Rashid Askari

Harun-Ur-Rashid Askari
রাশিদ আসকারী
Rashid Askari
Director General of Bangla Academy
In office
18 July 2024  10 August 2024
Preceded byMohammad Nurul Huda
Succeeded byMohammad Azam
12th Vice-Chancellor of Islamic University, Bangladesh
In office
21 August 2016  20 August 2020
Preceded byAbdul Hakim Sarkar
Succeeded byShaikh Abdus Salam
Personal details
Born (1965-06-01) 1 June 1965
Rangpur, East Pakistan, Pakistan
NationalityBangladeshi
Alma mater
OccupationWriter, fictionist, columnist, university academic, media personality
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Harun-Ur-Rashid Askari (born 1 June 1965), known as Rashid Askari, is a writer, columnist, media personality, and an academic in Bangladesh. He was the 12th vice-chancellor of Islamic University, Bangladesh. He served as the Director General of the Bangla Academy for less than a month in 2024. Among post-1990s Bangladeshi writers, He is easily on par with the major ones who gained identical and impressive mastery over both Bangla and English.