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Ahmed Sofa

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Ahmed Sofa (আহমদ ছফা,; 30 June 194328 July 2001) was a Bangladeshi writer, thinker, novelist, poet, and public intellectual. [1]

73 relations: Abdur Razzaq (professor), Abul Fazal (writer), Agamee Prakashani, Ahmed Sharif, Akhteruzzaman Elias, Anisuzzaman, Asian Television Network, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, ATN Bangla, Badruddin Umar, Bangla Academy, Bangladesh, Bangladesh Lekhak Shibir, Bangladesh Liberation War, Bangladesh Pratidin, Bangladeshis, Bdnews24.com, Bengal Presidency, Bengali language, Biophilia hypothesis, Chittagong, Class conflict, Cultural cringe, Daily Sun (Bangladesh), Delhi, Dhaka, Dhaka Tribune, Ekushey Padak, Environmentalism, Farhad Mazhar, Germany, Goethe's Faust, Government of Bangladesh, Humayun Ahmed, Humayun Azad, Intellectual, Jahangirnagar University, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Jugantor, Kaler Kantho, Kazi Nazrul Islam, Libya, Martyred Intellectuals Memorial, Mazar (mausoleum), Mir Mosharraf Hossain, Muammar Gaddafi, Muhammed Zafar Iqbal, National Professor, New Age (Bangladesh), Presidencies and provinces of British India, ..., Prothom Alo, Rahat Khan, Respectability politics, Salimullah Khan, Samakal, Self-immolation, Selina Hossain, Shamim Sikder, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Sikandar Abu Zafar, SM Sultan, Syed Abul Maksud, Tareque Masud, Taslima Nasrin, The Daily Ittefaq, The Daily Observer (Bangladesh), The Daily Sangram, The Daily Star (Bangladesh), The Establishment, The Green Book (Muammar Gaddafi), Transcom Group, University of Chittagong, University of Dhaka. Expand index (23 more) »

Abdur Razzaq (professor)

Abdur Razzaq (আবদুর রাজ্জাক; – 28 November 1999) was a scholar, academic, public intellectual and one of the first National Professors of Bangladesh.

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Abul Fazal (writer)

Abul Fazal (July 1, 1903 – May 4, 1983) was a Bangladeshi writer and educationist.

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Agamee Prakashani

Agamee Prakashani (আগামী প্রকাশনী), based in Dhaka, Bangladesh, is a Publishing house.

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Ahmed Sharif

Ahmed Sharif (13 February 1921 – 24 February 1999) was an educationist, philosopher, critic, writer and scholar of medieval Bengali literature.

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Akhteruzzaman Elias

Akhteruzzaman Elias (12 February 1943 – 4 January 1997) was a Bangladeshi novelist and short story writer.

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Anisuzzaman

Anisuzzaman (born 18 February 1937) is a Bangladeshi academic of Bengali literature.

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Asian Television Network

Asian Television Network (ATN) is a publicly traded Canadian broadcasting company, with 54 television channels in 9 languages, serving the South Asian cultural communities in Canada.

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Asiatic Society of Bangladesh

The Asiatic Society of Bangladesh was established as the Asiatic Society of Pakistan in Dhaka in 1952, and renamed in 1972.

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ATN Bangla

ATN Bangla is a Bengali-language digital cable television channel.

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Badruddin Umar

Badruddin Umar (বদরুদ্দীন উমর; born 20 December 1931) is a Bangladeshi Marxist–Leninist theorist, political activist, historian, writer, intellectual and leader of the Communist Party of Bangladesh (Marxist–Leninist) (Umar).

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Bangla Academy

The Bangla Academy is Bangladesh's national language authority, established in 1955.

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Bangladesh

Bangladesh (বাংলাদেশ, lit. "The country of Bengal"), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh (গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশ), is a country in South Asia.

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Bangladesh Lekhak Shibir

Bangladesh Lekhak Shibir is a Bangladeshi literary and cultural organisation founded in 1972.

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Bangladesh Liberation War

The Bangladesh Liberation War (মুক্তিযুদ্ধ), also known as the Bangladesh War of Independence, or simply the Liberation War in Bangladesh, was a revolution and armed conflict sparked by the rise of the Bengali nationalist and self-determination movement in what was then East Pakistan during the 1971 Bangladesh genocide.

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Bangladesh Pratidin

Bangladesh Pratidin is the daily Bengali-language "independent" newspaper in Bangladesh.

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Bangladeshis

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Bdnews24.com

bdnews24.com is an English and Bengali language news website of Bangladesh.

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Bengal Presidency

The Bengal Presidency was once the largest subdivision (presidency) of British India, with its seat in Calcutta (now Kolkata).

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Bengali language

Bengali, also known by its endonym Bangla (বাংলা), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in South Asia.

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Biophilia hypothesis

The biophilia hypothesis also called BET suggests that humans possess an innate tendency to seek connections with nature and other forms of life.

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Chittagong

Chittagong, officially known as Chattogram, is a major coastal city and financial centre in southeastern Bangladesh.

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Class conflict

Class conflict, frequently referred to as class warfare or class struggle, is the tension or antagonism which exists in society due to competing socioeconomic interests and desires between people of different classes.

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Cultural cringe

Cultural cringe, in cultural studies and social anthropology, is an internalized inferiority complex that causes people in a country to dismiss their own culture as inferior to the cultures of other countries.

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Daily Sun (Bangladesh)

Daily Sun is an English-language daily newspaper published in Dhaka, Bangladesh, founded in 2010.

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Delhi

Delhi (Dilli), officially the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT), is a city and a union territory of India.

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Dhaka

Dhaka (or; ঢাকা); formerly known as Dacca is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh.

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Dhaka Tribune

The Dhaka Tribune is a national English-language compact daily newspaper published in Dhaka Bangladesh.

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Ekushey Padak

Ekushey Padak (একুশে পদক; lit: "Twentyfirst Award") is the second highest civilian award in Bangladesh, introduced in memory of the martyrs of the Bengali Language Movement of 1952.

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Environmentalism

Environmentalism or environmental rights is a broad philosophy, ideology, and social movement regarding concerns for environmental protection and improvement of the health of the environment, particularly as the measure for this health seeks to incorporate the impact of changes to the environment on humans, animals, plants and non-living matter.

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Farhad Mazhar

Farhad Mazhar (ফরহাদ মজহার; born 9 August 1947) is a Bangladeshi poet, writer, columnist, pharmacist, social and human rights activist, and environmentalist.

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Germany

Germany (Deutschland), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesrepublik Deutschland), is a sovereign state in central-western Europe.

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Goethe's Faust

Faust is a tragic play in two parts by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, usually known in English as Faust, Part One and Faust, Part Two.

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Government of Bangladesh

The Government of Bangladesh (বাংলাদেশ সরকার Bangladesh Sôrkar GOB) has three branches; the Executive branch, the Legislative branch and the Judicial branch.

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Humayun Ahmed

Humayun Ahmed (13 November 194819 July 2012) was a Bangladeshi writer, dramatist, screenwriter, filmmaker, song writer, scholar, and lecturer.

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Humayun Azad

Humayun Azad (28 April 194712 August 2004) was a Bangladeshi author, poet, scholar and linguist.

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Intellectual

An intellectual is a person who engages in critical thinking, research, and reflection about society and proposes solutions for its normative problems.

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Jahangirnagar University

Jahangirnagar University (জাহাঙ্গীরনগর বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় Jahangirnôgôr Bishwôbidyalôy, University Acronym: জাবি or JU) is a public university in Bangladesh, based in Savar Upazila, Dhaka.

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German writer and statesman.

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Jugantor

Daily Jugantor (দৈনিক যুগান্তর) is a Bengali daily newspaper.

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Kaler Kantho

Kaler Kantho (translit) is one of the most popular Bengali newspapers in Bangladesh.

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Kazi Nazrul Islam

Kazi Nazrul Islam (কাজী নজরুল ইসলাম,; 24 May 189929 August 1976) was a Bengali poet, writer, musician, and revolutionary.

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Libya

Libya (ليبيا), officially the State of Libya (دولة ليبيا), is a sovereign state in the Maghreb region of North Africa, bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south and Algeria and Tunisia to the west.

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Martyred Intellectuals Memorial

Martyred Intellectuals Memorial (বুদ্ধিজীবি স্মৃতি সৌধ) is a memorial built in memory of the martyred intellectuals of the Bangladesh Liberation War.

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Mazar (mausoleum)

A mazār (مزار) is a mausoleum or shrine in some places of the world, typically that of a saint or notable religious leader.

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Mir Mosharraf Hossain

Mir Mosharraf Hossain (মীর মশাররফ হোসেন; 1847–1911) was a Bengali writer, novelist, playwright and essayist.

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Muammar Gaddafi

Muammar Mohammed Abu Minyar Gaddafi (20 October 2011), commonly known as Colonel Gaddafi, was a Libyan revolutionary, politician and political theorist.

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Muhammed Zafar Iqbal

Muhammed Zafar Iqbal (born 23 December 1952) is a Bangladeshi science fiction author, physicist, professor and activist.

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National Professor

National Professor (জাতীয় অধ্যাপক) is a prestigious teaching award given by the Government of Bangladesh for outstanding contribution on the field of education.

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New Age (Bangladesh)

New Age is a Bangladeshi English-language daily newspaper published from Dhaka.

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Presidencies and provinces of British India

The Provinces of India, earlier Presidencies of British India and still earlier, Presidency towns, were the administrative divisions of British governance in the subcontinent.

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Prothom Alo

The Daily Prothom Alo (প্রথম আলো Prothom Alo "First Light") is a major daily newspaper in Bangladesh, published from Dhaka in the Bengali language.

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Rahat Khan

Rahat Khan (রাহাত খান) (born 19 December 1940) is a Bangladeshi journalist and litterateur.

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Respectability politics

Respectability politics or the politics of respectability refers to attempts by marginalized groups to police their own members and show their social values as being continuous and compatible with mainstream values rather than challenging the mainstream for what they see as its failure to accept difference.

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Salimullah Khan

Salimullah Khan (সলিমুল্লাহ খান; born 18 August 1958) is a Bangladeshi writer, thinker, critic, and public intellectual.

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Samakal

Samakal (সমকাল samakal, "current time, contemporary") is a Bengali-language daily newspaper published in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

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Self-immolation

Self-immolation is an act of killing oneself as a sacrifice.

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Selina Hossain

Selina Hossain (born 14 June 1947) is a Bangladeshi novelist.

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Shamim Sikder

Shamim Sikder (born 1953) is a Bangladeshi sculptor.

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Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (শেখ মুজিবুর রহমান);; (17 March 1920 – 15 August 1975), shortened as Sheikh Mujib or just Mujib, was a Bengali politician and statesman.

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Sikandar Abu Zafar

Sikandar Abu Zafar (19 March 1919 – 5 July 1975) was a Bangladeshi journalist and poet.

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SM Sultan

Sheikh Mohammed Sultan (known as SM Sultan; 10 August 1923 – 10 October 1994), was a Bengali avant-garde artist who worked in painting and drawing.

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Syed Abul Maksud

Syed Abul Maksud (সৈয়দ আবুল মকসুদ; born 23 October 1946) is a Bangladeshi journalist, columnist, research scholar, essayist, and writer.

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Tareque Masud

Tareque Masud (6 December 1956 – 13 August 2011) was a Bangladeshi independent film director, film producer, screenwriter and lyricist.

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Taslima Nasrin

Taslima Nasrin (also Taslima Nasreen, born 25 August 1962) is a Bangladeshi-Swedish author and former physician who has been living in exile since 1994.

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The Daily Ittefaq

The Daily Ittefaq (দৈনিক ইত্তেফাক translit. Doinik Ittefak) is a Bengali-language daily newspaper.

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The Daily Observer (Bangladesh)

The Daily Observer is an English-language newspaper in Bangladesh.

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The Daily Sangram

The Daily Sangram, also known as Dainik Sangram (দৈনিক সংগ্রাম Doinik Shônggram "Daily Struggle") is a Pro-Jamaat-e-Islami Bengali daily newspaper published from Dhaka, Bangladesh.

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The Daily Star (Bangladesh)

The Daily Star is the largest circulating daily English-language newspaper in Bangladesh.

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The Establishment

The Establishment generally denotes a dominant group or elite that holds power or authority in a nation or organisation.

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The Green Book (Muammar Gaddafi)

The Green Book (الكتاب الأخضر) is a short book setting out the political philosophy of Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi.

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Transcom Group

Transcom Group Limited is a Bangladeshi business conglomerate.

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University of Chittagong

The University of Chittagong (Chittagong University, চট্টগ্রাম বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়, CU in short) is a public, multidisciplinary university located in Hathazari Upazila, Chittagong District, Bangladesh.

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University of Dhaka

The University of Dhaka (ঢাকা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়, also known as Dhaka University or simply DU) is the oldest university in modern Bangladesh.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmed_Sofa

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