7 veterans to receive BSA Padak 2018
Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Wednesday announced the names of seven personalities for the 'Shilpakala Padak 2018' in seven categories, reports BSS.
The awardees are: Goura Gopal Halder in music, Sunil Chandra Das in instrumental music, Jayanta Chattapadhya in recitation, Shukla Sarker in dance, Alakesh Ghose in fine arts, Mina Barua in folk culture and M Hamid in dramatics. Each award will get a cheque of Taka one lakh, a certificate and a crest, he said.
President Abdul Hamid will hand over the awards at 3pm at the National Theatre Hall of BSA in Segun Bagicha of the capital. Chaired by Additional Secretary of Cultural Affairs Ministry Abu Hena Mostofa Kamal, State Minister for Cultural Affairs KM Khalid will be present as special guest at the event. BSA director Liaquat Ali Lucky will deliver welcome speech at the award ceremony.
Additional Secretary of the Cultural Affairs Ministry Roksana Malek and Secretary of the academy Badrul Alam Bhiuyan were present at the press conference among others. The Shilpakala Academy has been conferring the 'Shilpakala Padak' since 2013 under the initiative of Cultural Affairs Ministry. After the discussion and award distribution, the artistes of BSA will perform acrobatics at the event.
However, a 16-member nomination committee, comprising of BSA director general secretary, six directors, seven cultural personalities and one representative from the Cultural Affairs Ministry, selected this year's awardees.
