Rashed Rahman qualified as a
Chartered accountant from
England and
Wales and later decided to take up journalism as career. He has formerly been the executive editor of English dailies published from Pakistan - The Post,
The Nation (Pakistan) and
Daily Times (Pakistan).[2] He is ajournalist and a veteran leftist political campaigner.
As editor of Daily Times newspaper, he used to protect his reporters and columnists from the external interference.[4]