Bimalendu Barua

Bimalendu Barua is a veteran writer, poet and celebrated journalist, was born in Kadhurkhil village, Boalkhali Upa-Zilla, Chittagong District on 15 April, 1933. His father's name late Priyanath Barua and mother's name late Bidhumukhi Barua. After completing his education under Dhaka University he began his career first as a high school teacher in 1958 and finally joined Journalism in 1964. He was worked as Chief Sub-Editor in the Daily Azadi, a well established and largely circulated newspaper of the country. Since his student life he has been wrote poems, Biographies, Travelogue, Short Stories, articles on varied subjects. And these were published in newspapers and journals in both Bangladesh and India. He has been contributing his services and endeavors to the social, cultural and religious field. President of Bangladesh Bouddha Kristi Prachar Sangha (BBKPS), Chittagong Zone and former General Secretary of the Central Committee of BBKPS since 1976 to 1985.