SM Haroon-or-Rashid

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SM Haroon-or-Rashid
Director General of Bangladesh Television
Assumed office
14 January 2016
Preceded by M Hamid [1]
Personal details
Born1962 (age 5859)
Sirajganj District, East Pakistan, Pakistan
NationalityBangladeshi
Alma mater University of Dhaka

SM Haroon-or-Rashid (known as Harun Rashid; born 1962) [2] is a Bangladeshi journalist and dramatist. [2] He is the current Director General of Bangladesh Television since 14 January 2016. [2] He won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Dialogue for the film Putro (2018). [3]

Education

Rashid completed his bachelor's and master's in mass communication and journalism from the University of Dhaka. [2]

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References

  1. "Haroon-or-Rashid, Nesar Uddin new DGs of BTV, Betar". bdnews24.com. 2016-02-04. Retrieved 2019-11-11.
  2. 1 2 3 4 মহাপরিচালক (in Bengali). Government of Bangladesh. Retrieved 2019-11-11.
  3. "National Film Award-2017 and 2018". Ministry of Information. Retrieved 2019-11-07.