Fifteen personalities have been given the prestigious Ekushey Award-2010 for their outstanding contribution to art and culture, literature, education, journalism, research, fine arts, social work and the language movement.
The recipients are: Dr Golam Mawla (posthumously -- Language Movement), poet Mohammad Rafiq (Literature), Syed Ahmed (posthumously -- Literature), Ms. Helena Khan (Literature), Dr Muntasir Uddin Khan Mamun (Muntasir Mamun) (research), ASHK Sadique (posthumously), Sangharaj Jyotipal Mohathero (posthumously) and A K M Hanif (Hanif Sangket) (social work), Partho Pratim Majumder (mime), Nasir Uddin Yusuf (drama), AKM Abdur Rouf (posthumously) and Imdad Hossain (artists), Ahmed
Imtiaz Bulbul (composer), Begum Laila Hasan (dance) and photo journalist Mohammad Alam (posthumously -- journalism).
According to a government announcement on Tuesday, each recipient will get Taka 1,00,000, a three-vori gold medal and a citation.