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Published: 07 Mar 2021 05:37 PM BdST
Updated: 07 Mar 2021 06:20 PM BdST
The government has named nine individuals, including worker leader Ahsanullah Master, poet Mahadev Saha and businessman-politician Akhtaruzzaman Chowdhury Babu, and one state-run organisation for the 2021 Independence Awards. );
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Four recipients of Bangladesh’s highest civilian awards have been named posthumously, according to a notice released by the Cabinet Division on Sunday.
Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council, abbreviated as BARC, was one of the awardees. Ahsanullah Master, Mahadev Saha and Akhtaruzzaman Chowdhury Babu
Besides Ahsanullah and Akhtaruzzaman, AKM Bazlur Rahman and Brig Gen Khurshid Uddin Ahmed have been named for the awards for their contribution to independence and the Liberation War.
Swadhinata Padak: Govt picks 9 persons, 1 organisation
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The government has finalised the names of nine noted personalities and one organisation to be honoured with the Swadhinata Padak-2021 in recognition of their outstanding contribution at the national level.
The cabinet department of the government issued a press release in this regard today.
AKM Bazlur Rahman, Ahsan Ullah Master, Freedom Fighter Brig Gen Khurshid Uddin Ahmed and Akhtaruzzaman Chowdhury Babu were posthumously nominated for the award for their contribution to the country s Independence and Liberation War.
Other than that, Dr Mrinmoy Guha Niyogi has been nominated for his contribution to science and technology, Mahadev Saha for literature, Ataur Rahman and Gazi Mazharul Anwar for culture and Professor M Amzad Hossain was nominated for social and public service.