Bangla Academy Literary Award 2024 suspended

Published at : 25 January 2025, 09:19 pm
Bangla Academy Literary Award 2024 suspended
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The Ministry of Cultural Affairs has suspended the announcement of winners for the Bangla Academy Literary Award 2024 which was announced two days ago to honor ten individuals for their contributions to Bangla literature.

Mostofa Sarwar Farooki, the interim government's cultural affairs adviser, confirmed the decision in a post on his verified Facebook account on Saturday night.

Professor Mohammad Azam, director general of Bangla Academy, said: "It has been suspended due to a special situation. A clarification has also been provided on Bangla Academy’s website."

On Thursday, Bangla Academy announced the names of 10 distinguished individuals for its Sahitya Puroshkar (literary awards) 2024.

Salimullah Khan was named as best essay writer, Masud Khan for poetry, Selim Morshed as best fiction writer, Subhasish Sinha in drama, Faruk Newaz in children's literature category, and GH Habib was recognised as best transcript writer.

Muhammad Shahjahan Mia was recognised in research category, Rezaur Rahman in Science category, Mohamamd Hannan in Liberation War category and Syed Jamil Ahmed in folklore category.


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