Sumankumar Dash


Sumankumar Dash is a Bangladeshi journalist and essayist of folklore. He won the 2023 Bangla [Academy Literary Award] for folklore. He is the Sylhet correspondent of Prothom Alo.

Early life

Dash was born on 12 September 1982 at Sallah Upazila in Sunamganj District of Bangladesh.

Work

He is known for his work as the staff correspondent in Sylhet for the Bangladeshi newspaper Prothom Alo. In 2022, he was honored by the newspaper as one of its “best correspondents.”

Awards