Rafiq, Arefin receive IFIC Bank Sahitya Puroshkar

Veteran language activist and literary personality Ahmed Rafiq and novelist Mashrur Arefin are going to receive the ‘IFIC Bank Sahitya Puroskar’ for 2019.

Ahmad Rafiq has been selected as the best writer for his essay ‘Bhasha Andolon: Teknaf to Tetulia’ and Masroor Arefin for his novel ‘August Abchaya’.

The award will be handed over to the selected writers through a formal ceremony very soon, IFIC Bank said in a statement.

IFIC Bank has launched ‘IFIC Bank Sahitya Puroskar’ to encourage creative literature by recognising the creative talents of contemporary living writers of Bengali language and literature with the slogan ‘IFIC Bank is a Companion of Creative Literature’.

The bank has been giving this literary prize since 2011 for the best two books of the first edition published in the Bengali language in Bangladesh from six branches of literature every year.