List of names announced for Bangla Academy Award postponed
The names of 10 poets and writers were announced for the Bangla Academy Literary Award 2024 on Thursday (January 23). The list of names announced for that award has been postponed, said Cultural Adviser Mostafa Sarwar Farooqui.
He announced this in a post on his verified Facebook on Saturday (January 25) night.
In the post, he wrote, the list of names announced for the Bangla Academy Award has been postponed. It is also necessary to say that our first task is to quickly review the strange policies that allow such bizarre and quota awards. In addition, how will the Bangla Academy be run, what policies will it follow - all these have to be seen. We will now move towards radical reform of the academy. The country will be reformed, why not reform the Bangla Academy?
Earlier, on January 23, this award was announced in a notification signed by Director General Professor Mohammad Azam with the approval of the Bangla Academy Executive Council.
The awardees are - Masud Khan in poetry, Salim Morshed in fiction, Shubhashis Sinha in drama and dramatic literature, Salimullah Khan in essays/prose, Faruk Nawaz in children's literature, GH Habib in translation, Muhammad Shahjahan Mia in research, Rezaur Rahman in science, Mohammad Hannan in the Liberation War and Syed Jamil Ahmed in folklore.