14 to get Ekushey Award 2005

The government has conferred Ekushey award 2005 on 14 eminent artistes, litterateurs, educationists, journalists, social workers and language movement heroes for their outstanding contribution in their respective fields.

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Published : 16 Feb 2005, 12:00 PM
Updated : 16 Feb 2005, 12:00 PM
Dhaka, Feb 17 (BDNews) – The government has conferred Ekushey award 2005 on 14 eminent artistes, litterateurs, educationists, journalists, social workers and language movement heroes for their outstanding contribution in their respective fields.
Each of the recipients will get cash Tk 40,000, a gold medal and a certificate.
This year's recipients are: Md Saifur Rahman and Khondoker Delwar Hossain (language movement), Syed Mujtaba Ali (litterature-posthumous), Prof Abdullah Abu Sayeed and Prof Iqbal Mahmud (education), Prof Zubaida Gulshan Ara (literature), Sreemat Bishuddhananda Mahathero (social work-posthumous), Prof Ashab Uddin Ahmad and Abu Saleh (literature), Bashir Ahmed (music), Sree Chittaranjan Saha (education), Mohammad Abdul Gafur (language movement), Abu Sattar Mohammad Shah Zaman Apel Mahmud (music) and Md Mashir Hossain (journalism).
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