Five to receive Fazilatun Nesa Mujib Award
Sunday, 7 August 2022
The government has named five "outstanding personalities" as the recipients of the "Bangamata Begum Fazilatun Nesa Mujib Award" 2022 - considered the highest state award for women in the "Ka" category - for their contributions to different sectors, reports UNB.
State Minister for Women and Children Affairs Fazilatun Nessa Indira announced the names during a press briefing in Dhaka on Saturday.
The government has introduced the award to recognise five Bangladeshi women in politics, economics, education, culture and sports, social services, independence and liberation war, research, and agriculture and rural development every year.