Saiful Alam

Alam was a member of the managing committee of Press Institute of Bangladesh (PIB) from 1997 to 1999. From 2016 to 2018, he also served as the director on the Board of Directors of Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS). He is one of the members of Bangladesh Editors' Council. He was the Joint Secretary of National Press Club from 1995 to 1998. He served as the senior vice president from 2017 to 2018 before elected its president on 18 December 2018. He is also the founder member of Dhaka Reporter's Unity.

Alam started his journalism career with the juvenile weekly Kishore Bangla in 1979. In 1983, he joined the Daily Janata as a senior reporter. He worked at the Daily Inqilab as senior reporter from 1986 to 1999. When Jugantor started its publication on February 2000, he joined there at the same post. Subsequently, he was made deputy editor and executive editor. He served as acting editor of the newspaper from 19 November 2013 to 21 February 2020. He was made editor on 22 February 2020.

From 1972 to 1975, he was an active member of the Bangladesh Students Union. He was also the vice president of Dhaka University Cultural Union.

Saiful Alam (born 31 December 1956) is a Bangladeshi journalist. He is the Incumbent President of Bangladesh National Press Club. He is also the editor of Daily Jugantor.

Alam was born on 31 December 1956 in Dhaka of the then East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) to Ali Arshad Mia and Shamsun Nahar. He completed his Secondary School Certificate from Motijheel Government Boys' High School and Higher Secondary School Certificate from Dhaka College in 1974. He graduated from the Department of Linguistics of Dhaka University in 1977 and obtained his post graduate degree from the same University in 1978.