82.132.224.76 at 02:17, 20 April 2026

2026-04-20T02:17:13Z

New page

{{Short description|Non-profit research organisation in Bangladesh}}
{{Infobox organization
| name = Asiatic Society of Bangladesh
| native_name =
| native_name_lang = bn
| image = Bangladesh Asiatic Society.jpg
| caption = The headquarters of Asiatic Society of Bangladesh at Nimtali, Dhaka, Bangladesh
| formation = {{Start date and age|1952}}
| type =
| headquarters =
| location = 5, Old Secretariat Road, Nimtali, [[Dhaka]], Bangladesh
| coordinates = {{coord|23.724076|N|90.402586|E|display=inline, title}}
| region_served =
| membership =
| language =
| leader_title = President
| leader_name = [[Harun-or-Rashid (academic)|Harun-or-Rashid]]<ref>{{cite news |author= |date= 31 January 2024 |title= Dr Harun president, Dr Siddiqur GS of Asiatic Society council |url= https://www.bssnews.net/news/171037#:~:text=DHAKA%2C%20Jan%2031%2C%202024%20(,the%20Asiatic%20Society%20of%20Bangladesh. |work= [[Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha|BSS News]] |access-date= 14 February 2025}}</ref>
| main_organ =
| parent_organization =
| affiliations =
| num_staff =
| num_volunteers =
| budget =
| website = {{URL|https://www.asiaticsociety.org.bd/}}
| remarks =
}}

The '''Asiatic Society of Bangladesh''' is a non political and non profit research organisation registered under both Society Act of 1864 and [[NGO Affairs Bureau]], [[Government of Bangladesh]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=About ASB|url=https://www.asiaticsociety.org.bd/aboutasb.html|access-date=2020-10-31|website=www.asiaticsociety.org.bd|archive-date=2022-03-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220331043755/https://www.asiaticsociety.org.bd/aboutasb.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Asiatic Society of Bangladesh was established as the '''Asiatic Society of East Pakistan''' in [[Dhaka]] in 1952 by a number of Muslim leaders, and renamed in 1972. [[Ahmed Hasan Dani]], a noted Muslim historian and archaeologist of [[Pakistan]] played an important role in founding this society. He was assisted by [[Muhammad Shahidullah]], a Bengali linguist. The society is housed in Nimtali, walking distance from the [[Curzon Hall]] of [[Dhaka University]], locality of [[Old Dhaka]].<ref name=Banglapedia>{{cite book |author=Sajahan Miah Murshed |chapter=Asiatic Society of Bangladesh |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Asiatic_Society_of_Bangladesh |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |editor=[[Sirajul Islam]] and Ahmed A. Jamal |publisher=Asiatic Society of Bangladesh |year=2012 |edition=Second}}</ref>

== History ==
Asiatic Society of Bangladesh traces its origins to [[The Asiatic Society]], which was founded by [[William Jones (philologist)|Sir William Jones]] in 1784.<ref name="Banglapedia" /> Some of scholars of the Asiatic Society moved to [[Dhaka]], capital of [[East Bengal]], after the [[Partition of India]].<ref name="Banglapedia" /> [[Ahmad Hasan Dani]], professor of history at the University of Dhaka, proposed the idea of establishing a Asiatic Society in Dhaka which was widely appreciated by scholars in Dhaka.<ref name="Banglapedia" />

Asiatic Society of Pakistan was established on 3 January 1952 by Ahmad Hasan Dani, [[Abu Mohammed Habibullah]], Abdul Halim, Abdul Hamid, [[Itrat Husain Zuberi]], J. S. Turner, [[Khan Bahadur Abdur Rahman Khan]], [[Muhammad Shahidullah]], [[Sayed Moazzem Hossain]], [[Serajul Huq (educator)|Serajul Huq]], Sheikh Sharafuddin, [[Syed Muhammed Taifoor]], and W. H. A. Sadani.<ref name="Banglapedia" /> The society modeled after The Asiatic Society in Kolkata is managed by a 17 member executive committee which has a two year term.<ref name="Banglapedia" />

In September 2013, the Asiatic Society of Bangladesh published a junior version of [[Banglapedia]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ahsan |first=Syed Badrul |author-link=Syed Badrul Ahsan |date=30 September 2013 |title=Where knowledge is the goal ….. |work=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|The Daily Star]] |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/where-knowledge-is-the-goal |access-date=10 April 2023}}</ref>

The Asiatic Society of Bangladesh in November 2020 cancelled the grant of two professors at the University of Dhaka after it found evidence of plagiarism in their work.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rahman |first=Asifur |date=2021-03-24 |title=Plagiarism found in work of two DU teachers |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/news/plagiarism-found-work-two-du-teachers-2065621 |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=The Daily Star |language=en}}</ref>

== Museum ==
The Asiatic Society Heritage Museum is located in Old Dhaka.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-01-04 |title=Asiatic Society Heritage Museum open to all |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/arts-entertainment/news/asiatic-society-heritage-museum-open-all-1682578 |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=The Daily Star |language=en}}</ref>

==Publications==

The society's publications include:<ref name=Banglapedia/>
* ''[[Banglapedia]], the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh'' (edition 2, 2012)
* ''[[Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh]]'' (2010, 28 volumes)
* ''Cultural Survey of Bangladesh, a documentation of the country's cultural history, tradition and heritage'' (2008, 12 volumes)
* ''Children’s Banglapedia'', a three-volume version of Banglapedia for children
* ''History of Bangladesh (1704-1971)'' (3 volumes)
* National Online Biography; Digital publication of the Survey and Settlement Reports (1896-1927)
* Parliamentary Documents and History
* Digest of the reports and surveys on the mineral resources in Bangladesh
* ''Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bangladesh (Humanities)''
* ''Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bangladesh (Sciences)''
* ''Asiatic Society Patrika''

==List of presidents and general secretaries==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!President
!General secretary
!Term
!Reference
|-
|Abdul Hamid
|Ahmad Hasan Dani
|1952-1953
|<ref name="Banglapedia" />
|-
|[[Muhammad Shahidullah]]
|[[Serajul Huq (educator)|Serajul Huq]]
|1954
|<ref name="Banglapedia" />
|-
|Abdul Halim
|[[Serajul Huq (educator)|Serajul Huq]]
|1955
|<ref name="Banglapedia" />
|-
|[[Muhammad Ibrahim (justice)|Muhammad Ibrahim]]
|[[Ahmad Hasan Dani]]
|1956
|<ref name="Banglapedia" />
|-
|[[Khan Bahadur Abdur Rahman Khan]]
|[[Ahmad Hasan Dani]]
|1957-1958
|<ref name="Banglapedia" />
|-
|[[Khan Bahadur Abdur Rahman Khan]]
|M Saghir Hasan
|1959
|<ref name="Banglapedia" />
|-
|Abdul Halim
|[[Ahmad Hasan Dani]]
|1960-1961
|<ref name="Banglapedia" />
|-
|[[Muhammad Shahidullah]]
|[[Mafizullah Kabir]]
|1962
|<ref name="Banglapedia" />
|-
|[[Muhammad Shahidullah]]
|[[Syed Sajjad Hussain]]
|1963-1964
|<ref name="Banglapedia" />
|-
|[[Muhammad Enamul Haq]]
|[[Abdul Karim (historian)|Abdul Karim]]
|1965
|<ref name="Banglapedia" />
|-
|[[Muhammad Enamul Haq]]
|[[Mafizullah Kabir]]
|1966
|<ref name="Banglapedia" />
|-
|[[Muhammad Shahidullah]]
|[[Syed Murtaza Ali]]
|1967
|<ref name="Banglapedia" />
|-
|Abdul Maudud
|[[Abu Mohammed Habibullah]]
|1968
|<ref name="Banglapedia" />
|-
|[[Abu Mohammed Habibullah]]
|[[Ahmed Sharif]]
|1969-1973
|<ref name="Banglapedia" />
|-
|[[Syed Murtaza Ali]]
|[[Ajoy Kumar Roy]]
|1974
|<ref name="Banglapedia" />
|-
|[[Abu Mohammed Habibullah]]
|[[Ajoy Kumar Roy]]
|1975
|<ref name="Banglapedia" />
|-
|[[Kamruddin Ahmed]]
|[[Mohammad Moniruzzaman Miah]]
|1976
|<ref name="Banglapedia" />
|-
|[[Kamruddin Ahmed]]
|[[Momtazur Rahman Tarafdar]]
|1977-1978
|<ref name="Banglapedia" />
|-
|[[Serajul Huq (educator)|Serajul Huq]]
|[[Momtazur Rahman Tarafdar]]
|1979
|<ref name="Banglapedia" />
|-
|[[Muhammad Enamul Haq]]
|[[Momtazur Rahman Tarafdar]]
|1980
|<ref name="Banglapedia" />
|-
|[[Khan Bahadur Abdul Hakim]]
|[[Sirajul Islam]]
|1981
|<ref name="Banglapedia" />
|-
|[[Mafizullah Kabir]]
|[[Sirajul Islam]]
|1982
|<ref name="Banglapedia" />
|-
|[[A R Mallick]]
|[[K. M. Mohsin]]
|1983
|<ref name="Banglapedia" />
|-
|[[A R Mallick]]
|[[Mohammad Moniruzzaman]]
|1984-1985
|<ref name="Banglapedia" />
|-
|[[Abul Kalam Mohammed Zakaria]]
|[[Sirajul Islam]]
|1986-1987
|<ref name="Banglapedia" />
|-
|A. M. Sharafuddin
|[[Wakil Ahmed]]
|1988-1989
|<ref name="Banglapedia" />
|-
|A. M. Sharafuddin
|[[Syed Anwar Husain]]
|1990-1991
|<ref name="Banglapedia" />
|-
|[[AKM Nurul Islam (botanist)|AKM Nurul Islam]]
|[[Hasna Begum]]
|1992-1993
|<ref name="Banglapedia" />
|-
|[[Sirajul Islam]]
|[[Harun-or-Rashid (academic)|Harun-or-Rashid]]
|1994-1995
|<ref name="Banglapedia" />
|-
|[[Wakil Ahmed]]
|Akmal Hussain
|1996-1997
|<ref name="Banglapedia" />
|-
|[[M Harunur Rashid]]
|Sajahan Miah
|1998-1999
|<ref name="Banglapedia" />
|-
|[[Abdul Momin Chowdhury]]
|Sajahan Miah
|2000-2001
|<ref name="Banglapedia" />
|-
|[[Abdul Momin Chowdhury]]
|[[Syed Rashidul Hasan]]
|2002-2003
|<ref name="Banglapedia" />
|-
|[[Emajuddin Ahamed]]
|[[S. M. Mahfuzur Rahman]]
|2004-2005
|<ref name="Banglapedia" />
|-
|[[Emajuddin Ahamed]]
|Sajahan Miah
|2006-2007
|<ref name="Banglapedia" />
|-
|[[Sirajul Islam]]
|[[Mahfuza Khanam]]
|2008-2009
|<ref name="Banglapedia" />
|-
|[[Sirajul Islam]]
|[[Mahfuza Khanam]]
|2010-2011
|<ref name="Banglapedia" />
|-
|[[Nazrul Islam (academic)|Nazrul Islam]]
|Ahmed A. Jamal
|2012-2013
|<ref name="Banglapedia" />
|-
|[[Amirul Islam Chowdhury]]
|Ahmed A. Jamal
|2012-2013
|<ref name="Banglapedia" />
|-
|[[Amirul Islam Chowdhury]]
|Ahmed A. Jamal
|2014-2015
|<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Presidents – ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BANGLADESH |url=https://www.asiaticsociety.org.bd/about/presidents/ |access-date=2023-04-20 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=General Secretaries – ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BANGLADESH |url=https://www.asiaticsociety.org.bd/about/general-secretaries/ |access-date=2023-04-20 |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|[[Amirul Islam Chowdhury]]
|A. K. M. Golam Rabbani
|2016-2017
|<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />
|-
|[[Mahfuza Khanam]]
|Sabbir Ahmed
|2018-2019
|<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />
|-
|[[Mahfuza Khanam]]
|Sabbir Ahmed
|2020-2021
|<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />
|-
|Khondoker Bazlul Hoque
|Mohammad Siddiqur Rahman Khan
|2022-2023
|<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />
|}

== See also ==
{{Portal bar|Asia|Bangladesh}}
*[[Banglapedia]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Asiatic Society of Bangladesh}}
[[Category:Learned societies of Bangladesh]]
[[Category:Education in Dhaka]]
[[Category:Asian studies]]
[[Category:1952 establishments in East Bengal]]
[[Category:Publishing companies of Bangladesh]]

Asiatic Society of Bangladesh - Revision history

82.132.224.76 at 02:17, 20 April 2026