Encyclopaedia on Bangabandhu 'Mujibpedia' published

The first complete encyclopaedia on Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman – Mujibpedia – has been published after two years of intensive research. 

The two-volume book, edited by poet, journalist, and researcher Farid Kabir, contains 591 entries and about 750 historic photographs and has been prepared following international research methods, says a press release of History and Culture Circle Bangladesh Ltd, the publisher of the encyclopaedia.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, daughter of Bangabandhu, has revised and edited the entries related to Bangabandhu's family. Mujibpedia also has Professor Abu Md Delwar Hossain, chairman of the history department of Dhaka University, as executive editor, Fakrul Islam Chowdhury as joint editor and Shimul Salahuddin as assistant editor.

The encyclopaedia includes the political and working life of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the history of his long struggle along with correct information about Bangladesh's independence.

Writers, researchers, historians, and politicians, including Tofail Ahmed, Syed Anwar Hossain, Professor Harun Or Rashid, Muntasir Mamun, Asaduzzaman Noor, Harun Habib, Justice Obaidul Hasan, National Professor AK Azad Khan, Atiur Rahman, Abul Momen, Syed Manjurul Islam, Mofidul Hoque, Nasiruddin Yusuf, Brigadier General Hussain Muhammad Masihur Rahman, Lt Colonel (retd) Kazi Sajjad Ali Zahir, Sheikh Hafizur Rahman, Ramendu Majumder, Syed Badrul Ahsan, Mohammad Hannan, Morshed Shafiul Hasan, Masrur Arefin, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen and Posts and Telecommunications Minister Mustafa Jabbar, have authored the entries in the book.

Mujibpedia is distributed by Agami Prakashani.