Rashid Askari
Harun-Ur-Rashid Askari | |
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| রাশিদ আসকারী | |
Rashid Askari | |
| Director General of Bangla Academy | |
| In office 18 July 2024 – 10 August 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Mohammad Nurul Huda |
| Succeeded by | Mohammad Azam |
| 12th Vice-Chancellor of Islamic University, Bangladesh | |
| In office 21 August 2016 – 20 August 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Abdul Hakim Sarkar |
| Succeeded by | Shaikh Abdus Salam |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 June 1965 Rangpur, East Pakistan, Pakistan |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation | Writer, 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.