Amin Jewellers has honored 27 veterans of the country in recognition of their significant contributions to respective fields on the occasion of its golden jubilee.
The awards were handed to the intellectuals at a splendid programme held at the Hall of Fame of Bangabandhu International Conference Center (BICC) in the capital yesterday.
Each awardee received an honorarium of Tk3 lakh, a medal of two bhori (1 bhori = 11.664 grams) of gold, a crest and an uttorio (A piece of decorated cloth given to someone as a mark of honour).
The 27 were accorded warm reception in presence of an audience of around 2,000 individuals at the event.
The award recipients included AKM Zakaria (Archaeologist), Prof Anisuzzaman (Educationist and Intellectual), Ashalata Baidya (Freedom Fighter), AM Harun Ar Rashid (Scientist and Technologist), AK Azad Khan (Doctor), Kakon Bibi (Freedom Fighter) and Jamilur Reza Chowdhury (Civil Engineer).
