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Rokanuzzaman Khan
Rokanuzzaman Khan (known as Dadabhai; 9 April 1925 – 3 December 1999) was a Bangladeshi journalist and litterateur. He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 1998 by the Government of Bangladesh. He was the founder director of children's organization ''Kochi Kanchar Mela''. Background Khan's grandfather Mohammad Rawshan Ali Chowdhury was the editor of the monthly magazine ''Kohinoor''. Khan was married to Nurjahan Begum, one of the early female Bangladeshi journalists and the daughter of Mohammad Nasiruddin, founder of ''Saogat'' and ''Begum'' magazines. His granddaughter Priota Iftekhar made a documentary film on his wife's 91st birth anniversary, titled “Nurjahan Begum – Itihaaser Kingbadanti Nari". Career Khan worked at the ''Daily Ittehad'' in Kolkata in 1947 and in ''Shishu Saogat'' in 1949 and the '' Millat'' in 1951. In 1955, he joined ''The Daily Ittefaq'' under the pseudonym of ''Dadabhai'' and worked until his death in 1999. Khan formed a children's organization ''Kochi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pangsha Upazila
Pangsha ( bn, পাংশা) is an upazila of Rajbari District in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Geography Pangsha is located at . It has 54,424 households and a total area of 414.24 km2. Demographics According to the 1991 Bangladesh census, Pangsha had a population of 316,752, of whom 151,566 were aged 18 or older. Males constituted 51.78% of the population, and females 48.22%. Pangsha had an average literacy rate of 23.1% (7+ years), against the national average of 32.4%. mashhpara 23.75/89.36. Bagduli High School. Pangsha Rajbari Maurat latitude 23.47 longitude89,25 Administration Pangsha Upazila is divided into Pangsha Municipality and ten union parishads: Babupara, Bahadurpur, Habashpur, Jashai, Kalimahar, Kasbamajhail, Machhpara, Mourat, Patta, and Sarisha. The union parishads are subdivided into 162 mauzas and 192 villages. Pangsha Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 21 mahallas. Notable people *Kaushik Ali Chowdhury, Bengali essayist * Rowshan Ali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saogat
''Saogat'', also called ''Saugat'' ( ''Presentation''), was a leading Bengali literary journal. First published in Calcutta in 1918, its editor was Mohammad Nasiruddin. Abdul Karim, a scholar, also edited the magazine, which was published on a monthly basis. It mostly covered the work of Bengali Bengali or Bengalee, or Bengalese may refer to: *something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia * Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region * Bengali language, the language they speak ** Bengali alphabet, the w ... Muslim authors and supported for the involvement of Bengali Muslim women in literary activities. The publication of ''Saogat'' was kept suspended in 1922 due to financial constraints. In 1926, its publication was resumed and since then it continued uninterruptedly until 1947. References Bengali-language magazines Defunct literary magazines Defunct magazines published in India Literary magazines published in India Monthly magazin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangladeshi Journalists
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] |
1999 Deaths
File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shootings in the United States; the Year 2000 problem ("Y2K"), perceived as a major concern in the lead-up to the year 2000; the Millennium Dome opens in London; online music downloading platform Napster is launched, soon a source of online piracy; NASA loses both the Mars Climate Orbiter and the Mars Polar Lander; a destroyed T-55 tank near Prizren during the Kosovo War., 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 Death and state funeral of King Hussein rect 200 0 400 200 1999 İzmit earthquake rect 400 0 600 200 Columbine High School massacre rect 0 200 300 400 Kosovo War rect 300 200 600 400 Year 2000 problem rect 0 400 200 600 Mars Climate Orbiter rect 200 400 400 600 Napster rect 400 400 600 600 Millennium Dome 1999 was designated as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1925 Births
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Independence Day Award
The Independence Day Award ( bn, স্বাধীনতা পদক), also termed Independence Award ( bn, স্বাধীনতা পুরস্কার), Swadhinata Padak, and Swadhinata Puroskar, is the highest state award given by the government of Bangladesh. Introduced in 1977 by president Ziaur Rahman, this award is bestowed upon Bangladeshi citizens or organizations in recognition of substantial contribution to one of many fields, including the War of Liberation, the Language Movement, education, literature, journalism, public service, science and technology, medical science, social science, song, games and sports, fine arts, rural development, and other areas. Each awardee receives a gold medal, a certificate of honour, and 500,000 Bangladeshi takas (US$5803). A cabinet committee on national awards prepares the list of each year's nominees and forwards the list to the head of the government for final approval. The award is traditionally presented on the eve of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangla Academy Literary Award
The Bangla Academy Literary Award ( bn, বাংলা একাডেমি সাহিত্য পুরস্কার; ''Bangla Academy Shahitya Puroshkar''), is given by the Bangla Academy of Bangladesh in recognition of creative genius in advancement and overall contribution in the field of Bengali language and literature. It was introduced in 1960 and recognized six categories: poetry, novels, short stories, essays, children's literature and translation. Beginning in 1985, two more awards were introduced to recognize overall contributions to Bengali language and literature. At present, the Bangla Academy award is given in three fields: * Poetry, novel, and short story * Research, essay, and science * Translation, drama, and juvenile literature Awards by decade Following are lists of recipients of the award since 1960. * List of Bangla Academy Literary Award recipients (1960–69) * List of Bangla Academy Literary Award recipients (1970–79) * List of Bangla Academy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Daily Ittefaq
''The Daily Ittefaq'' ( bn, দৈনিক ইত্তেফাক, translit. ''Doinik Ittefak'') is a Bengali-language daily newspaper. Founded in 1953, it is the oldest newspaper, and one of the most circulated newspapers in Bangladesh. This newspaper format is broadsheet and is printed by Ittefaq Group of Publications Limited. Pre-1971 The ''Weekly Ittefaq'' was first published on December 24, 1949 by Yar Mohammad Khan, its founders and publishers and also the founders and treasurers of Bangladesh Awami League. As both were actively involved politics and the Bengali nationalist movement, they appointed Tofazzal Hossain, who was working in Kolkata at the time, as an editor of Kolkata-based ''The Daily Ittehad'', published by Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy. Following a legal dispute with the original owners in which Tofazzal Hossain won Manik Mia was declared owner of the publishing license of the ''Weekly Ittefaq''. Tofazzal Hossain subsequently acquired a new license under the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Millat
''Millat'' (Gujarati: મિલ્લત, Urdu: ) or ''Daily Millat'' is a bilingual Gujarati and Urdu daily founded in 1948 by Fakhre Matari and based in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. After him his son Inquilab Matari managed the newspaper. It is edited by Shumaila Matari Daud. It is one of the two Gujarati newspapers published from Karachi; other is ''Watan''. Another Urdu newspaper by the same name is based in Lahore, Pakistan. See also * List of newspapers in Pakistan The total number of newspapers are 707 as 2019 according to Pakistan bureau of statistic.Following is a list of newspapers in Pakistan. }) , Pashto , Peshawar , 1983 , , - , 43 , '' Sajjan''( Punjabi:سجن) , rowspan="3" , Punjabi , ... References External linksThe Daily Millat (Gujarati version) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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