Haider Akbar Khan Rono

Haider Akbar Khan Rono (born 31 August 1942)[1] is a Bangladeshi public leader, theorist and writer.[2][3] He is a member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of Bangladesh.[4] He has published 13 books.[2] He has received the Bangla Academy Literary Award (2021).[5][6]

Haider Akbar Khan Rono
হায়দার আকবর খান রনো
Born (1942-07-31) 31 July 1942
Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India (now Kolkata, India)
Alma materNotre Dame College, Dhaka
University of Dhaka
Occupation
  • Public leader
  • theorist
  • writer
Years active1960–present
Political partyCommunist Party of Bangladesh
Children1
RelativesSyed Nausher Ali (grandfather)

Early life

Rono was born on 31 August 1942 in Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India (now Kolkata, India) to engineer Hatem Ali Khan.[1][7] His grandfather, Syed Nausher Ali, was an Indian politician and his younger brother, Haider Anwar Khan Juno, was a leftist politician and freedom fighter.[1][8]

Education

Rono passed the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) from St Gregory's High School in 1958 and was added to the 12th position of the merit list of the East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).[1] Before, he studied at Jessore Zilla School and Rajshahi Collegiate School.[1] In 1960, he passed the Indian School Certificate (ISC) from Notre Dame College, Dhaka.[1] In 1960, he was admitted in the Department of Physics at the University of Dhaka.[1][2] But couldn't finish the course for imprisonment and other causes.[1][2] Later, when he was in prison, he completed a bachelor's degree in law.[1]

Career

In 2006, Rono was awarded the Prothom Alo Best Book of the Year 1411.[9]

Rono is a member of the Politburo of Workers' Party of Bangladesh in 2008.[10] He has spoken against International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.[11]

In 2012, Rono was a Presidium member of Communist Party of Bangladesh.[12]

In January 2022, Rono was awarded the Bangla Academy Literary Award.[13]

References
  1. "একজন হায়দার আকবর খান রনো". মানবজমিন. Retrieved 2022-01-24.
  2. "হায়দার আকবর খান রনো | মতামত". opinion.bdnews24.com. 2014-07-31. Retrieved 2022-01-24.
  3. "15 to get Bangla Academy Literature award 2021". theindependentbd.com. Retrieved 2022-01-24.
  4. দে, সোহরাব হাসান,মনোজ. "বামদের জায়গা বুর্জোয়ারা নয়, মৌলবাদীরা নিয়েছে". Prothomalo (in Bengali). Retrieved 2022-01-24.
  5. Staff Correspondent (2022-01-24). "Bangla Academy: Winners of 2021 awards unveiled". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-01-24.
  6. Express, The Financial. "Bangla Academy awards: Rono, Panna named among 15 winners". The Financial Express. Retrieved 2022-01-24.
  7. "Haider Akbar Khan Rano Books - হায়দার আকবর খান রনো এর বই | Rokomari.com". www.rokomari.com. Retrieved 2022-01-24.
  8. Report, Star Online (2020-10-29). "Haider Anwar Khan Juno no more". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
  9. "The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 5 Num 594". archive.thedailystar.net. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
  10. Correspondent, D. U. (2008-09-18). "Call to introduce single-stream, pro-people education system". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
  11. Staff Correspondent (2008-10-17). "Use local resources to boost economy". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
  12. Staff Correspondent (2012-07-15). "No plea to SC". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
  13. "Winners of Bangla Academy Sahitya Puroshkar announced". The Daily Star. 2022-01-23. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
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