Chaklader Mahboob-ul Alam was born in Dhaka, Bangladesh in 1935. He was educated in Bangladesh (University of Dhaka) and in Spain (Instituto Hispano-Arabe de Cultura and the University of Alcala de Henares). He is a life-member (fellow) of The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and a retired member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of England.
Chaklader Alam retired from his professional career in 1992. Since then he has been writing essays and opinion pieces for newspapers and journals in Bangladesh, Spain and the United States. For many years, he worked as a regular columnist for The Daily Star of Bangladesh. During that period he also wrote in The Independent and The Bangladesh Observer. In Spain, he has contributed regularly to El Adelantado de Segovia (in Spanish) and El Pais (in English).
Because of his academic, professional and journalistic background, Chaklader Alam has been deeply exposed to diverse cultures and faiths. All his life, he has worked very hard to promote better understanding between the East and the West. He is the co-author (with Ambassador Arturo Perez) of a recently published book in Spanish on Bangladesh called ‘Bangladeshy (de repente) España’.
