Bangla Academy has awarded seven prominent individuals for contributions in the literary and cultural fields and honorary fellowships to seven eminent personalities on Friday.
The academy handed over the awards and fellowships at its 44th annual general meeting organised at the 'Nazrul Mancha' on the premises of Bangla Academy on Friday noon.
Poet, writer and organiser Dr Tasikul Islam Raja received the S’adat Ali Akhand Sahitya Puraskar 2021, Ornithologist Enam Ul Haque received Meher Kabir Bigyansahitya Puraskar 2021, Saumitra Chakravarty won the Halima-Sarfuddin Bigyan Lekhak Puraskar 2021, Ferdousi Mazumder received the maiden edition of the Adhyapak Momtazuddin Ahmed Natyajan Puraskar 2021.
Besides, Sirajul Islam won the Sahityik Mohammed Barkatullah Prabandhasahitya Puraskar 2021, renowned Bangladeshi rhymester Sukumar Barua won the Mazharul Islam Kabita Puraskar 2021 and Dr Atiur Rahman, former Governor of the Bangladesh Bank, received the Rabindra Puraskar 2021 at the event.
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