What is Rashid Haider?
[[File:Rashid Haider.jpg|thumb|200px|Haider in 2012]] '''Rashid Haider''' (15 July 1941 – 13 October 2020) was a [[Bangladesh]]i writer. His novels include ''Khancay'' (1975), ''Nashta Josnay Ekon Aranya'' (1982), ''Sadh Ahlad'' (1985), ''Andha Kathamala'' (1987), ''Asamabriksha'' (1987) and ''Mabuhai'' (1988). He was awarded [[Ekushey Padak]] in 2014 by the [[government of Bangladesh]]. He was born in [[Pabna]]. In February 2020, Haider had a [[stroke]]. He died later that year, on 13 October, at the age of 79.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2020/10/13/writer-rashid-haider-dies-at-80|title=Writer Rashid Haider dies at 80|date=13 October 2020|access-date=13 October 2020|website=bdnews24.com}}</ref> ==References== {{Commons category}} {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Haider, Rashid}} [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:1941 births]] [[Category:People from Rajshahi Division]] [[Category:Bangladeshi novelists]] {{bio-stub}}