The Ekushey Padak in Journalism is a national and second-highest civilian award for journalists in Bangladesh. The Ekushey Padak has been awarded in this field since 1976 to recognize outstanding contributions to journalism in Bangladesh. The award was introduced in 1976 in memory of the martyrs of the Language Movement. Each recipient is awarded a medal, a certificate of honor, a replica, and a cash prize. The Ekushey Padak is a 35-gram medal made of 18-carat gold, designed by Nitun Kundu. Initially, the prize money was 25,000 taka; it has now been increased to 2 lakh taka.
List of winners +YearWinners1976Tofazzal Hossain Manik MiaAbul Kalam ShamsuddinAbdus Salam1977Khandaker Abdul Hamid1978Sirajuddin Hossain1979Abdul WahabMohammad Modabber1980Mujibur Rahman Khan1981Obaid ul HaqZahur Hossain Chowdhury1982Sanaullah Noori1983Shahidullah KaiserSyed NooruddinAbu Jafar Shamsuddin1984Sikandar Abu Zafar1985Not awarded1986Not awarded1987Nurul Islam PatwarySM Ahmed Humayun1988Not awarded1989Muhammad Asaf-ud-DaulahAKM Shahidul Haque1990Abdul Ghani Hazari1991Faiz Ahmed1992Gias Kamal ChowdhuryAtaus Samad1993Riaz Uddin Ahmed1994Hasanuzzaman Khan1995Nizam Uddin Ahmed1996Md. Kamruzzaman1997Santosh GuptaMunajatuddin1998Rokonuzzaman KhanAbul Kashem Sandwip1999ABM MusaKhondakar Golam Mustafa2000Not awarded2001Not awarded2002Serajur Rahman2003Abdul HamidNazim Uddin Mostan2004Enayetullah Khan2005Mashir Hossain2006Gaziul Hasan KhanShahadat Chowdhury2007Not awarded2008Not awarded2009Ashraf-uz-Zaman KhanManik Chandra SahaHumayun Kabir Balu2010Mohammad Alam2011Nurjahan Begum2012Ehtesham Haider ChowdhuryAshfaq Munier Chowdhury2013Not awarded2014Golam Sarwar2015Kamal Lohani2016Toab Khan2017Abul MomenSwadesh Roy2018Ranesh Moitra2019Not awarded2020Zafar Wazed2021Ajoy Dasgupta2022M. A. Malek2023Shah Alamgir2024Not awarded2025Mahfuz Ullah
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