Noted educationalist Prof Abdullah Abu Sayeed was presented with Khan Muhammad Farabi Memorial Award yesterday.
The award was presented to the Bishwa Sahitya Kendra's founder at a programme organised by Sahitya Academy, a Brahmanbaria-based cultural organisation, in the capital's Central Public Library.
The award comes after cultural personality and poet Khan Muhammad Farabi. Born in 1952 in Brahmanbaria district and a student of Dhaka University's economics department, the young poet passed away in 1974 at the age of 22 due to cancer.
Eminent columnist Syed Abul Maksud addressed the programme.