Rashid Askari

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Harun-Ur-Rashid Askari
রাশিদ আসকারী
Rashid Askari
Director General of Bangla Academy
In office 18 July 2024 – 10 August 2024
Preceded by	Mohammad Nurul Huda
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	(1965-06-01) 1 June 1965 (age 59) Rangpur, East Pakistan, Pakistan
Nationality	Bangladeshi
Alma mater	University of Dhaka University of Pune
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.^[1] He was the 12th vice-chancellor of Islamic University, Bangladesh.^[2] He served as the Director General of the Bangla Academy for less than a month in 2024.^[3][4][5] 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.^[6]