Bangla Academy Awards announced

Eminent poets Sanaul Haque and Abid Anwar are among the recipients of this year’s Bangla Academy Literary Award for their contribution to Bangla literature.

Director General of the academy Prof Shamsuzzamn Khan announced the names of the award winners on Monday from the Mela Mancha (fair stage) of the month-long Ekushey Book Fair.

He said that the executive working committee of the academy selected the winners of the prestigious award based on the decision of the jury board.

Other winners of the award include Harishanker Jaldas in folk literature (Katha Sahitya) category and Sanath Kumar Saha in essay.

Sirajul Haque won the award in the research category, Fakhrul Alam in translation literature, Mahbub Talukder in children’s literature, Mahbub Alam for his contribution in Liberation War-related writings and Tapan Chakrabarty in science, technology and environment category.

However, no-one was selected for the travelogue, playwright and autobiography categories as no suitable candidates were found.