Khalil Rahman

Khalil Rahman (Bengali: খলিল রহমান; born 16 April 1983) is a Bangladeshi political cartoonist. His cartoons have been appearing on the front page of some leading Bengali dailies including Prothom Alo,^[1] Jugantor, and Samakal.^[2][3][4][5]

Khalil Rahman
Born	Khalil Rahman (1983-04-16) 16 April 1983 (age 41) Jhenaidah, Khulna, Bangladesh
Nationality	Bangladeshi
Education	Masters (PS)
Occupation	Cartoonist
Years active	2003-present
Notable work	Political cartoons
Website	khalilrahman.com

Biography

Khalil Rahman was born in 1983 and grew up in a small village in Jhenaidah District. From his school days, he has drawn cartoons for national dailies. But he started his career as a political cartoonist in The New Nation in 2003 when he was studying at university.^[6] After he worked 2 years for the newspaper he joined a Bengali daily newspaper. Khalil worked for the newspaper for about 3 years. Then as a cartoonist he joined the Samakal, a leading national daily. His cartoons were regularly published on the front page of The daily for 5 years. At present Khalil is working as a cartoonist for Prothom Alo, a popular daily newspaper in Bangladesh.^[7]

Cartoons

Since his early career days, his political cartoons carry strong messages. His cartoons mostly reflect political violence, injustice, corruption, traffic jams of Dhaka city, load shedding as well as social evils.^[8] His cartoons are also distributed internationally by cagle.com, one of the most popular and largest editorial cartoon's websites around the world, which distributes editorial cartoons and columns to over 850 newspapers.^[9] Khalil's cartoons have the power inside their strokes to unveil the hidden truth from an event.^[10] About his cartoon, American Pulitzer prize winner cartoonist Steave Sack said, 'Khalil Rahman's cartoons are a fresh and witty visual delight. With his vibrant drawing style he expertly comments on today's issues with cleverness and charm.^[11] Bangladeshi famous cartoonist Rafikun Nabi (Ranabi) and Shishir Bhattacharya also eulogized him for his cartoons.^{[12] [13]}

Books

• The Best of Khalil (খলিলের নির্বাচিত কার্টুন) - (2014) ^[14][15]

References

1. ব্যর্থতা নিয়ে বিদায় নিচ্ছেন নূরুল হুদা [Nurul Huda is leaving with failure]. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 5 February 2022.
2. বাংলা ট্রিবিউন » কার্টুনিস্ট কী বার্তা দিচ্ছেন সেটি খুব গুরুত্বপূর্ণ : খলিল রহমান. Bangla Tribune (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 24 February 2015.
3. একজন রাজনৈতিক কার্টুনিস্ট একজন কলামিস্টের মতো : খলিল রহমান » bd.toonsmag.com (in Bengali).
4. "The Best Works of Cartoonist Khalil » Toons Mag". Toons Mag.
5. খলিলের কার্টুন [Khalil cartoon]. NTV (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 20 February 2015.
6. "Khaliler Nirbachita Cartoon (Khalil's Selected Cartoons) The Best of Khalil". The News Today. Archived from the original on 2017-02-13. Retrieved 2014-12-28.
7. খলিলের কার্টুন : জনমনের প্রতিচ্ছবি [Khalil cartoon: Janamanera image]. bdnews24.com (in Bengali).
8. "Cartoon speaks of city's water crisis, gridlock". The Daily Star.
9. "cagle.com » Khalil Rahman's Cartoon Archive".
10. খলিলের নির্বাচিত কার্টুন. The Daily Jugantor (in Bengali).
11. খলিলের কার্টুনে চলমান বাংলাদেশ. The Daily Inqilab (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 30 January 2015.
12. "Khalil's cartoons : The reflection of times". Dhaka Courier. Archived from the original on 9 January 2015.
13. Alam, Rabiul (9 January 2015). "Bangladesh politics in Khalil's cartoons". The Independent. Dhaka. Archived from the original on 10 January 2015.
14. খলিলের নির্বাচিত কার্টুন. Jaijaidin (in Bengali).
15. খলিলের নির্বাচিত কার্টুন [The Best of Khalil]. banglanews24.com (in Bengali). 14 October 2014. Archived from the original on 15 October 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2015.

External links

• cagle.com/2014/03/good-luck-2
• khalilrahman.com