Bangla Academy announces awards

Anwara Syed Huq and Rabiul Husain are among the six winners of this year's Bangla Academy awards.

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Published : 19 Feb 2010, 08:21 AM
Updated : 19 Feb 2010, 08:21 AM
Dhaka, Dec 19 (bdnews24.com) — Anwara Syed Huq and Rabiul Husain are among the six winners of this year's Bangla Academy awards.
The academy will award six authors for their contributions to literature in 2009 said a press release on Friday.
For their contribution in poetry, Arunav Sarkar and Rabiul Husain will be given the honour.
Anwara Syed Huq and Sushanta Majumder have been nominated as novelists.
Dr Abul Ahsan Chowdhury was chosen for research and Rafiqul Haque for children's literature.
The authors are scheduled to be honoured on Feb 27 at 4.00pm. They will be given crests and prize money of Tk 1 lakh at the academy on Feb 27 at 4.00pm.
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