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Begum Rokeya Padak
Begum Rokeya Padak, named after Begum Rokeya, is a Bangladeshi national honour conferred on individual women for their exceptional achievement. The award is given by the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs of the Government of Bangladesh. The award recognises the pioneering contribution of an individual in empowering women and raising women's issues. Each awardee receives a gold medal weighing 25 grams of 18-karat gold, a certificate of honour, and a sum of cash. The amount of the cash reward was tk 2,00,000 from May 2017. Next it was increased to tk 4,00,000 from November 2019. Award winners As of December 2020, 61 awards had been presented: * 1995 – Shamsunnahar Mahmud * 1996 – Sufia Kamal and Nilima Ibrahim * 1997 – Nurjahan Begum * 1999 – Angela Gomes and Setara Begum (Rahman) * 2001 – Hena Das, Maliha Khatun and Beggzadi Mahmuda Nasir * 2002 – Akhtar Imam and Zohra Begum Kazi * 2003 – Taiyaba Majumder and Maleka Ashraf * 2004 – Begum Husna Ban ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dhaka
Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh, as well as the world's largest Bengali-speaking city. It is the eighth largest and sixth most densely populated city in the world with a population of 8.9 million residents as of 2011, and a population of over 21.7 million residents in the Greater Dhaka Area. According to a Demographia survey, Dhaka has the most densely populated built-up urban area in the world, and is popularly described as such in the news media. Dhaka is one of the major cities of South Asia and a major global Muslim-majority city. Dhaka ranks 39th in the world and 3rd in South Asia in terms of urban GDP. As part of the Bengal delta, the city is bounded by the Buriganga River, Turag River, Dhaleshwari River and Shitalakshya River. The area of Dhaka has been inhabited since the first millennium. An early modern city developed from the 17th century as a provincial capital and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zohra Begum Kazi
Zohra Begum Kazi (15 October 19127 November 2007) was the first Bengali Muslim female physician. She was awarded Tamgha-e-Pakistan (1964), Begum Rokeya Padak (2002) and Ekushey Padak (2008). Early life and family Kazi was born in Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh, United Provinces of British India. She has been called the Florence Nightingale of Dhaka. Kazi came from Kazi family of Gopalpur in the Madaripur District in what was then Bengal. Her father, Kazi Abdus Sattar was also a physician and a politician. At the age of 32, Kazi married a lawmaker, Razuddin Bhuiyan MLC MP, the only son of the Zamindar of Hatirdia in Monohardi Upazila, Narsingdi District. She was widowed in 1963. Although she did not have any children of her own, Kazi adopted and educated many children from impoverished families throughout Bangladesh. Her eldest brother Kazi Ashraf Mahmud was a Hindi poet. He retired as a professor of botany, Dhaka University. Mahmud is most noted for a controversial book of correspo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamida Banu Shova
Hamida Banu Shova (born 2 February 1954) is the founder and chairperson of Queens University, Bangladesh. She established this university in 1996. Career Shova is a former Jatiya Sangsad member. She served as female MP for constituency (Nilphamari-1) from 2001 to 2006 under the banner of the Awami League In Urdu language, Awami is the adjectival form for '' Awam'', the Urdu language word for common people. The adjective appears in the following proper names: *Awami Colony, a neighbourhood of Landhi Town in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan *Awami Front, wa .... She is nominated Assistant Secretaries of Sub-Committee of Bangladesh Awami League. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Shova, Hamida Banu 1954 births Living people Bangladeshi businesspeople Awami League politicians Women members of the Jatiya Sangsad 8th Jatiya Sangsad members 21st-century Bangladeshi women politicians ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syeda Jebunnesa Haque
Syeda Jebunnesa Haque (born 1 February 1944) is a Bangladesh Awami League politician. She served as a Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Reserved Women's Seat–35 during 2009–2014. Haque was awarded Begum Rokeya Padak by the Government of Bangladesh The Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh ( bn, গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশ সরকার — ) is the central executive government of Bangladesh. The government was constituted by the Con ... in 2012. Attack On 24 December 2004, a grenade attack was launched at the residence of Haque, the then president of District Mohila Awami League, while a meeting of the committee was being conducted. The house was in Sylhet City's Tantipara area. Eight leaders and activists were injured. Personal life Haque is married to Enamul Haque, also a leader of the district Awami League. References Living people 1944 births Awami League politicians Women members of the Jatiya S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahfuza Khanam
Mahfuza Khanam is a Bangladeshi academic and social activist. She is the current president of Asiatic Society of Bangladesh since January 2018. She was awarded Begum Rokeya Padak (2012) and Anannya Top Ten Awards (2013). Career While Khanam was a student of the University of Dhaka, she served as the vice-president of Dhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU). In 2009, Khanam served as the General Secretary of Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. Khanam served as the director general of Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education. She served as the chairperson of ''Khelaghar Ashor'', an organisation for children. She is also the president of several organisations including ''Manikganj Samity in Dhaka'', ''Peshajibi Nari Samaj'' (Professional Women Society) and ''Federation of World Teachers' Association'' (FWTA). She is a vice-president on the executive committee of the Itihas Academy. She also served as 15th Principal of Manikgonj Gov't Women's College, Manikgonj. Award Begu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meherunnesa Khatun
Meherun Nesa (20 August 1942 – 27 March 1971) was a poet and martyred Bengali intellectual of the Bangladesh Liberation War. Early life Nesa was born on 20 August 1942 in Khidirpur, Kolkata, West Bengal, British Raj. She did not attend school but was self-taught. She moved with her family to East Bengal, Pakistan in 1950 after the partition of India. Career Nesa worked as a copywriter in Bangla Academy, after which she worked at the Philips Radio Company starting in 1961. She worked as a copywriter in the USIS Library Dhaka operated by United States Information Agency. Nesa published her first poem, Chashi (চাষি), in 1953 in the '' Daily Sangbad''. Her poems were influenced by romanticism and realism, and expressed her political views. She demanded Bangla to be made a state language through her poetry. Her poems were published by a number of publications including Pakistani Khabar, Dainik Pakistan, Sangram and Philips Magazine, etc. She was involved in the Mass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meher Kabir
Meher Kabir (5 June 1919 – 13 October 2018) was a Bangladeshi academic and litterateur. She was awarded Begum Rokeya Padak by the Government of Bangladesh in 2010. Education and career Kabir completed her matriculation in 1936. She then studied in Bethune College for intermediate exam, Scottish Churches College for the bachelor's degree and University College of Science and Technology for her master's. She was a PhD student under the supervision of Prafulla Chandra Ray. In 1949, Kabir started her teaching career in chemistry at Comilla Victoria College. She served as a provost of Rokeya Hall of the University of Dhaka from 1963 to 1965. Kabir served as the general secretary of Bangladesh Council for Child Welfare. Personal life Meher was married to National Professor Kabir Chowdhury Kabir Chowdhury (9 February 1923 – 13 December 2011) was a Bangladeshi academic, essayist, materialist, translator, cultural worker and civil society activist. Early life and education Chow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nasrin Parvin Huq
Nasreen Pervin Huq (born Bangladesh, 18 November 1958, died Bangladesh, 24 April 2006) was a prominent women's activist and campaigner for women's rights and social justice. She died in an accident at her home in Dhaka, when she was crushed by a vehicle. The vehicle was driven by her chauffeur, who was picking her up to go to work as Director of the UK non-governmental organisation Action Aid. Though her death was ruled accidental, some think the driver was paid off by a foreign figure. Early life and education Nasreen Huq was born into a prominent Bangladeshi family; her father, Rafiqul Huq, was an engineer and her mother, Jaheda Khanum, a poet and translator of poetry. Her early education was at a Catholic Missionary School in Bangladesh (Holy Cross Girls' School and College). Her parents then sent her as a teenager to The Hockaday School, a private girls school in Dallas, Texas. After graduating with a bachelor's degree in biology from the State University of New York at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sultana Zaman (psychologist)
Sultana Zaman (9 June 1932 – 22 March 2020) was a Bangladeshi psychologist, academic, and philanthropist. She was the founder of Bangladesh Protibandhi Foundation (BPF), an organization for the mentally disabled people. She was awarded Begum Rokeya Padak in 2008 by the Government of Bangladesh. Education and career Zaman started her college education late in life, specializing in psychology and started working with the intellectually disabled in 1973. She completed her B.A. and M.A. degrees from the University of Dhaka. She earned her Ph.D. from Emory University in 1975. She as a faculty member in the psychology department of the University of Dhaka for 33 years and as a professor from 1975 to 2000. She was a visiting professor in the Department of Special Education at the University of Manchester for four months from April 1992. She was made Professor of Emeritus in September 2008 at the University of Dhaka. Working with the disabled In 1972, Zaman established a school, ''Dee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hosne Ara Begum
Hosne Ara Begum ( bn, হোসনে আরা বেগম) is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the former Member of Bangladesh Parliament The Jatiya Sangsad ( bn, জাতীয় সংসদ, lit=National Parliament, translit=Jatiyô Sôngsôd), often referred to simply as the ''Sangsad'' or JS and also known as the House of the Nation, is the supreme legislative body of ... from reserved seat no.-37. Career Begum was elected to parliament from reserved seat as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate in 2014. References Awami League politicians Living people 10th Jatiya Sangsad members Women members of the Jatiya Sangsad 21st-century Bangladeshi women politicians 21st-century Bangladeshi politicians 1965 births {{AwamiLeague-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latifa Akand
Latifa or Lateefa is a feminine Arabic (لٓطِيفٓة) given name which means "gentle" or "pleasant". It corresponds to the masculine Latif. Notable persons Lateefa * Lateefa Al Gaood, Bahraini politician * Lateefah Simon, American activist Latifa * Latifa (singer), or Latifa Arfaoui, Tunisian pop music singer * Princess Fawzia-Latifa of Egypt, Egyptian princess * Latifa Baka, Moroccan author * Latifa Elouadrhiri, Moroccan physicist * Lalla Latifa Hammou, widow of king Hassan II * Latifa bint Mohammed Al Maktoum, UAE princess * Latifa Ben Mansour, Algerian writer and linguist * Latifa bint Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi royal * Latifa bint Fahd Al Saud, Saudi royal * Latifa al-Zayyat, Egyptian activist and writer Latifah * Queen Latifah Dana Elaine Owens (born March 18, 1970), known professionally as Queen Latifah, is an American rapper, actress, and singer. Born in Newark, New Jersey, she signed with Tommy Boy Records in 1989 and released her debut album '' All Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dilara Chowdhury
Dilara or Delara can be a given name or surname in several languages. Delara (Persian language, Persian: دلآرا-دلارا) is a Persian language, Persian female first name popular in Iran and other Persian speaking countries such as Afghanistan and Tajikistan. Dilara is popular in Turkic countries such as Azerbaijan and Turkey. It is a compound word of Persian origin that consists of two parts: "Del"+"-ara". In Persian, "del" (''دل)'' is a noun meaning heart, and "ara" is a suffix that comes from the Persian verb ''ārāstan'' (آراستن), meaning adorner, beautifier, and embellisher. According to the ''Dehkhoda Dictionary'', Dilara can be translated as "she who delights the heart", "she who is pleasing" or "what makes heart beautiful". Dilara or Delara can be also a variant of the Spanish or French habitational name Lara. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
