except that he seemed to have lived at the time of the great lyrical poet Hafiz — sometime in the 1300s. And, here is your Jewish-Persian sermon for this Shabbat. In his long epic poem ...

Among those awarded posthumously are poet Helal Hafiz, writer Shahidul Zahir, journalist Mahfuz Ullah, film director Azizur Rahman, musician Ustad Nirod Baran Barua, and Daily Purbokone founder ...