[Risingbd]] |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=TV |
first=News24 |date=2021-03-05 |title=Who's Kabir Chowdhury Tanmoy?
|url=https://www.news24bd.tv/details/55669 |access-date=2023-01-15 |
website=[[News24 (Bangladeshi TV channel)|News 24]] |language=bn}}</ref><ref>{{Cite
web |title=Articles by Kabir Chowdhury Tanmoy
|url=https://archive.dhakatribune.com/author/kabir-chowdhury-tanmoy |access-
date=2023-01-15 |website=[[Dhaka Tribune]]}}</ref>

== Biography ==
=== Early life and family ===
Tanmoy was born on July 20, 1982, in Champaknagar, on the bank of Gomti River near
Victoria Government College, in the town of Comilla near the capital city of
Dhaka.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Boitoi - বইটই |
url=https://boitoi.com.bd/ |access-date=2023-05-02 |website=boitoi.com.bd |
language=en}}</ref> He was the son of freedom fighter MA Khaleque Chowdhury, who
fought against Pakistani occupation army in the 1971 Liberation War of Bangladesh.
His father passed away in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |title=MA Khaled Chowdhury, father
of Kabir Chowdhury Tanmoy died
|url=https://abcnationalnews24.com/%e0%a6%95%e0%a6%ac%e0%a7%80%e0%a6%b0-%e0%a6%9a
%e0%a7%8c%e0%a6%a7%e0%a7%81%e0%a6%b0%e0%a7%80-%e0%a6%a4%e0%a6%a8%e0%a7%8d%e0%a6%ae
%e0%a7%9f%e0%a7%87%e0%a6%b0-%e0%a6%aa%e0%a6%bf%e0%a6%a4%e0%a6%be/ |access-
date=2023-01-15 |website=ABC news |language=en-US}}</ref> His uncle, Sujat Ali
Chowdhury, lost his life in the same war due to the anti-independence Rajakars.<ref
name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2021-03-03 |title=কে এই কবীর চৌধুরী তন্ময় ? -
Narayanganj Bulletin |url=https://www.narayanganjbulletin.com/%e0%a6%95%e0%a7%87-
%e0%a6%8f%e0%a6%87-%e0%a6%95%e0%a6%ac%e0%a7%80%e0%a6%b0-%e0%a6%9a%e0%a7%8c
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%e0%a6%bc/ |access-date=2023-01-15 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":3" />

=== Education ===

He completed his primary and secondary education in Comilla and then moved to Dhaka
for higher studies. He graduated from Dhaka University with a degree in political
science.<ref name=":2" />

== Career ==
Since his student days, Tanmoy has been a participant in progressive initiatives
and social organizing, with a focus on promoting justice and safeguarding human
rights in society. His involvement in student politics began with the Comilla
District Chhatra League (Kabir-Mithu/Liakat-Babu), and he was apprehended during
the political turmoil of 1/11 when the caretaker administration attempted to forbid
Chhatra League politics. Consequently, leaders of the district Chhatra League
established the Chhatrakallyan Parishad, where Tanmoy served as organizing
secretary and made contributions to grassroots politics.<ref name=":0" /><ref
name=":2" />

Tanmoy held the position as the central joint secretary and founding president of
the Comilla District unit of the Bangladesh Mobile Phone Recharge and Banking
Association. In addition, he actively participated in the Shahbag movement, a
campaign demanding the capital punishment of anti-independence Rajakars and war
criminals for their atrocities against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War.<ref
name=":0" />

Tanmoy started his career as a journalist by writing for various newspapers, online
portals, and various social and cultural organizations.<ref>{{Cite web |
last=jagonews24.com |title=কবীর চৌধুরী তন্ময় {{!}} Kabir Chowdhury Tanmoy {{!}}
Jago News |url=https://www.jagonews24.com/author/kabir-chowdhury-tanmoy |access-
date=2023-01-15 |website=[[Jagonews24.com]] |language=bn}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |
title=কবীর চৌধুরী তন্ময় |url=https://bangla.bdnews24.com/author/kbiir-caudhurii-
tnmyy |access-date=2023-01-15 |website=[[Bdnews24.com]]
|language=bn}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Kabir Chowdhury Tanmoy profile |
url=https://www.newsbangla24.com/profile/1153 |access-date=2023-01-15 |website=News
Bangla 24 |language=Bangla}}</ref> He covers topics such as politics, history,
culture, literature and social issues, secularism.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reporter |
first=Senior |title=ধর্ম ব্যবসায়ীরা আওয়ামী লীগের বিরুদ্ধে অপপ্রচার করছে |
url=https://www.dhakapost.com/politics/40877 |access-date=2023-01-15 |
website=[[Dhaka Post]] |language=bn}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=কবীর চৌধুরী
তন্ময়: দ্রব্যমূল্যের লাগামহীন ঊর্ধ্বগতি নিয়ন্ত্রণ করা অতি জরুরি
|url=https://www.amadershomoy.com/bn/2022/02/20/1587775.asp |access-date=2023-01-15
|website=[[Amader Shomoy]] |language=bn}}</ref>

He founded BOAF in 2013 as a platform for online activists who support the Awami
League government and its development agenda. The organization has approved
convenors and full committees in 43 districts of the country. Tanmoy also serves as
an assistant secretary at the central sub-committee of the Bangladesh Awami
League.<ref name=":0" />

He is the coordinator of the Sammilita Sangram Parishad, which aims to eliminate

terrorism and militancy.<ref name=":0" /> He also serves as the president of the
Comilla Nagorik Oikya Parishad, an advisor to the Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity-
Central Committee and The Enlightened Handicap-Central Committee. Additionally, he
is a member of the FBCCI (General Body), Sampriti Bangladesh, and the Red Crescent
Society, as well as a life member of the Bangladesh-India Friendship
Association.<ref name=":0" />

=== Books ===

Tanmoy has authored several books, including "''Itihase Bangabandhu''" (Bangabandhu
in History), published by Black Publications.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last= |
first= |title=Kabir Chowdhury Tanmoy's book published at Boimela
|url=https://www.dailyinqilab.com/article/269602/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%87-%E0%A6%AE
%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A7%9F-%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%9A
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%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%AC
%E0%A6%99%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A7%E0%A7%81 |access-
date=2023-01-15 |website=[[Daily Inqilab]] |language=bn}}</ref> The book is a
collection of Tanmoy's writings on Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, exploring his
political ideology, leadership, the language movement, the liberation war, and the
aftermath of Bangladesh's independence.<ref name=":1" />

== Death threats ==
Tanmoy's political views and association with the governing administration have
made him a target for multiple death threats.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kabir Chowdhury
Tanmoy receives death threat
|url=https://samakal.com/capital/article/1901102/%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BE
%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF
%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%B9%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BF |access-date=2023-
01-15 |website=[[Samakal]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=BOAF
president Tanmoy gets death threats
|url=https://www.banglatribune.com/others/403833/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8B%E0%A7%9F
%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AB-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF
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%E0%A6%B9%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BF |access-date=2023-01-15 |
website=[[Bangla Tribune]] |language=bn}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-01-02 |
title=BOAF President gets death threat
|url=https://www.kalerkantho.com/english/online/national/2019/01/02/18072 |access-
date=2023-01-15 |website=[[Kaler Kantho]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=BOAF
President Kabir receives 'death threat' {{!}} The Asian Age Online, Bangladesh |
url=http://dailyasianage.com/news/156974/?regenerate |access-date=2023-01-15 |
website=[[The Asian Age]] |language=en}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Tanmoy is married to Farzana Chowdhury Tanmoy, a lawyer and a human rights
activist. They have two children, Aryan Chowdhury Tanmoy and Ayesha Chowdhury
Tanmoy. The family currently lives in Dhaka.<ref name=":0" />

== References ==
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