Siddique Mahmudur Rahman is an eminent author, researcher, translator, editor, publication specialist. He is pioneer in studying on Postal History and Postage Stamps of Bangladesh. He published 9 books on postal history and postage stamps of Bangladesh and was awarded 6 prises from USA, Australia, South Korea and Indonesia. He has six translated works. He has specialty in translation of Bangla poems.

AFP: Herta Mueller, whose upbringing under Romania's oppressive communist regime inspired poetry and novels, today won the Nobel Literature Prize.
The 56-year-old Romanian-born German national was hailed by the Swedish prize jury as writer who "with the concentration of poetry and the frankness of prose, depicts the landscape of the dispossessed".

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the Nazrul Complex beside the Dhaka University (DU) Central Mosque today, the 33rd death anniversary of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam.

Shah Abdul Karim, the living legend and maestro of folk song of Bangladesh, died of old age complications at a Sylhet hospital at the age of 93. Thousands of people from different walks of life paid homage to the legendary folk artist Shah Abdul Karim as his body was taken to Derai upazila for burial.He was buried beside his wife Aftabunnesa Sarala on the premises of his residence.