Founder-editor of the daily Sangbad, Kabir died of old-age ailments in Singapore on this day in 1997. He was also the founder-first life member of the Jatiya Press Club.

He was also the first chairman and managing director of Janata Bank and a fellow of the American Bankers' Association.

Khairul Kabir was one of the authors of the historic six-point programme which was the basis of the demand for autonomy for the then East Pakistan.

Khairul Kabir hailed from the illustrious Kabir family of Ghorasal. A milad mahfil has been organised at his ancestral home in Ghorasal to pray for the salvation of the departed soul.