Bangla Academy honours Hasina, Amartya
Saturday, 31 December 2011
Bangla Academy on Friday conferred honorary fellowship on Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina and Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen, reports UNB.
Bangla Academy Fellow and National Professor AF Salahuddin Ahmed handed over the crests and certificates to the PM and Amartya Sen at the 34th Annual General Meeting of Bangla Academy.
Former vice chancellor of Rabindra Bharati University Pobitra Sarkar handed over 'Bangla Grammar Books' to Sheikh Hasina, while Prof Rafiqul Islam to Dr Amartya Sen. Addressing the function, the PM said her government is continuing its efforts to establish Bangla in every sphere of society as well as its inclusion as an official language of the United Nations.