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The award was published by the Bangladesh Gazette on 15 December 1973. It is the highest military award of Bangladesh, similar to the American Medal of Honor or the British Victoria Cross. It has only been given in 1973 to seven people. Listed below are the people who have received the Bir Srestho. They are all considered 'Shaheed' (Martyrs).
The second edition was released in 1997, [1] followed by an expanded, refined, and revised third edition in 2011, published by the Bangla Academy. [3] The second edition incorporated portraits of approximately 700 prominent individuals and provided insights into the lives of nearly 1,000 notable Bengali intellectuals and luminaries. [citation ...
They are awarded to freedom fighters who showed utmost bravery and fought against the Pakistan Army in the Bangladesh Liberation War. All of these awards were introduced immediately after the Liberation War in 1971. The 'Nakeeb Padak' (Bangla: নকীব পদক) has been awarded since 2021 for the contribution to Bengali literature.
The first Bangla books to be printed were those written by Christian missionaries. Dom Antonio's Brahmin-Roman-Catholic Sambad, for example, was the first Bangla book to be printed towards the end of the 17th century. Bangla writing was further developed as Bengali scholars wrote textbooks for Fort William College. Although these works had ...
On 23 January 2025, Bangla Academy announced a list of 10 awardees. [9] Two days later, the list was suspended. [10] On 29 January, a new list was published excluding the names of three people from the original list. [11] Masud Khan (poetry) Shubhashis Sinha (drama) Salimullah Khan (prose) G H Habib (translation) Mohammad Shahjahan Mia (research)
In Bangladesh, parents ordinarily select spouses for their children, although men frequently exercise some influence over the choice of their spouses. In middle-class urban families men negotiate their own marriages. Only in the most sophisticated elite class does a woman participate in her own marriage arrangements.
Ekushey Padak in Art (Bengali: শিল্পকলায় একুশে পদক) is given to recognize the unique contribution of music, charisma, dance, drama and films of Bangladesh. [8] In 1977, for the first time, Ekushey Padak was introduced in the beginning Abdul Alim , Altaf Mahmud , Gul Mohammad Khan , Ferdousi Rahman , Zaheer ...
Mujib's telegram was widely reported on radio on 26 March 1971. M. A. Hannan, secretary of the AL in Chittagong, read out the statement in Bengali at 2.30 pm and 7.40 pm from a radio station in Chittagong. The text of the Hannan's broadcast stated the following. Today Bangladesh is a sovereign and independent country.