Ishtiaque Hossain

Ishtiaque Hossain (born 10 April 1989) is a Bangladeshi journalist, writer and human rights activist. He is best known for writing feature columns for The Independent, New Age, and The Daily Sun.

Hossain became widely celebrated by the youth of Bangladesh for strongly criticizing Bangladesh Government's decision to ban YouTube in September 2012, in protest of the anti-Islamic video "Innocence of Muslims".

In March 2012, Ishtiaque uncovered shocking practices of substance abuse inside the rehabilitation centres of Bangladesh.

In October 2012, Ishtiaque Hossain shed light on large scale money laundering scams being conducted by large corporations in Bangladesh. His article Money Laundering: A Cancerous Practice Crippling Our Economy was published by three different Bangladeshi national dailies and online news portals.

In August 2011, Ishtiaque uncovered widespread use of "Ketamine" amongst Bangladeshi Ya ba abusers. Ketamine was being used as means of falling asleep after consuming heavy amounts of Ya ba pills, a phenomenon that was not known to the masses until the publication of aforementioned article, Ketamine: The "Deshi Coke".