| Aftab Ahmed | |
| Native Name: | আফতাব আহমেদ |
| Native Name Lang: | bn |
| Birth Date: | 1934/1935 |
| Birth Place: | Mohipur Village, Rangpur District, Bengal, British India (now Bangladesh) |
| Death Date: | (aged 79) |
| Death Place: | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Resting Place: | Mirpur, Graveyard |
| Occupation: | Photojournalist |
| Nationality: | Bangladeshi |
| Awards: | Ekushey Padak (2006) |
| Employer: | The Daily Ittefaq |
Aftab Ahmed (c. 1934 – 25 December 2013) was a Bangladeshi photojournalist. He served as chief photographer of Bengali newspaper The Daily Ittefaq.[1] He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 2006 by the Government of Bangladesh.
Ahmed started his career as photojournalist in The Daily Ittefaq in 1962. He took photographs during the Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971.
Ahmed was married to Momtaz begum (died 29 June 2010). They had one son Monowar Ahmed and one daughter Afroz Ahmed.[2]
On 24 December 2013 Ahmed was found dead at his house in West Rampura region in Dhaka. According to the police, his hands and legs were tied up and a gag was wrapped around his mouth when his body was found. Dhaka Medical College morgue concluded his death was caused by strangulation in the post-mortem report.[3] On 27 March 2017, 5 people were sentenced to death for his murder.[4]