Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will hand over the "Ekushey Padak-2024", the second highest civilian award in Bangladesh, to 21 eminent individuals today on the occasion of the Amar Ekushey and the International Mother Language Day.
The handover ceremony will be held at Osmani Memorial Auditorium in the capital.
President Mohammed Shahabuddin and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today issued separate messages on the occasion of awarding the Ekushey Padak.
In the separate messages, both the President and the Prime Minister wished success of the event.
This year two people received 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 Jinabodhi (education) have been named for the awards.