The interim government has appointed essayist, researcher, literary critic and social analyst Abul Quasem Fazlul Huq as the president of Bangla Academy for a three-year term, reports bdnews24.com.
The 84-year-old Huq taught at the Department of Bangla at Dhaka University for four decades.
He is also an outspoken advocate for the use of the Bangla language at all levels as a convener of the Rashtrya Bhasha Bangla Rokkhya Committee.
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