Faizunnesa Begum gets Ratnagarva Award

Faizunnesa Begam, mother of Anwar Group Bangladesh Operative Director Md Azme Shahadat Muinuddin was given Ratnagarva Award ceremonially at Shamson H Chowdhury Centre of Dhaka Club on Sunday on the occasion of International Mother’s Day.

Textile and Jute Minister Golam Dastagir Gazi, Birprotik handed over the award at the program as the chief guest.

Parliamentary Affairs Standing Committee on Youth and Sports President Abdullah Al Islam Jakob, Daffodil International University (DIU) Board of Trustees Chairman Md Sabur Khan, singer Mamataz Begum and renowned painter Mustafa Monowar were present as the special guests, DIU said in a statement.

The program was also addressed among others by Azad Products Ltd Managing Director Abul Kalam Azad, Mongla Port Authority Chairman Rear Admiral Mohammad Musa and Dhaka Club President Khondoker Mosiuzzaman.

Faizunnesa Begam was born on August 15, 1947 to a religious Muslim family. She was the 2nd child of Mokbul Hossain Mazumder and Saleha Begum.

Her first child Zannatul Mawa Beauty is District Coordinator of Chandpur Atma nibedita Mahila Songstha, second child Isme Azam Ponir is Principal Program Manager of AT&T in the USA, third child Md Azme Shahadat Muinuddin Sabur is Operational Director at Anwar Group in Bangladesh, fourth child Gause Azam Shoaib is Thana Education Officer at Bandarban. Her fifth child Sohag Hasan is former singer and now lives in Canada, sixth child Md Ahsan Habib Sohel is Editor (News and Current Affairs) at NTV, seventh child Zannatun Nayeem Polash is a social activist and eighth child Zannatul Ferdous Sumi is Professor of Botany at Rajshahi Government College.