10 personalities, one organization to get Independence Award

The government on Tuesday announced the names of the recipients of this year’s Independence Award (Shadhinota Padak) in recognition of their glorious and remarkable contribution at the national level.

According to a press release issued by the cabinet division, 10 eminent persons and one organization will get this award.

A total of 5 people are getting the award in the ‘Independence and Liberation War’ category. They are freedom fighter Ilias Ahmed Chowdhury, martyr Colonel Khandaker Nazmul Huda (Bir Bikram), Abdul Jalil, Siraj Uddin Ahmed and the late Sirajul Haque.

Professor Kanak Kanti Barua and Professor Md Kamrul Islam are receiving awards in the ‘Medical’ category.

In the ‘Literature’ category the award was given to late Md Amir Hamza and late architect Syed Moinul Islam in getting the award in the ‘Architecture’ category.

The Bangladesh Wheat and Maize Research Institute is receiving the award for ‘Research and Training’.

Independence Award is the highest state award in Bangladesh. Since 1977, the government has been giving the award every year on the occasion of Independence Day on March 26.

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