21 personalities receive Ekushey Padak

Staff Reporter Published: 20 February 2018, 12:28 PM | Updated: 20 February 2018, 01:59 PM

Twenty-one eminent personalities on Tuesday were given the prestigious Ekushey Padak, 2018 in various categories for their outstanding contributions to their respective fields.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina handed over the Ekushey Padak, the second highest civilian awards in Bangladesh, to the awardees at a function organised by Cultural Affairs Ministry at Osmani Memorial Auditorium.

Each recipient got a gold medal, a certificate and a cheque of Tk 200,000.

AZM Takiullah (posthumous) and Professor Mirza Mazharul Islam got the award for their role in the language movement while Sheikh Sadi Khan, Sujoy Sham, Indra Mohan Rajbanshi, Khurshid Alam and Motiul Haque Khan won for music.

Minu Haque and Humayun Faridi (posthumous) got the Padak for dance and acting respectively while Nikhil Sen, Kalidas Karmakar, and Golam Mostofa got the award for drama, fine arts and photography.

Ranesh Moitro and Professor Julekha Haque (posthumous) and Mainul Islam won the award for journalism, research and economics respectively while the government announced the name of Ilias Kanchan for social work.

Syed Manzoorul Islam, Saiful Islam Khan (poet Hayat Saef), Subrata Barua, Robiul Hussain and Khalekdad Chowdhury got the award for language and literature.