People from Bangladesh

19 people remembered here.

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  Maruf Hossain Sajib

  † 2026 · Television director

  Bangladeshi TV playwright-director who wrote his own dramas and left Bilop as a critics' prize.

  55 candles · 5 tributes
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  Nasima Khan

  1944 – 2026 · Film and television actress

  A first light of Dhaka cinema, from Jago Hua Savera onward.

  8 candles · 1 tributes
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  Muhammad Shafiqur Rahman

  1949 – 2026 · Journalist

  Freedom fighter, Ittefaq reporter, twice president of the National Press Club and MP for Faridganj.

  7 candles · 1 tributes
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  Mohammad Solaiman

  1955 – 2026 · Professor of marketing and university vice-chancellor

  Chittagong marketing professor who led two universities and was mourned as a devoted guardian.

  6 candles · 1 tributes
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  Akhtar Hossain

  1945 – 2026 · Children's literature writer

  Bangla Academy-honoured children's writer who gave young readers rhymes, stories and a share of Bangladesh's national story.

  6 candles · 1 tributes
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  Neem Chandra Bhowmik

  † 2026 · Physicist

  Dhaka physicist, freedom fighter and minority-rights leader who also served as ambassador to Nepal.

  5 candles · 1 tributes
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  Khaleda Zia

  1946 – 2025 · Politician

  Bangladesh's first woman prime minister, remembered as an uncompromising fighter for democracy

  5 candles · 1 tributes
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  Saeeda Kamal

  1952 – 2026 · Painter

  Painter and freedom fighter who nursed the wounded of 1971 and carried the first letter of Swadhinata.

  4 candles · 1 tributes
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  M Ghaziul Haque

  † 2026 · Businessman

  Founding director and twice chairman of Eastern Bank, and a builder of Bangladeshi business.

  4 candles · 1 tributes
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  Syed Imran Ahmed

  † 2026 · Guitarist

  Dhaka metal guitarist and Mechanix co-founder who helped take Bangladeshi heavy music to national television.

  4 candles · 1 tributes
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  Tulona Al Harun

  † 2026 · Model

  Model, actress and presenter who lit up Dhaka's ramps and screens, and called herself self made.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  Russell Khan

  † 2026 · Guitarist

  The guitarist who stood behind Bangladesh's great singers for more than thirty years.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  Saeeda Kamal (Tulu)

  † 2026 · Artist and freedom fighter

  Poet's daughter who nursed the wounded of 1971 and gave her life to art.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  Md. Abdul Hai

  1949 – 2026 · Politician

  Freedom fighter, five-time MP and BNP stalwart of Munshiganj.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  Salahuddin Ahmed

  † 2026 · Politician

  A three-time Dhaka MP who spent his life in the BNP and in the old city he represented.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  Amir Khasru

  † 2026 · Journalist

  Bangladeshi journalist who covered diplomacy for Voice of America and Ittefaq for decades.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  Toufique Imrose Khalidi

  1967 – 2026 · Journalist

  Pioneer of Bangladesh digital news who built bdnews24.com and kept the news objective.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  Dr Anchal Roy

  † 2026 · Physician

  A young Dhaka physician whose rising career was cut short by dengue.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  Monowar Hossain Chowdhury

  1948 – 2026 · Civil engineer

  Engineer, public servant and twice the voice of Gobindaganj in parliament.

  3 candles · 1 tributes