24 eminent citizens named for Ekushey Padak 2022

The government has selected 24 eminent citizens of the country for Ekushey Padak 2022, second highest civilian honour, to for their outstanding contributions to their respective fields, says a press release issued by the Ministry of Cultural Affairs Thursday.
According to the decision of The Cultural Affairs Ministry Mustafa MA Matin and Mirza Tofazzal Hossain Mukul won the award posthumously for their contribution to Language Movement while Zeenat Barkatullah was named for dance, Mahmudur Rahman Benu, Iqbal Ahmed and Nazrul Islam Babu (posthumously) for music, Khaled Mahmud Khan (posthumously), Afzal Hossain and Masum Aziz for acting, Md Matiur Rahman, Syed Moazzem Ali (posthumously).
QABM Rahman and Amzad Ali Khandakar have been selected for the Ekushey Padak for Liberation War while MA Malek for journalism, Md Anwar Hossain for science and technology, Gautam Buddha Das for education, SM Abraham Lincoln and Sangharaj Gyanashri Mahather for social service, Jharna Das Purkayastha for language and literature, Kamal Chowdhury for language and literature, Md Abdus Sattar Mandal for research, Md Enamul Haque (team) for research, Shahnaz Sultana (team) for research and Jannatul Ferdous (team) for research.