Muhammad Shahidullah, Munier Chowdhury, Hasan Hafizur Rahman, Jahir Raihan, among others, contributed significantly in theorizing, participating and making narratives of Language movement. Muhammad Abdul Hye, Sanjida Khatun along with the teachers and students of the department led the cultural politics of 1960s. In our Liberation War, the reputed faculty members of the department namely Munier Chowdhury, Mofajjol Haider Chowdhury, and Anowar Pasha were martyred. Anisuzzaman served as a member of the Planning Commission of the Wartime Temporary Government of Bangladesh,...

Serajul Islam (Seraj Salekeen) Chairman, Department of Bangla

As the founding department of the University of Dhaka, Department of Bangla has own glory and heritage. Renowned scholar M.M. Haraprasad Shastri graced the department as the Professor and Head of the Department from the very beginning. Dr. Muhammad Shahidullah who started teaching as Lecturer of Bangla at the same ...