In honor of Amar Ekushey and International Mother Language Day, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will present the “Ekushey Padak-2024” to 21 distinguished people today.
At a function at Osmani Memorial Auditorium here at 11 am, the prime will present the Ekushey Padak, the second-highest civilian award in Bangladesh.
On the occasion of presenting the Ekushey Padak, President Mohammed Shahabuddin and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina released separate statements yesterday.
In the separate messages, both the President and the Prime Minister wished success of the event.
The nation is set to observe the “Amar Ekushey and the International Mother Language Day” on February 21 to pay glowing tributes to the Language Movement martyrs who made supreme sacrifice for the cause of the mother language on this day in 1952.
The premier said a total of 21 individuals will get the country’s second-highest civilian award, the Ekushey Padak, this year in recognition of their contributions to various fields. A total of 565 distinguished individuals and reputed institutions were awarded ‘Ekushey Padak’ in recognition of their contributions in various fields in national life, the premier mentioned.
This year two people got the award in the Language Movement category, one in making documentation on the Liberation War, 11 in Shilpakala (acting, music, recitation, arts and painting), two in social service, one in education and four in language and literature.
Md Ashrafuddin Ahmed and valiant Freedom Fighter Hatem Ali Mia (posthumously) have been named for the award in the Language Movement category.
Jalal Uddin Kha (posthumously), Freedom Fighter Kolyani Ghose, Bidit Lal Das (posthumously), Andru Kishore (posthumously) and Shuvra Deb will receive the award in the category of Shilpakala (music) while Shibli Mohammad in Shilpakala (dance), Doly Zahur and MA Alamgir in Shilpakala (acting), Khan Md Mustafa Walid (Shimul Mustafa), Rupa Chakrabarti in Shilpakala (recitation), Shajahan Ahmed Bikash in Shilpakala (painting), Kawsar Chowdhury in Shilpakala (documentation), Md Ziaul Haque and Rafique Ahmed in social service, Muhammad Samad, Luthfur Rahman Ritan, Minar Mansur and Rudra Muhammad Shahidullah (posthumously) (language and literature) and Professor Dr venerable Jinabodhi (education) have been named for the awards.
The cultural affairs ministry confers the award with a gold medal, a certificate of honour and cash.
