National Sports Awards (Bangladesh) Explained

National Sports Awards
First:	1976
Last:	2012
Discipline:	athletics and organizers

National Sports Awards are given by the Ministry of Youth and Sports, Government of Bangladesh for specific contributions in the field of games and sports.^{[1] [2]} The award was introduced in 1976.^[3] As of 2011, total 175 sports personalities won the award.^[3]

Awards

The awardees include the organisers of games and sports, and the individuals displaying extraordinary performances in football, hockey, cricket, swimming, shooting, chase, and athletics. Each awardee is entitled to a gold medal and twenty thousand taka in cash.^[4] Next the amount of cash was increased to tk 50,000 in May 2017 and now tk 1,00,000 each from November 2019. ^[5]

See also

• Sport in Bangladesh

Notes and References

1. Book: Khan, Sanjida . 2012 . National Awards . http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=National_Awards . Islam . Sirajul . Sirajul Islam . Jamal . Ahmed A. . Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh . Second . Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
2. News: National Sports Awards given . The Daily Star . 26 February 2015.
3. News: The left-out nat'l award winners!. February 18, 2011. February 16, 2017. The Daily Star.
4. News: PM gives away national sports awards . bdnews24 . 26 February 2015.
5. Web site: National awards money doubled, amount for Independence Award raised to Tk 500,000. Senior. Correspondent. bdnews24.com.