Ranesh Maitra
Ranesh Maitra is a Bangladeshi journalist, columnist and politician. He was awarded country's second highest civilian award Ekushey Padak in 2018 by the government of Bangladesh for his contribution in journalism.Maitra was born on 4 October 1933 at his maternal house in Rajshahi of the then British India. Her father Ramesh Maitra, was an elementary school teacher. He got his matriculation certificate from Gopal Chandra Institution in 1950. Later he completed his IA in 1955 and BA in 1959 from Govt. Edward College, Pabna.
