Five women receive ‘Bangamata Begum Fazilatunnesa Mujib Award’

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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday handed over the newly- introduced “Bangamata Begum Fazilatunnesa Mujib Award” to five women in recognition of their outstanding contributions to different sectors.

The recipients are – freedom fighter from Prof Momtaz Begum (posthumous) Brahmanbaria in Independence and Liberation War category; Tangail’s Joya Pati (posthumous) in Education,

Culture and Sports; Nurunnahar Begum from Pabna in Agriculture and Rural Development; freedom fighter Principal Jobeda Khatun Parul from Comilla in Politics; and Netrakona’s Nadira Jahan (Surma Jahid) in Research.

The award is considered as the highest state award for women in the “Ka” category (Category A), according to the Women’s and Children Ministry.

The award-giving ceremony was held at the Osmani Memorial Auditorium in Dhaka.

Organized by the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina joined the ceremony virtually as the chief guest.

The government has introduced the award to recognize five Bangladeshi women in different categories — politics, economics, education, culture and sports, social services, independence and Liberation War, research, and agriculture and rural development — every year.

Each awardee received a medal made of 40 gm of 18-carat gold, a replica of the medal, a cheque for Tk4 lakh and a certificate of honour.

Begum Fazilatunnessa, the PM’s mother and wife of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, embraced martyrdom along with Bangabandhu and other family members in a brutal attack by some army personnel on August 15, 1975.

She was born at Tungipara in Gopalganj on August 8, 1930 and struggled for an independent Bangladesh alongside Bangabandhu.

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