Anjir Liton received Shishu Sahitya Award

Agrani Bank- Bangladesh Shishu Academy Shishu Sahitya Puraskar from the Bangla calendar 1414-1417 was recently announced. The award-giving ceremony was held at the premises of the Bangladesh Shishu Academy in the city on October 4. Tariq-ul Islam, secretary of the ministry for women and children affairs was present as chief guest. Essayist-poet Professor Hayat Mamud and Obaidullah Al Masud, deputy managing director of Agrani Bank Ltd were present as special guests. Mohammad Nuruzzaman, director of Bangladesh Shishu Academy presided over the event.

The awards were given in varied categories of children's literature -- rhyme-poetry-song, story-novel-mythology, health-science-technology, acting, documentary and filmmaking, biography-essay, translation-travelogue, health-science-technology, photography and cover illustration.

The awardees are Syed Enayet Hossain, Akteruzzaman Elias (posthumous), Ramzan Mahmud, Rafiqur Rashid, Arif Hasan, Dhrubo Esh, Sukumar Barua, Ahmed Riaz, Shafiul Alam, Kabir Chowdhury (posthumous), Shajal Ashfaq, Azizur Rahman, Aslam Sani, Suchorita Chowdhury, Subrata Barua, Shekhor Roy, Firoz Salahuddin, Faridur Reza Sagor, Obaidul Gani Chandan, Shamsuzzaman Khan, Kamal Hossain, Sudeepto Salam, Oporesh Bandyopadhyay, Begum Mamtaz Hossain, Anjir Liton and Shohag Parvez.

The winners received a citation, crest and Tk 15,000 each.