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Bangladesh has an influential English-language press, including newspapers The Daily Star, New Age, Dhaka Tribune, The Muslim Times, and The Independent, which bring out regular literary supplements. Prominent magazines include The Star, Slate, Dhaka Courier, and Forum.
English plays an important role in Bangladesh's judicial and educational affairs, due to the country's history as part of the British Empire. It is widely spoken and commonly understood, and is taught as a compulsory subject in all schools , colleges and universities , while the English-medium educational system is widely attended.
The Writers listed below were either born in Bangladesh or else published much of their writing while living in that country. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Kazi Anis Ahmed (Bengali:কাজী আনিস আহমেদ) is a Bangladeshi writer, publisher and businessman. [1] He is a co-founder [2] and publisher of the English-language daily newspaper Dhaka Tribune, online news portal Bangla Tribune [3] and the literary journal Bengal Lights. Ahmed is the author of three works of fiction.
The compiled notes were published as a book on 12 June 2012 by The University Press Limited. [ 5 ] The book was named by Rehana and prefaced by Hasina. [ 6 ] It has since been translated into fourteen languages.
Known for his translations from Bengali into English, Haq is a recipient of Bangla Academy Literary Award (2013) in the category of translation. He is a former professor of English at the University of Dhaka. [3] In the liberation war of Bangladesh, he fought against Pakistani Army "as a freshly commissioned subaltern in command of a company". [3]
PEN Bangladesh is one of the 148 centers of PEN International. [1] It is a bilingual society of Bangladesh-based writers, poets, publishers, editors, translators, journalists and academics, aimed at promoting literature and defending the freedom of expression in Bangladesh.
Syed Shamsul Haq (27 December 1935 – 27 September 2016) was a Bangladeshi writer. [1] He was awarded Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1966 (the youngest among all to receive it), Ekushey Padak in 1984 and Independence Day Award in 2000 by the Government of Bangladesh for his contributions to Bangla literature. [2]