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SIDDIQUE MAHMUDUR RAHMAN, (born: 4 September 1946, Jessore) , is an ardent researcher, prolific litterateur, a successful translator, an efficient editor and printing and publication specialist. Father, Fazlur Rahman, served in the Education and Foreign service during Pakistan period, had a good number of books on juvenile literature. Mother, Sajeda Rahman, had her Adyabharati degree from Biswabharati University and was an authoress. Siddique had his school education from Kolkata during 1953-65, BA in 1969, but could not complete MA due to Liberation War. He had his B.Ed degree in 1978 and MA in English in 1980. He edited and published, Asian Voice, a pen-friendship magazine during 1966-1980. He worked in establishing Danbir Hazi Mohammad Mohsin High School at Murali, Jessore during 1975. He worked in different organizations in administration, printing, publishing, editing and translation during 1980-2006. He was attached to travel periodical The Bangladesh Monitor, Dhaka Calling during 2003-2006. He also worked as project coordinator of the Dhaka representative of Raffles Hospital, Singapore Tourism, SingHealth, Emirates and Qatar Airways during 2004-2006.
A Researcher
Siddique was studying on postal service, postage stamps, philately, coins and currencies of Bangladesh since 1986 and during these 27 years have published a good number of research works. He is the pioneer in this field and was the only author on these subject.

His research publications are : 1. A History of Bangladesh Philately 1971-1985, 1986; 2. Bangladesh Stamp and Postal History, 1988; 3. বাংলাদেশের ফিলাটেলির দুই দশক (Two Decades of Bangladesh Philately), 1991; 4. বাংলাদেশের ডাকব্যবস্থা (Postal History of Bangladesh), 1995; 5. বাংলাদেশের ডাকটিকিট (Postage Stamps of Bangladesh),, 1995; 6. Postage Stamps of Bangladesh (Multimedia Philatelic Software), 2002; 7. Eminent Personalities of Bangladesh (Multimedia Philatelic Software), 2003; 8. K G Mustafa and his Exceptional Designs, 2008; 9. বাংলাদেশের ডাকব্যবস্থা (Postal History of Bangladesh, 2nd Ed.), 2009; 10. Postage Stamps of Bangladesh 1971-2008, 2009; 11. Cowri to Taka -Evolution of Coins and Currencies of Bangladesh. 2011; 12. বাংলাদেশের মুক্তিযুদ্ধে ডাকব্যবস্থা ও ডাকটিকিট (Postal History and Postage Stamps of Bangladesh during the Liberation War), 2012, 13. Tagore Philately, 2013, Post Office Rubberprint ‘Bangladesh’ on Pakistan Stamps and Postal Stationary 1971-1974, 2015; Bangladesh Postage Stamps Catalogue 1971-2016, 2016
Published Papers: 1. Postage Stamps during the Liberation War of Bangladesh (Co-author), Bangladesh Historical Studies, Vols. XV-XVI, 1991-1995, pp. 113-126; 2. Postal Service during the East India Company’s rule in Bengal, Bangladesh Historical Studies, Vol. XIX, 2002, pp. 43-69; 3. Postal Stamps, in Banglapaedia, ASB, 2003; 4. Dr. M. Ibrahim in Banglapaedia, ASB, 2003; 5. BIRDEM in Banglapaedia, ASB, 2003; 6. History of Postage Stamps of Bangladesh in Postage Stamps of Bangladesh 2002-2007, Postal Directorate, Bangladesh Post Office, January, 27-31 July, 2008, 7. Postal History of Dhaka City, 400 Years of Capital Dhaka and Beyond, Sharif Uddin Ahmed and Abdul Monin Chowdhury (edited), ASB, May, 2011, Taka in Banglapaedia, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, 2003; 8. Same as above – but in Bangla version, 2012; 9. বাংলাদেশের মুক্তিযুদ্ধে ডাকব্যবস্থা ও ডাকটিকিট (Postal History and Postage Stamps of Bangladesh during the Liberation War), in Journl of the Historical Society of Bangladesh, 33-34 vol., 2010, 212-236.
Papers submitted in the Seminars and Conferences: 1. Postage Stamps during the Liberation War of Bangladesh, Annual Conference of Historical Society of Bangladesh, at Jahangirnagar University, 26 September, 1994; 2. Postal History of Bangladesh: A Compendium, Dept. of History, Dhaka University, June 2, 2009; 3. Postal History of Dhaka City, International Conference of History, Heritage and Urban Issues of Capital Dhaka , 17 February, 2010; 4. বাংলাদেশের মুক্তিযুদ্ধে ডাকব্যবস্থা ও ডাকটিকিট (Postal History and Postage Stamps of Bangladesh during the Liberation War), Conference of Bangladesh Historical Society, held at Bogra, March 28, 2011; 5. কাগজী মুদ্রার পূর্ব সংযুক্তি ও ক্রমিক – ইতিহাসের এক নবতর অধ্যায় (Prefix and Numbering System on Bangladesh Paper Currency: A Newer Chapter of History), Conference of Bangladesh Historical Society, held at Khulna, November 28, 2012 .
A Translator
Siddique was an efficient and translator with deep insight and he has become dexterous in translating poems. His translated works are as follows:
1. পাখি (Daphne du Maurier’s ‘The Birds’), 1991; 2. ভালো মেয়ে (Oscar Wilde’s Lady Winderemere’s Fan), 2000; 3. সর্গ মরীচিকা (Daphne du Maurier's Monte Verita), 2001; 4. Poems of Bangladesh, 2003, 5. Shahabuddin Nagari's Poems, 2004; 6. Selected Poems, 2006, 6. Poems of Bimal Guha, 2008; 7. Fifty Poems of Rabindra Gope, 2009; 8. Midnight Locomotives and Other Poems, 2010, 9. Tribute to Bangabandhu, 2010, 10. মোগল সিংহ বাবর (Pirimkul Kadirov's The Starry Nights), 2011, 11. Fifty Poems of Murshida Ahmed, 2013, 12. হাসপাতালে সংক্রমণ নিয়ন্ত্রণ ও প্রাসঙ্গিক বিষয়, 2013, Ekushey February, 2014, Selected Poems of Aslam Sany, 2014, Selected Poems of Maleka Ferdaus, 2014, Bangladesher Kobita, Anthology of Poems of Bangladesh: Twentieth Century, 2014, Short Stories of Akhtarun Nahar Alo, 2014, Selected Poems of Quazi Rosy. 2014, Flowers, Birds and Rivers are in Danger, Hasan Hafiz, 2014, Golden Realms of Poetry, Bangladesh,2015, A Bluish Night and other Poems, 2015, Selected Poems of Matin Bairagi & Farid Ahmed Dulal, 2015, ছয়টি বিদেশী রহস্য গল্প (Six Foreign Mysterious Stories), 2015, Hundred Poems of Mosarraf Hossain Bhuyian, 2015, অ্যান ফ্র্যাংক- অন্তঃপুর- এক কিশোরীর রোজনামচা, ২০১৫; 26. অ্যান ফ্র্যাঙ্কের ডায়ারী (The Back House: Anne Frank), 2016, 27. ব্যবহারিক হাদিস (Useful Hadith), 2016, 28. Deepu Mahmud’s Nitu’s Diary, 1971, 2016, 28. অকৃতজ্ঞ অভিসারিকা (Daphne du Maurier's The Little Photographer), 2017, 29. রবিন হুড, 2017, 30. ড্রাকুলা, 2017, 31. The Interim Desire, Aminul Islam, 2017, 32. Fifty Poems of Sarkar Mahmbub, 2017, 33. Melody of Body (Quazi Jahirul Islam's Dehokabyo), 2017,