Kazi Nazrul Islam

Kazi Nazrul Islam

male, deceased (1976)
Kazi Nazrul Islam (25 May, 1899–29 August, 1976) was a Bengali poet, musician, revolutionary, and philosopher who pioneered poetic works es...
Khaleda Zia

Khaleda Zia

female, 64 years old
Khaleda Zia (born 15 August 1945) was the Prime Minister of Bangladesh from 1991 to 1996, the first woman in the country's history to hold that...
Matiur Rahman

Matiur Rahman

male, deceased (1971)
Matiur Rahman (Bangla: মতিউর রহমান) or Shaheed M. Matiur Rahman was a Flight Lieutenant in the Pakistan Air Force when the Liberation War broke...
Matiur Rahman

Matiur Rahman

male
Matiur Rahman is the chief editor of Daily Prothom Alo, a Bangla language daily news paper in Bangladesh. He is the recipient of the 2005 Ramon...
Sheikh Hasina

Sheikh Hasina

female, 62 years old
Sheikh Hasina Wazed (born September 28, 1947) was the Prime Minister of Bangladesh from 1996 to 2001. She has been the President of the Awami...
Mahfuz Anam

Mahfuz Anam

male
Mahfuz Anam is an editor and publisher of Daily Star, one of Bangladesh's mainstream English language newspapers. He is also the publisher of...
Muhammad Yunus

Muhammad Yunus

male, 69 years old
Yunus, 2006 Nobel Peace Prize recipient and founder of Grameen Bank, has shown himself to be a leader who can translate his vision into powerful...
Fakhruddin Ahmed

Fakhruddin Ahmed

male, 69 years old
Dr. Fakhruddin Ahmed is a noted Bangladeshi economist, civil servant, and a former governor of the Bangladesh Bank, the country's central bank. He...
Monica Ali

Monica Ali

female, 42 years old
Monica Ali (born October 20, 1967) is a British writer of Bangladeshi origin. She is the author of "Brick Lane", her debut novel, which was...
Habibul Bashar

Habibul Bashar

male, 37 years old
Qazi Habibul Bashar (born August 17, 1972 in Nagakanda, Kushtia) is a Bangladeshi cricketer, and the former captain of the Bangladeshi cricket...