Netrokona

Bari Siddiqui

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Monday, November 15, 1954

Abdul Bari Siddiqui, more familiar as Bari Siddiqui, comes from the Pt. Pannalal Ghosh gharana of North Indian Classical Music and a direct disciple of Ustad Aminur Rahman and Pt. V.G. Kannad. Bari Siddiqui is the only musician in the Indian subcontinent who plays North Indian Classical Music in flute as well as sings Baul Songs.

Humayun Ahmed

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Humayun Ahmed (Bangla: হুমায়ূন আহমেদ) (born 1948) is arguably the most popular Bengali writer of fiction and drama. He had a "meteoric rise in Bangla literature" since the publication of his first novel, Nondito Noroke. Being a prolific writer, he has been publishing since the early 1970s. He was formerly a professor of Department of Chemistry at the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. But now he is a full-time author and movie-maker. Humayun Ahmed is often criticized for his controversial second marriage.

Muhammed Zafar Iqbal

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Muhammed Zafar Iqbal (Bengali: মুহম্মদ জাফর ইকবাল) (born December 23, 1952) is a very popular Bangladeshi writer of children’s books and science-fiction and also a well-known columnist. He is a professor of Computer Science & Engineering at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, though originally educated as a physicist.

Nirmalendu Goon

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Nirmalendu Goon (Bangla: নির্মলেন্দু গুণ) (born 1945) is a Bangladeshi poet, and one of the most popular poets in Bangladesh, lauded by many for his accessible verse in an age where Bangla poetry has become increasingly complex.

Nirmalendu Goon was born in Barhatta of Netrokona, Bangladesh.