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Ekushey Padak (Bengali: একুশে পদক, romanized: Ēkuśē Pôdôk, lit. 'Medal of the Twenty-first') is the second highest civilian award in Bangladesh, introduced in memory of the martyrs of the Bengali Language Movement of 1952. [1]
National Professor; for outstanding contribution on the field of education. [2]Shilpakala Padak; for contributions to the fields of Bangladeshi arts, theater, music, dance, instrumental music, folk music and film.
The award is traditionally presented on the eve of Independence Day in Bangladesh at a much publicized ceremony attended by several cabinet and parliament members and distinguished society guests. In 2006, the award generated some controversy as the initial list was not accepted by the Prime Minister, some government ministers had expressed ...
Bangladesh is elected to a two-year term on the UN Security Council. 3 June: Zia-ur Rahman wins presidential election and secures his position for a five-year term. 1979: 18 February: The 1979 General Election takes place. Bangladesh Nationalist Party led by Zia scores a decisive victory. [21] 1981: 30 May: Assassination of Ziaur Rahman. 1982: ...
The Bangladesh War of Independence was an armed conflict between West Pakistan, East Pakistan (i.e., between Pakistan and Bangladesh, which were at that time two parts of the same country) and India, as a result of which East Pakistan became the independent country of Bangladesh. [6] [10] Songbidhan Padak
The government of Bangladesh declared the name of the awardees in Bangladesh Gazette on 15 December 1973. In recent 1 Bir Bikrom title award postponed. So total Bir Bikram awarded person is 174. Bir Protik (Bengali: বীর প্রতীক Idol of Courage) This award was officially declared on 15 December 1973 through the Bangladesh ...
Bangladesh: Muhammad Yunus and his founding Grameen Bank jointly won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 for the contribution of the concept of the microcredit concept. 2019: Abhijit Banerjee (Hooghly, West Bengal) USA [a] Awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his outstanding work to eradicate poverty in the field of Economics [4]
After receiving the news of the important award, Yunus announced that he would use part of his share of the $1.4 million (equivalent to $2.12 million in 2023) award money to create a company to make low-cost, high-nutrition food for the poor; while the rest would go toward setting up an eye hospital for the poor in Bangladesh.