21 get Ekushey Padak 2018

The government has announced names of 21 eminent citizens for awarding prestigious Ekushey Padak 2018, the second highest civilian awards in Bangladesh, for their contribution in respective fields.

An official release of the cultural ministry disclosed the names of the recipients on Thursday.

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina will hand over the Ekushey Padak to the awardees on 20 February at Osmani Memorial Auditorium, reports UNB.

AZM Takiullah (posthumous) and prefessor Mirza Mazharul Islam got the award for 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) were named 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 prefessor Julekha Haque (posthumous) and Mainul Islam won the award for journalism, research and economics respectively while Ilias Kanchan for social services.

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

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