Who is Asif Nazrul | কে এই আসিফ নজরুল | Biography | Information |

Who is Asif Nazrul | কে এই আসিফ নজরুল | Biography | Information | Dhaka University teacher | Writer | Columnist |


Md. Nazrul Islam, better known as Asif Nazrul, is a Bangladeshi writer, novelist, columnist, political commentator, and a professor of law at the University of Dhaka.[1][2] Renowned for his bold critique of Bangladeshi politics, Nazrul wrote more than ten novels and nonfiction books.


Education
Asif Nazrul completed LLB and LLM in law at the University of Dhaka respectively in 1986 and 1987, and garnered his PhD degree from the University of London in 1999. Afterwards he did his post-doctoral at the Environmental Law Center in Germany.


Career
Nazrul is a professor of law at the University of Dhaka. Previously he worked as a journalist and an administrative officer of Bangladesh government.


Threats and legal issues
Nazrul was called upon by High Court of Bangladesh in 2012 for giving inciting speech at a TV talk show on 12 March 2012. In 2013, his office at the University of Dhaka was set ablaze with kerosene. In May 2013, he was threatened to death in a phone call supposedly for his harsh critique of the government. In 2017, he was accused of defaming Shajahan Khan at Madaripur District Court by Faruk Khan, Shajahan Khan's cousin.


Personal life
Nazrul is married to Shila Ahmed. Previously he was married to Rokeya Prachy.


Fictions

Nishiddha Kayekjan (Forbidden Few)
Campuser Jubak (Youth at the Campus)
Akrosh (Wrath)
Pap (Sin)
Udhao (Lost)
Anya Alor Din (Days of other light)
Dakhal (Control)
Anyapaksha (The Other Side)
Tader Ekti Rat (One Night of Theirs)
Chonya (Touch)
Asamptir Galpa (Tale of Incompletion)
Bekar Diner Prem (Love at the Time of Unemployment)


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