Shaikat Rushdee

Shaikat Rushdee, journalist, political and media analyst, poet and writer. Born in Meherpur, Bangladesh. A post-graduate from the University of Dhaka.

Was a broadcast journalist with BBC World Service, UK, in the 1980s.

Worked as a journalist in three national dailies of Bangladesh (‘Dainik Desh’, ‘Dainik Khabar’ and ‘The Bangladesh Times’). Was a contributor to weeklies ‘Bichitra’ and ‘Desh’ (India).

Worked as information officer and political analyst in Canadian, Australian and British diplomatic missions in Bangladesh before migrating to Canada.

Was Evaluation Editor and Research Analyst with Cision, a media intelligence company, in Canada.

Publication: Novel ‘Achin Pakhi’ (2003). Editor: Amar Ekushey (1984); Halt Greenhouse (1990).