Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today handed over the country’s highest national civilian award “Swadhinata Puraskar-2023” (Freedom Awards-2023) to nine distinguished individuals and one organization for their outstanding contribution in their respective fields at the national level.
He personally distributed the award at a function held at the Osmani Memorial Auditorium in the capital city.
Brave freedom fighters Col (retd) Shamsul Alam, Late Lt AG Mohd Khurshid (posthumous), Shaheed Khwaja Nizamuddin Bhuiyan (posthumous) and Mofazzal Hussain Chowdhary (Maya) Bir Bikram received the award in the category ‘Freedom and Liberation War’.