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-'''Rafiqul Islam''' (born 1 January 1934) is a Bangladeshi educationist, scholar, writer and cultural activist. He was awarded [[Ekushey Padak]] and [[Independence Day Award]] by the [[Government of Bangladesh]].<ref name=star>{{cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/supplements/star-lifetime-awardees-2016/prof-rafiqul-islam-212632|title=NAZRUL STUDIES : Prof. Rafiqul Islam|date=February 5, 2016|accessdate=March 5, 2016|newspaper=The Daily Star}}</ref> He was inducted as a [[National Professor]] by the [[Government of Bangladesh]] in 2018.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/backpage/3-educationists-become-national-professors-1592581|title=3 educationists become national professors|date=2018-06-20|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2018-06-20|language=en}}</ref>
+'''Rafiqul Islam''' (born 1 January 1934) is a Bangladeshi educationist, scholar, writer and cultural activist. He was awarded [[Ekushey Padak]] and [[Independence Day Award]] by the [[Government of Bangladesh]].<ref name=star>{{cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/supplements/star-lifetime-awardees-2016/prof-rafiqul-islam-212632|title=NAZRUL STUDIES : Prof. Rafiqul Islam|date=February 5, 2016|accessdate=March 5, 2016|newspaper=The Daily Star}}</ref> He was inducted as a [[National Professor]] by the [[Government of Bangladesh]] in 2018.<ref name=national>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/backpage/3-educationists-become-national-professors-1592581|title=3 educationists become national professors|date=2018-06-20|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2018-06-20|language=en}}</ref> He is a professor emeritus and adviser to the Centre for Bangla Studies of the [[University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh]] (ULAB).<ref name=national/> He is the current chairman of [[Nazrul Institute]].<ref name=national/>
 ==Education and career==
-Islam completed his master's in Bengali language and literature from [[University of Dhaka]] in 1956. He then joined the same university as a research scholar and lecturer. He received a [[Fulbright Scholarship]] to study linguistics in United States in 1959.<ref name=star/> He attended [[Yale University]]. He obtained master's degree from [[Cornell University]] in general linguistics and cultural anthropology in 1960. He joined the department of Bengali in the University of Dhaka as an assistant professor in 1961. He eventually served as a professor of the university. He was also the vice-chancellor of the [[University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh]].<ref name=star/>
+Islam completed his master's in Bengali language and literature from [[University of Dhaka]] in 1956. He then joined the same university as a research scholar and lecturer. He received a [[Fulbright Scholarship]] to study linguistics in United States in 1959.<ref name=star/> He attended [[Yale University]]. He obtained master's degree from [[Cornell University]] in general linguistics and cultural anthropology in 1960. He joined the department of Bengali in the University of Dhaka as an assistant professor in 1961. He eventually served as a professor of the university. Later, he served as the [[vice-chancellor]] of the [[University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh]].<ref name=star/>
 Islam has written 30 books on the language, literature, history and culture of Bangladesh.<ref name=star/>