The national women's football team has won the Bangamata Begum Fazilatunnesa Mujib Padak-2023.
The Ministry of Women and Child Affairs has selected the national women's football team and four prominent women for the award, recognising their contributions to the country's politics, education, culture, sports, and research.
The award recipients are -Advocate Sahara Khatun (Posthumous) in politics, Anima Mukti Gomes in education, Nasima Jaman Bobi in culture and sports, Dr Senjuti Saha in research and Bangladesh women's national football team.
State Minister for Women and Child Affairs Fazilatunnesa Indira announced the names of awardees at a press conference at the secretariat here today.
The award giving ceremony will be held at the Osmani Memorial Auditorium in the city tomorrow.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is likely to attend the award giving ceremony as the chief guest and hand over the awards to the recipients.
The awards will be handed over on the occasion of the 93rd birth anniversary of Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib, wife of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha