Muinul Islam (born 1 July 1950) is a Bangladeshi economist and academician. He was awarded Ekushey Padak by the

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in 2018.

Early life and education

Islam was born in Noapara village,

Raozan Upazila Raozan,gohira ( bn, রাউজান) is an upazila of Chattogram District, in Chattogram Division, Bangladesh. It was established in 1947. Geography Raozan has 45,777 households and a total area of 246.58 km2. The two main river ...

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to Obaidul Haque and Shazma Khatun. He completed his master's from the

University of Dhaka The University of Dhaka (also known as Dhaka University, or DU) is a public research university located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is the oldest university in Bangladesh. The university opened its doors to students on July 1st 1921. Currently i ...

, second master's from McMaster University in 1976 and Ph.D. from

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in 1981.

Career

Islam is a retired economics professor at the University of Chittagong. He is the former chairperson of Bangladesh Economist Association (BEA) and University Grant Commission professor.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Islam, Mainul Living people University of Dhaka alumni McMaster University alumni Vanderbilt University alumni Academic staff of the University of Chittagong Bangladeshi economists Bangladeshi male writers Recipients of the Ekushey Padak 1950 births Recipients of the Ekushey Padak in economists