M Hamid

M Hamid
এম হামিদ
Director General of Bangladesh Television
Succeeded byAbdul Mannan (acting)
Personal details
NationalityBangladeshi
Spouse
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(m. 1978)​
ChildrenTonima Hamid Prantar Hamid
Relatives
Alma materJagannath College

M Hamid (Bengali: এম হামিদ) is a Bangladeshi dramatist and theatre personality.[1] He served as the director general of Bangladesh Television from March 2012 until April 2014.[2][3] He is a former chief executive officer of RTV, a Bangladeshi satellite television channel.[4] He served as the founding president of the theatrical group Natyachakra.[5][6]

Hamid was awarded 2018 Shilpakala Padak in dramatics by the government of Bangladesh.[7]

  1. ^ "Natyalay turns two". The Daily Star. 14 July 2009. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Hamid is new BTV boss". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Haroon-or-Rashid, Nesar Uddin new DGs of BTV, Betar". bdnews24.com. 4 February 2016. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  4. ^ "The key to success". The Daily Star. 6 October 2009. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  5. ^ Ershad Kamol (5 March 2004). "A dedicated couple in drama lane : An evening with M Hamid and Falguni Hamid". The Daily Star. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  6. ^ "Bangladesh Group Theatre Federation". The Daily Star. 1 July 2004. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  7. ^ "Seven cultural icons to receive Shilpakala Padak 2018". The Daily Star. 17 July 2019. Retrieved 19 October 2019.