The government has nominated 10 distinguished persons and an organisation for Swadhinata Puroshkar (Independence Award) 2010 in recognition of their glorious contributions to the nation.
The nominated persons and organisation are AKM Samsul Haque Khan (posthumously), Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury and Belal Mohammad in the category of independence and liberation war, Prof Zillur Rahman Siddiqui and Jatin Sarker in education, Romena Afaz (posthumously) and Dr Mustafa Nur-ul Islam in literature, Waheedul Haq (posthumously), Alamgir Kabir (posthumously), Ferdousi Priyabhashini and Bangla Academy in culture, says a PID handout.