{"id":78190,"date":"2022-05-19T17:53:57","date_gmt":"2022-05-19T17:53:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=78190"},"modified":"2022-05-19T17:53:57","modified_gmt":"2022-05-19T17:53:57","slug":"veteran-journalist-abdul-gaffar-chowdhury-passes-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=78190","title":{"rendered":"Veteran journalist Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury passes away"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Dhaka:<\/strong> Veteran journalist, columnist and lyricist of Ekushey February's signature song ‘Amar vaiyer rokte rangano' Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury passed away at a hospital in UK on Thursday. He was 87.<\/p>\n

The Bangladeshi born British writer breathed his last at 6:40 am local time in London.<\/p>\n

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Ekushey Padak winning journalist Swadesh Roy confirmed the news.<\/p>\n

He was suffering from various old age complications for several months.<\/p>\n

Gaffar Chowdhury is perhaps best known for writing the lyrics to \u201cAmar Bhaier R\u00f4kte Rangano\u201d which is the most widely celebrated song commemorating the Bengali Language Movement. It has been regarded by listeners of BBC Bengali Service as the third best song in Bengali.<\/p>\n

He was born in the village of Ulania, Mehendiganj, Barisal in 1934. He graduated from Dhaka University in 1959 and went to England in 1974.<\/p>\n

Choudhury worked as a journalist in different national newspapers in Dhaka. During the 1971 Bangladeshi Liberation War, he worked for Joy Bangla, Jugantar and Anandabazar Patrika. In the UK, he had been publishing a newspaper named \u2018Notun Din\u2019.<\/p>\n

He wrote more than 35 five books. Some of his notable works are:\u201dDanpithe Shawkat\u201d, \u201cChandrodwiper Upakhyan\u201d, \u201cNam Na Jana Bhore\u201d, \u201cNil Jamuna\u201d, \u201cShesh Rajanir Chand\u201d, \u201cPolashi Thekey Dhanmondi\u201d and \u201cBastobotar Nirikhey.<\/p>\n

He had been living in London from where he regularly wrote columns in Bangladesh\u2019s national dailies, in Bengali newspapers of Bengali community and in a daily newspaper in Kolkata.<\/p>\n

He produced a film on the assassination of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman called \u2018Polashi Theke Dhanmondi\u2019.<\/p>\n

The multitalented personality has received many awards for his immense contributions to journalism and literature, such as, Bangla Academy Award, Ekushey Padak, UNESCO Literary Award, Bangabandhu Award, Shanghati Lifetime Achievement Award, Sadhinota Padak, Manik Miah Padak, and PIB-Sohel Samad Memorial Award.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dhaka: Veteran journalist, columnist and lyricist of Ekushey February’s signature song ‘Amar vaiyer rokte rangano’ Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury passed away at a hospital in UK on Thursday. He was 87. The Bangladeshi born British writer breathed his last at 6:40 am local time in London. Ekushey Padak winning journalist Swadesh Roy confirmed the news. He […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":78191,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12,2],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n