Bangla Academy Charitabhidhan (Bengali: বাংলা একাডেমী চরিতাভিধান, romanized: Bāṅlā Ēkāḍēmī Côritābhidhān) is a comprehensive biography dictionary edited by Selina Hossain and Nurul Islam.

[1] Initially published in 1985 under the title Choritabidhan (Biographical Dictionary),[2] this seminal volume has undergone several editions.

The second edition was released in 1997,[1] followed by an expanded, refined, and revised third edition in 2011, published by the Bangla Academy.

[3] The second edition incorporated portraits of approximately 700 prominent individuals and provided insights into the lives of nearly 1,000 notable Bengali intellectuals and luminaries.

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