21 Notable alumni of
University of Chittagong
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The University of Chittagong is 2126th in the world, 506th in Asia, and 4th in Bangladesh by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 21 notable alumni from the University of Chittagong sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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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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Surendra Kumar Sinha
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- judgelawyer
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Surendra Kumar Sinha, commonly known as SK Sinha is a Bangladeshi lawyer and jurist who served as the 21st Chief Justice of Bangladesh. He resigned from the position in November 2017 amid the 16th amendment verdict controversy.
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Fazle Kabir
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- economistinternational forum participant
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Fazle Kabir is a Bangladeshi bureaucrat, economist, and central banker. He served as the 11th Governor of Bangladesh Bank, the central bank of Bangladesh. Prior to this position, he served as the Finance Secretary to the government and chairman of the state-owned Sonali Bank. He also served as a director of another state-owned Janata Bank.
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Partha Barua
- Born in
- Bangladesh
- Occupations
- singeractorcomposer
- Biography
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Partha Barua is a Bangladeshi singer and actor. He is a member of the rock band Souls.
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Muhammad Hasan Mahmud
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- politician
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Muhammad Hasan Mahmud is a Bangladesh Awami League politician who is the incumbent Member of Parliament from Chittagong-7 constituency. In January 2019, he appointed as the Bangladesh Minister of Information. He is also a Joint Secretary of the Bangladesh Awami League.
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A. B. M. Mohiuddin Chowdhury
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- politician
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A. B. M. Mohiuddin Chowdhury was a Bangladesh Awami League politician. He was the Mayor of Chittagong, the second-largest city in Bangladesh, for three consecutive terms.
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Murtoza Bashir
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- cartoonistpainter
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Murtaja Baseer was a Bangladeshi painter and artist known for his abstract realism themed works. He was also a poet, author, researcher, numismatist, and filmmaker. Baseer was awarded the Ekushey Padak, Bangladesh's second highest civilian honor, in 1980, and the Swadhinata Padak, or Independence Day Award, Bangladesh's highest state award, in 2019.
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Ahmad Kaikaus
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Ahmad Kaikaus is a retired Bangladeshi civil servant who served as the Alternate Executive Director of World Bank. He served as the Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh.
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Shireen Akhter
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- academic
- Biography
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Shireen Akhter is a Bangladeshi academic. She is the current and the first female vice chancellor of the University of Chittagong.
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Rezaul Karim Chowdhury
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- politician
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Rezaul Karim Chowdhury is a Bangladeshi politician and current mayor of Chittagong. He is also the joint general secretary of Chattogram Mahanagar Awami League. He was elected in 2021.
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Harishankar Jaladas
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- writer
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Harishankar Jaladas is a Bangladeshi novelist. In recognition of his contribution to Bengali language and literature, the government of Bangladesh awarded him the country's second highest civilian award Ekushey Padak in 2019.
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AFM Khalid Hossain
- Occupations
- 'ālim
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Abul Fayez Muhammad Khalid Hossain, popularly known as Dr. A F M Khalid Hossain, is a Bangladeshi Deobandi Islamic scholar, educator, writer, researcher, editor, international Islamic speaker and social reformer. He is the Former Vice-president of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh, Education Adviser of Islami Andolan Bangladesh, editor of monthly At-Tawheed and assistant editor of Balagh al-Sharq. He was the Professor and Head of Department of Islamic History and Culture at Omargani MES College and Central President of the Islami Chhatra Samaj, student wing of Nizam-e-Islam Party. He has published more than two hundred research articles in various journals, including The World Muslim League Journal. He has edited 3 to 9 volumes of the second edition of Islami Bishwakosh and Sirat encyclopedia, published by Islamic Foundation Bangladesh.
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Iftekhar Uddin Chowdhury
- Years
- 1955-.. (age 69)
- Biography
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Iftekhar Uddin Chowdhury is a Bangladeshi academic. He served as the 17th vice-chancellor of the University of Chittagong.
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Waseqa Ayesha Khan
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Waseqa Ayesha Khan is an Awami League politician and the incumbent Member of Parliament of Reserved women's seat-31.
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Shahabuddin Nagari
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- writerpoet
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Shahabuddin Nagari is a modern poet of Bangladesh, who appeared in the 1970s and gained pre-eminence as a lyricist. According to literary critic Abdul Mannan Syed, "Shahabuddin Nagari is one of those few powerful poets of 1970s whose mastery of mixing romanticism with instinct is amazing". As of February 2016, he has published more than 75 titles. Nagari is most noted for his songs and works for the children. He was a senior bureaucrat of the government of Bangladesh. In 1971, he actively participated in the liberation war of Bangladesh.
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Moyukh Chowdhury
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- writerliterary criticpoetprofessorresearcher
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Moyukh Chowdhury is a Bangladeshi poet, critic, researcher and professor. He has published poetry and research. He has drawn attention from readers since the 1980s.
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Mohit Ul Alam
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- writer
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Mohit Ul Alam is the former vice chancellor of Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University at Trishal, Mymensingh. He is a Shakespearean scholar.
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Ushatan Talukder
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- politician
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Ushatan Talukder is a Bangladeshi politician and was the member of parliament for Rangamati Hill District from 2014 to 2018. He is a leader of the indigenous community of Rangamati.
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Hafiz Rashid Khan
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- journalistpoetwritereditor
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Hafiz Rashid Khan is a Bangladeshi postcolonialist poet, author, editor, journalist and Adibaasi researcher. His literary philosophy mostly comes from the practice of the Neo-colonialism and known as postcolonialist writer and reputed for working in the tribal area at the Chittagong Hill Tracts in Bangladesh. As of 2019, he wrote moreless twenty-five titles including fifteen poetry and eight criticism.
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Rashed Rouf
- Occupations
- poet
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Rashed Rouf is a Bangladeshi novelist, editor and journalist. He was awarded the Bangla Academy Literary Award in 2017. As of 2019, Rouf is an associate editor of Dainik Azadi, a Bengali-language daily newspaper.
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Nurul Mustafa
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Nurul Mustafa was the Vice-Chancellor of Southern University, Bangladesh from Chittagong, Bangladesh and BGC Trust University, Chadanaish.