Mohammad Asafuddowlah | |
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মোহাম্মদ আসাফউদ্দোলা | |
Nationality | Bangladeshi |
Occupation(s) | Musician, orator, administrator |
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Mohammad Asafuddowlah is a Bangladeshi lyricist, composer, orator and a former Chairman of the Water Development Board of the Government of Bangladesh . Secretary of many different ministries of Bangladesh. [2] [3] [4] [5] He served as the founding editor of the English daily The Bangladesh Today . [6] [7] He was awarded the Ekushey Padak in 1993 by the Government of Bangladesh for his contribution to music. [8]
Asafuddowla studied at the Faridpur Zilla School. [9]
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