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Rehman Sobhan (born 12 March 1935) is a Bangladeshi economist and freedom fighter. He played an active role in the Bengali nationalist movement in the 1960s. He was also a member of the first Planning Commission in Bangladesh and a close associate of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. He was awarded the Independence Day Award in 2008. As of 2021, Sobhan heads the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), a non-governmental think tank in Bangladesh