According to an official handout, the recipients of the country’s highest state honour in Liberation War and Independence category are martyred intellectual Mufazzal Haider Chaudhury and martyr ATM Zafar Alam, Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque and former Housing and Public Works Minister Mosharraf Hossain, Dr Kazi Misbahun Nahar, late Prof Abdul Khaleque, late Prof Mohammad Khaled.
Brigadier General Dr Nurunnahar Fatema Begum will receive the award in Medical Science, while Dr Qazi Kholiquzzaman Ahmad in Social Service, Murtaja Bashir in Culture, Hasan Azizul Haque in Literature, Prof Dr Hasina Khan in Research and Training.
The Bangladesh Atomic Research Institute will receive an award in Science and Technology category.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will hand over the awards at a function at Bangabandhu International Conference Center in the city on March 25.
Since 1977, Bangladesh has honoured individuals and institutions with the award every year ahead of Independence Day on Mar 26.