About Adel
Rafe Sadnan Adel began his career as a journalist and has served mainstream media as both reporter and presenter for over a decade. He has worked with all the journalistic media- radio, newspapers, online portals and electronic media.
As an investigative journalist, Adel roamed around remote areas of Bangladesh so that people get the right information in any disaster or emergencies. His journalistic experience includes covering not only issues involving marginalised people but also issues related to all classes, policymakers and even issues involving the Prime Minister of Bangladesh.
Adel tried to make sure people get the right information through his journalistic tools during major incidents like flood, cyclone, or man-made disasters like the Rana Plaza collapse, mayhem by Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh, the devastating Tazreen fire tragedy, and three national elections. As a journalist, he covered international conferences including the General Assembly of the United Nations (UNGA), The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC), BRICS (acronym coined to associate five major emerging economies: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa), Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA), and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
For over a decade, Adel constantly nurtured himself and enhanced his networking skills, and this is why he chose Communications as a future career. He has served BRAC as the Head of Media and External Relations. During the covid-19 pandemic, Adel tried his best for awareness-raising on crucial issues through different communication channels.
As a social cause, he has been working to develop cancer-related awareness among people since 2014. He is the founding chairperson of cancerbd.net, the first-ever web-based initiative to raise awareness about cancer in Bangladesh. From July 1, 2021 he is also working as the Board of Director of the World Ovarian Cancer Coalition. He has also served North South University as the ‘Director, Public Relations Office’.