In recognition of their contributions to their respective fields, the government will honour 24 notable citizens with the Ekushey Padak 2022 this year.
Names of the nominees were announced through a press release, published on the Ministry of Cultural Affairs website on Thursday.
Of the 24, two will be in the language movement category, four in the liberation war category, seven in art, two in language and literature, two in social service, and four in research this year.
Besides, one each has been nominated for Ekushey Padak in Journalism, Science and Technology, and Education.
Two nominees for the category of Language Movement are Mostafa MA Matin (posthumous) and Mirza Tofazzal Hossain Mukul (posthumous).
Prof Matiur Rahman, Syed Moazzem Ali (posthumous), QABM Rahman, and Amzad Ali Khandaker have been named under Liberation War category.
Iqbal Ahmed, Mahmudur Rahman Benu and Nazrul Islam Babu (posthumous) for music; Jinat Barkatullah has been chosen for dance; Khaled Mahmud Khan (posthumous), Afzal hossain and Masum Aziz for acting.
MA Malek has been named for journalism while Prof Gautam Buddha Das for education; SM Abraham Lincoln, and Sangharaj Gyanshree Mahather for social service; Poets Kamal Chowdhury and Jharna Das Purkayasthab for language and literature category.
Anwar Hossain was nominated for science and technology; and Abdus Sattar Mandal, Enamul Haque (team), Shahanaz Sultana (team leader), and Jannatul Ferdous (team) for research.
