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'Ekushey Padak-2021' to be distributed on Saturday

Published : Friday, 19 February, 2021 at 9:39 PM  Count : 638

'Ekushey Padak-2021' to be distributed on Saturday

'Ekushey Padak-2021' to be distributed on Saturday


The Ekushey Padak 2021 will be awarded to 21 personalities at a function at Osmani Memorial Auditorium in Dhaka at 11 am on Saturday, reports BSS.

The government announced the names of 21 eminent personalities for the 'Ekushey Padak-2021' for their outstanding contributions to respective fields, on February 4 last.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to attend the programme virtually as the chief guest.

The awardees are: Motahar Hossain Talukder (posthumous), Shamsul Huque (posthumous) and Advocate Afsar Uddin Ahmed (posthumous) for their roles in the Language Movement.

Begum Papia Sarwar in Music, Raisul Islam Asad and Salma Begum Sujata in Acting, Ahmed Iqbal Haidar in Drama and Syed Salahuddin Zaki in Film, Dr Bhaskar Bandopadhay in Recitation and Pavel Rahman in Photography.

Golam Hasnayen, Fazlur Rahman Khan Faruk and Syeda Isabela (posthumous) will get the award for their contributions to the Liberation War, while Ajay Dasgupta for his contributions to Journalism, Prof Dr Samir Kumar Saha for Research, Mahfuza Khanam for Education, Dr Mirza Abdul Jalil for Economics and Prof Kazi Kamruzzaman for Social Services and Poet Kazi Rosy, Bulbul Chowdhury and Golam Murshid for their contributions to Language and Literature.

President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday issued separate messages on the occasion of awarding the Ekushey Padak this year.

In separate messages, on the eve of the event, they wished success of the event.

In his message, President Abdul Hamid said the great language movement is an unforgettable event in the national history.

The seed of Bangladesh's independence was sown through the language movement, the head of the state added.

He recalled that Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who led the All Party Council for Struggle on State Language formed in 1948 to demand mother tongue.

He paid his deep respect to the memory of the immortal martyrs of the country's long struggle for independence, including the great language movement of February 21, 1952.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, in her message, paid her deep respect to the memory of all the martyrs who sacrificed their lives to protect the dignity of the mother language 'Bangla' on February 21, 1952.

With utmost respect, the premier remembered the entire language movement veterans, including the greatest Bengali of all time, Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who led the fight for the dignity of the Bengali language.

"We are awarding the glorious Ekushey Padak in honor of those who have made great contribution in various fields in the development of art, literature, science and culture of the country and in building an enlightened society with the spirit of Ekushey," she added.

SZA






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