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Rubana Huq
রুবানা হক
NationalityBangladeshi
SpouseAnnisul Huq

Rubana Huq is a Bangladeshi businesswoman and poet.[1] She is a managing director of Mohammadi Group.[2] The Group began with exporting readymade garments and then diversified into software, digital distribution, real estate, power generation and the group’s latest are has been the launch of a television channel called Nagorik. Huq was featured in BBC 100 Women in 2013 and 2014.[3]

Career

Huq served as the CEO of TV Southasia from 2006 to 2010.[4]

Huq won the SAARC Literary Award for her poems in 2006.[4] She wrote a book of poems Time of My Life.

Huq is a member of board of trustees in Asian University for Women.[5]

On 13 August 2018, Huq was awarded PhD from Jadavpur University.[6]

Personal life

Huq was married to Annisul Huq, the late mayor of Dhaka North City Corporation. Together they have three children.

References

  1. ^ Moshiri, Nazanine (3 October 2012). "From Milan Fashion Week to Dhaka". Al Jazeera. Archived from the original on 24 March 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ "Rubana Huq gives a talk at AIUB". Daily Sun (Bangladesh). Dhaka. 11 August 2016. Archived from the original on 18 December 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2016. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ Samira Sadeque, Syeda (8 March 2014). "Rubana Huq: Emblem of empathy". Dhaka Tribune. Dhaka. Archived from the original on 18 December 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2016. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ a b "Rubana Huq / Price and Progress: Beyond Rana Plaza in Bangladesh". Department of South & Southeast Asian Studies, University of California, Berkeley. Regents of the University of California. Archived from the original on 18 December 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ "AUW Board of Trustees". Asian University for Women. Archived from the original on 22 May 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ "Talk Show on 'Women Entrepreneurs of Bangladesh: Status, Problems & Prospects'". American International University-Bangladesh. Archived from the original on 18 December 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)