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Mohammad Sadiq (bureaucrat)
Muhammed Sadique (born 1955) is a Bangladeshi writer and public official. He served as 13th chairman of Bangladesh Public Service Commission (PSC). He was awarded Bangla Academy Literary Award in 2017 for his contributions to Bengali poetry. Biography Sadique was born in September 1955 at Dharargaon village of Sunamganj District. His father's name is Alhajj Mohammad Mubasshir Ali and mother's name is Mastura Begum. Sadique received his bachelor's degree in Bengali language and literature in 1976 and master's in 1977. He did research on Sylheti Nagri script and received his Ph.D. from Assam University in 2005. He joined the Bangladesh Civil Service in 1982. As a member of Bangladesh Civil Service, he served as the Education Secretary of the Government of Bangladesh and as a secretary of the Bangladesh Election Commission. He also served as additional secretary of Ministry of Public Administration, Director General of the Bangladesh Institute of Administration and Management F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
President Of Bangladesh
The president of Bangladesh ( bn, বাংলাদেশের রাষ্ট্রপতি — ) officially the President of the People's Republic of Bangladesh ( bn, গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশের রাষ্ট্রপতি —) is the head of state of Bangladesh and commander-in-chief of the Bangladesh Armed Forces. The role of the president has changed three times since Bangladesh achieved independence in 1971. Presidents had been given executive power. In 1991, with the restoration of a democratically elected government, Bangladesh adopted a parliamentary democracy based on a Westminster system. The President is now a largely ceremonial post elected by the Parliament."Background Note: Bangladesh" US Department of State, May 2007 In 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangladesh Civil Service Administration Academy
Bangladesh Civil Service Administration Academy is a special governmental educational institute that provides training on law and administration to civil servants in Bangladesh and is located in Shahbag, Dhaka, Bangladesh. History Bangladesh Civil Service Administration Academy was established on 21 October 1987 to provide training Bangladesh Civil Service cadets. The building it occupies was the Gazetted Officers' Training Academy before 1971 when Bangladesh was part of Pakistan. After Independence it became the Civil Officers' Training Academy. Students at the academy come after completing their compulsory courses at the Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre (BPATC) is a training institute for the public sector. It was founded in 1984, and is situated in Savar, Dhaka District. It has teaching facilities, quarters for the officers, a big mosque and a lak .... From 1989 to 1996 BCS foreign service cadets were trained he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1955 Births
Events January * January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama. * January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut. * January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijiangshan Islands: The Chinese Communist People's Liberation Army seizes the islands from the Republic of China (Taiwan). * January 22 – In the United States, The Pentagon announces a plan to develop intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), armed with nuclear weapons. * January 23 – The Sutton Coldfield rail crash kills 17, near Birmingham, England. * January 25 – The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union announces the end of the war between the USSR and Germany, which began during World War II in 1941. * January 28 – The United States Congress authorizes President Dwight D. Eisenhower to use force to protect Formosa from the People's Republic of China. February * February 10 – The United States Sev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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Bangladeshi Scholars
Bangladeshis ( bn, বাংলাদেশী ) are the citizens of Bangladesh, a South Asian country centered on the transnational historical region of Bengal along the eponymous bay. Bangladeshi citizenship was formed in 1971, when the permanent residents of the former East Pakistan were transformed into citizens of a new republic. Bangladesh is the world's eighth most populous nation. The vast majority of Bangladeshis are ethnolingustically Bengalis, an Indo-Aryan people. The population of Bangladesh is concentrated in the fertile Bengal delta, which has been the center of urban and agrarian civilizations for millennia. The country's highlands, including the Chittagong Hill Tracts and parts of the Sylhet Division, are home to various tribal minorities. Bengali Muslims are the predominant ethnoreligious group of Bangladesh with a population of 150.36 million, which makes up 91.04% of the country's population as of 2022. The minority Bengali Hindu population made up app ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinua Achebe
Chinua Achebe (; 16 November 1930 – 21 March 2013) was a Nigerian novelist, poet, and critic who is regarded as the dominant figure of modern African literature. His first novel and ''magnum opus'', ''Things Fall Apart'' (1958), occupies a pivotal place in African literature and remains the most widely studied, translated, and read African novel. Along with ''Things Fall Apart'', his '' No Longer at Ease'' (1960) and '' Arrow of God'' (1964) complete the so-called "African Trilogy"; later novels include '' A Man of the People'' (1966) and '' Anthills of the Savannah'' (1987). He is often referred to as the "father of African literature", although he vigorously rejected the characterization. Born in Ogidi, British Nigeria, Achebe's childhood was influenced by both Igbo traditional culture and postcolonial Christianity. He excelled in school and attended what is now the University of Ibadan, where he became fiercely critical of how European literature depicted Africa. Mov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
No Longer At Ease
''No Longer at Ease'' is a 1960 novel by Nigerian author Chinua Achebe. It is the story of an Igbo man, Obi Okonkwo, who leaves his village for an education in Britain and then a job in the Nigerian colonial civil service, but is conflicted between his African culture and Western lifestyle and ends up taking a bribe. The novel is the second work in what is sometimes referred to as the "African trilogy," following ''Things Fall Apart'' and preceding ''Arrow of God,'' though ''Arrow of God'' chronologically precedes it in the grand story of the trilogy. ''Things Fall Apart'' concerns the struggle of Obi Okonkwo's grandfather Okonkwo against the changes brought by the British. Novel's title The book's title comes from the closing lines of T. S. Eliot's poem, "Journey of the Magi": We returned to our places, these Kingdoms,But no longer at ease here, in the old dispensation,With an alien people clutching their gods.I should be glad of another death. Plot summary The novel begins ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangla Academy Fellowship
Bangla Academy Fellowship is an honor organization that recognizes notable people from the Bangla Academy. This fellowship is awarded annually in recognition of special contributions to their respective fields. So far, those who have received Bangla Academy Fellowship are: Fellows # Maulana Mohammad Akram Khan # Muhammad Shahidullah # Golam Mostafa # Jasimuddin # Begum Shamsun Nahar Mahmood # Zainul Abedin # Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah # Sheikh Reazuddin Ahmed # Sheikh Habibur Rahman # Nurunnesa Khatun Vidyabinodini # Mozammel Hawk # Khoda Box #Aroj Ali Matubbar # Mujibur Rahman biswas # Mahbub ul Alam Chowdhury # Manindra Nath Samajdar #Sheikh Lutfar Rahman # Kamaluddin Ahmed #Safiuddin Ahmed # Kamrul Hasan Bhuiyan #Abu Sayed Chowdhury # Abdul Ahad # Azizur Rahman Mallik # Shah Fazlur Rahman # Abdur Razzak # Mohammad Ibrahim # Muhammad Shams-ul Haq #Mohammad Nurul Haque # Dewan Mohammad Azaroff # Abdul Haque Faridi #Mohammad Nasiruddin # Firoza Begum # Kalim Sharafi # Khan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asiatic Society Of Bangladesh
The Asiatic Society of Bangladesh is a non political and non profit research organisation registered under both Society Act of 1864 and NGO Bureau, Government of Bangladesh. The Asiatic Society of Bangladesh was established as the Asiatic Society of East Pakistan in Dhaka in 1952 by a number of Muslim leaders, and renamed in 1972. Ahmed Hasan Dani, a noted Muslim historian and archaeologist of Pakistan played an important role in founding this society. He was assisted by Muhammad Shahidullah, a Bengali linguist. The society is housed in Nimtali, walking distance from the Curzon Hall of Dhaka University, locality of Old Dhaka. Publications The society's publications include: * ''Banglapedia, the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh'' (edition 2, 2012) * ''Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh'' (2010, 28 volumes) * ''Cultural Survey of Bangladesh, a documentation of the country's cultural history, tradition and heritage'' (2008, 12 volumes) * ''Children’s Banglapedia'', a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Md Sohorab Hossain
Md Sohorab Hossain is a retired Bangladeshi Civil Servant and currently serving as the Chairperson of the Bangladesh Public Service Commission. He is a former Senior Secretary of the Ministry of Education. Early life Hossain was born in 1961 in Chatkhil Upazila, Noakhali District, East Pakistan, Pakistan. He completed his bachelor's degree and masters in Bengali language and literature from the University of Dhaka. Career Hossain joined the admin cadre of Bangladesh Civil Service in 1984 and after training started working as an Assistant Commissioner in 1986. He took Military Orientation Training Course at Bangladesh Military Academy in Bhatiary. Hossain was appointed the Secretary of the Secondary and Higher Education Division on 6 December 2016. In May 2018, Hossain chaired a meeting of the National Curriculum Coordination Committee. He later served as the Secretary at the Ministry of Education and retired on 31 December 2019. Hossain served as the Bangladesh Civil Serv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangladesh Institute Of Administration And Management
BIAM Foundation or Bangladesh Institute of Administration and Management is an autonomous state business institute in Bangladesh and is located in Dhaka, Bangladesh.This is an autonomous training and research institute that is affiliated to Ministry of Public Administration and conducts training ranging from Foundation Training Course (FTC) for Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) cadre officer to departmental training for other government organisations. It also conducts customized training for private organisations. It has modern hostel facility located at Hatirjheel area. It has auditorium facilities for rent. History Bangladesh Institute of Administration and Management was established in 1991. Since 2000, the foundation has established 17 BIAM Laboratory Schools and three BIAM Model School and College. In November 2002, the government of Bangladesh converted the institute into the BIAM Foundation with the help of a resolution. It became self financed and is associated with Banglad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
