প্রকাশ: 20/02/2022
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina distributed "Ekushey
Padak-2022" today among 24 eminent persons for their outstanding
contribution to the society and the country.
The Prime Minister virtually joined the Padak (Medal)
distribution ceremony at Osmani Memorial Auditorium in the city from her
official residence Ganabhaban here this morning.
On the occasion of the Amar Ekushey and the International
Mother Language Day, Ministry of Cultural Affairs organised the function.
Liberation War Affairs Minister A K M Mozammel Haque, MP
handed over the Ekushey Padak, the second highest civilian award in the
country, to the recipients, on behalf of the prime minster.
With State Minister for Cultural Affairs K M Khalid, MP, in
the chair, Secretary of the ministry Md. Abul Monsur delivered the welcome
address.
Cabinet Secretary Khandker Anwarul Islam conducted the
award-giving ceremony and read out the citations of the recipients.
The Ekushey Padak was introduced in the memory of the
martyrs of the Language Movement in 1952.
The award is given to individuals and organizations in
recognition of contributions to a number of fields including the War of
Liberation, literature, music, education, journalism, poverty reduction,
research, and visual arts.
The nation is set to observe the "Amar Ekushey and the
International Mother Language Day" tomorrow to pay glowing tributes to the
Language Movement martyrs who made supreme sacrifice for the cause of the
mother language on February 21 in 1952.
Earlier on February 3, the government announced the names of
24 eminent persons for the "Ekushey Padak-2022" for their outstanding
contributions to their respective fields.
This year, two persons got the padak in the Language
Movement category, four in the Liberation War, seven in Shilpakala (art, music
and dance), two in Social Service, two in Language and Literature, four in
Research and one each in Journalism, Science and Technology, and education.
Mostafa M A Matin (posthumous) and Mirza Tofazzal Hossain
Mukul (posthumous) received the padak in the field of Language Movement.
Valiant freedom fighter Alhaj Principal Md Matiur Rahman,
Syed Moazzem Ali (posthumous), QABM Rahman and Amzad Ali Khandaker got the
padak in Liberation War category.
Jinat Barkatullah received the padak for dance while Nazrul
Islam Babu (posthumous), Iqbal Ahmed and Mahmudur Rahman Benu for music, and
Khaled Mahmud Khan (posthumous), Afzal Hossain and Masum Aziz for acting.
MA Malek got the padak for journalism while Md Anawar
Hossain in science and technology and Professor Dr Gautam Buddha Das in
education.
Besides, SM Abraham Lincoln and Sangharaj Dr Gyanshree
Mahathero got the padak in the social service category. Poet Kamal Chowdhury
and Jharna Das Purkayastha received the padak in language and literature
category.
On the other hand, Dr Md Abdus Sattar Mandal, Dr Md Enamul Haque (team leader), Dr Shahanaz Sultana (team) and Dr Jannatul Ferdous (team) got the padak in research category.
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