Following hardcore Awami supporters received 2009 Ekushey Padak. We should re-name it as "Digital Awami Padak".
The distinguished Awami supporters are: Dr Borhan Uddin Khan Jahangir (education; he does not take his classes regularly; too much busy with politics and toletics), Prof Dr Syed Anwar Hossain (research-what research he did? Name few world class or Bangladesh Standard books he wrote), Mahbub-Ul Alam Chowdhury (language movement-posthumous), Ashraf-uz Zaman Khan (journalism-posthumous), Begum Bilkis Nasir Uddin (music-I have not heard this name before), Manik Chandra Saha (journalism-posthumous; greatest Awami Journalist), Humayun Kabir Balu (journalism-posthumous; greatest Awami Journalist), Begum Selina Hossain (literature; hardcore Awami activist), Shamsuzzaman Khan (research-what research he did?), Dr Quazi Khaliquzzaman Ahmad (poverty alleviation-how many people he brought out of poverty?), Mohammad Rafi Khan (social service-who is this guy anyway?), Mansur-ul-Karim (fine arts; by the way who is this guy?) and Ramendu Majumdar (theatre-oh! my God Ramu also awarded!)
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