27 Notable alumni of
Rajshahi University
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Rajshahi University is 1819th in the world, 424th in Asia, and 3rd in Bangladesh by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 27 notable alumni from Rajshahi University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Riaz
- Occupations
- actorfilm producermodel
- Biography
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Riaz Uddin Ahamed Siddique, commonly known as Riaz, is a Bangladeshi film actor, producer, and television presenter who has appeared in more than 100 Bengali films in genres ranging from romance to action to comedies. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including three National Film Awards and seven Meril Prothom Alo Awards. He portrayed the famous literary character, Shuvro, created by Humayun Ahmed, in Daruchini Dip.
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Andrew Kishore
- Occupations
- singer
- Biography
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Andrew Kishore Kumar Baroi was a Bangladeshi playback singer. He is considered as the "Playback King" of Bangladesh music industry who sang more than 15 thousands songs. He sang for more than 100 Bangladeshi films. He was also one of the judges of 2013 Bangladeshi Idol.
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Mohammad Shahabuddin
- Occupations
- politicianjudgecivil servant
- Biography
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Mohammed Shahabuddin is a Bangladeshi jurist, civil servant, and politician who is the 16th and incumbent President of Bangladesh. He was elected unopposed in the 2023 presidential election in the nomination of the ruling Awami League. Prior to his presidency, he served as a district and sessions judge and a commissioner of the Anti-Corruption Commission from 2011 to 2016.
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Annisul Huq
- Occupations
- politicianbusinessperson
- Biography
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Annisul Huq was a Bangladeshi Entrepreneur, television show host and the mayor of Dhaka North City Corporation.
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Selina Hossain
- Occupations
- author
- Biography
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Selina Hossain is a Bangladeshi novelist and the current president of Bangla Academy since February 2022. Her major works include Hangor Nodi Grenade (1976) and Poka Makorer Ghor Boshoti (1996). She earned all major national awards – Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1980, Ekushey Padak in 2009 and Independence Day Award in 2018. Her novels and short stories have been translated into English, Russian, French, Japanese, Korean, Finnish and Malay. She served as the chairperson of Bangladesh Shishu Academy from 2014 until 2018.
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Muhammad Habibur Rahman
- Occupations
- judgepolitician
- Biography
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Muhammad Habibur Rahman was a Chief Justice of Bangladesh Supreme Court in 1995. He was the Chief Adviser of the 1996 caretaker government which oversaw the Seventh parliamentary elections in Bangladesh. He was a faculty member at the Department of Law, University of Rajshahi and University of Dhaka. Besides, being a language activist, advocate of the Bengali language, he wrote extensively and published eight books on the subject. He played a significant role to implement Bengali in the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. He wrote Jathashabdo (1974), the first thesaurus in the Bengali language.
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Hossain Toufique Imam
- Years
- 1939-2021 (aged 82)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Hossain Toufique Imam was a Bangladesh Awami League politician and political advisor to the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of Bangladesh,. His rank was equivalent to a cabinet minister.
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Al-Amin Hossain
- Occupations
- cricketer
- Biography
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Al-Amin Hossain is a Bangladeshi international cricketer. He made his international debut for the Bangladesh cricket team in February 2014
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Arun Kumar Basak
- Occupations
- theoretical physicistnuclear physicist
- Biography
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Arun Kumar Basak is a Bangladeshi physicist. He is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Physics, University of Rajshahi.
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Giasuddin Selim
- Born in
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Bangladesh - Occupations
- playwrightfilm director
- Biography
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Giasuddin Selim is a Bangladeshi film director and screenwriter. He is best known for directing Monpura and Swapnajaal (2018). He won Bangladesh National Film Award twice: Best Story for the film Adhiar (2003) in 2003 and Best Screenplay for Monpura in 2008. His recent film, Gunin, received criticism from critics and audiences for poor storyline and weak screenplay.
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Harunur Rashid
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Harunur Rashid is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and the incumbent Jatiya Sangsad member from the Chapai Nawabganj-3 constituency since January 2019.
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Abu Hena Rony
- Years
- 1987-.. (age 37)
- Occupations
- film actor
- Biography
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Abu Hena Rony is a Bangladeshi stand-up comedian, actor, presenter and model. In 2011, he participated and won the Zee Bangla comedy show Mirakkel season 6 jointly with Vicky and Partha.
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Mahadev Saha
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- 1944-.. (age 80)
- Occupations
- poet
- Biography
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Mahadev Saha is a Bangladeshi poet. He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 2001 and Independence Day Award in 2021 by the government of Bangladesh.
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Tariqul Islam
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Tariqul Islam was a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician. He served as the Cabinet Minister of Ministry of Food, Ministry of Information and Ministry of Environment and Forest in the Second Khaleda Cabinet. He represented the Jessore-3 constituency in the 6th and 8th Jatiya Sangsad.
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Masum Reza
- Born in
- Bangladesh
- Occupations
- screenwriter
- Biography
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Masum Reza is a Bangladeshi playwright, television drama and stage play director. He is best known for writing the screenplay of the television drama serial Ronger Manush. In 2016, he won Bangla Academy Literary Award in the drama category. He wrote screenplay for films including Meghla Akash (2002), Molla Barir Bou (2005), Bapjaner Bioscope (2015) and Hason Raja (2017). In 2010, he published two novels.
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Saifuzzaman Shikhor
- Years
- 1971-.. (age 53)
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Shifuzzaman "Md." Shikhor is a Bangladeshi politician who in the former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Magura-1 constituency. He is connected to the politics of Bangladesh Awami League. His father was Mohammad Asaduzzaman, an MP of Magura-2 constituency and his sister Kamrul Laila Jolly was an MP of Jatiyo Sangsad.
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Jatin Sarker
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Jatin Sarker is a Bengali intellectual, researcher and biographer of Bangladesh. He was awarded the Bangla Academy Literary Award in 2008 for research and essays and Independence Day Award in 2010 for education. As of September 2021, he has published 35 books.
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Abu Sayeed
- Occupations
- politicianacademic
- Biography
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Abu Sayeed is a politician from Pabna district of Bangladesh, organizer of the War of Liberation, and former Minister of State for Information who was a Member of Parliament for the then Pabna 8 and Pabna-1 constituencies.
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Asadul Habib Dulu
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- 1957-.. (age 67)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Asadul Habib Dulu is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and the former Member of Parliament from Lalmonirhat Sadar. He was a deputy minister of food and disaster management during 2001 to 2006.
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Malay Bhowmick
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Malay Bhowmick is a Bangladeshi playwright, actor, director, and educationist.
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M. Sayeedur Rahman Khan
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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M. Sayeedur Rahman Khan is a prominent academic and diplomat from Bangladesh. He is the former High Commissioner of Bangladesh to the UK. and the vice-chancellor of University of Rajshahi
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Shaikh Abdus Salam
- Occupations
- university teacherwriter
- Biography
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Shaikh Abdus Salam is a Bangladeshi academician, writer sports organizer and professor. He was a long time professor of University of Dhaka. He is currently serving as the 13th Vice Chancellor of the Islamic University.
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Khan Sarwar Murshid
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- authordiplomatacademic
- Biography
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Khan Sarwar Murshid was a Bangladeshi educationist, diplomat and intellectual.
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Muhammad Mizanuddin
- Biography
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Muhammad Mizanuddin is a Bangladeshi academic. He served as the 22nd Vice-chancellor of Rajshahi University since March 20, 2013.
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Enamul huq
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- 1938-.. (age 86)
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Enamul Huq served as the Inspector General of Police of Bangladesh Police, and a member of the Law Commission from 2004 to 2007.
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Md. Akram-Al-Hossain
- Years
- 1961-.. (age 63)
- Biography
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Md. Akram-Al-Hossain was a Bangladeshi civil servant who is currently serving as the Chairman of Palli Sanchay Bank. He was the Senior Secretary of the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education. He also served as Chairman of Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation.
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A B M Shawkat Ali
- Enrolled in Rajshahi University
- 1991-1994 graduated with Bachelor of Science
- 1994-1995 graduated with Master of Science
- 1995-1997 graduated with Master of Philosophy
- Occupations
- researcherwriter
- Biography
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A B M Shawkat Ali is a Bangladeshi origin-Australian author, computer scientist and data analyst. He author of several books in the area of Data Mining, Computational Intelligence, and Smart Grid. He is a newspaper columnist. He is an academic and well-known researcher in the areas of Machine Learning and Data Science. He is also the founder of a research center and international conferences in Data Science and Engineering. He is now an Adjunct Professor in Data Science in the School of Engineering and Technology, Central Queensland University, Australia.
