Raij Uddin's name dropped from Independence Award list

The name of SM Raij Uddin Ahmed has been dropped from the list of "Independence Award-2020".

Cabinet division issued a revised notification in this regard on Thursday (March 12).

Earlier, Raij Uddin was nominated for the prestigious award in the literature category. Later, centering the issue, faultfinders started criticism on social networking sites.

On February 20, the government picked nine renowned personalities and an organisation "Independence Award 2020", the highest state award, in recognition of their outstanding contributions to their respective fields.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to hand over the awards to the winners on March 25.


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