15 people have been honored with the newly introduced ‘Apsheen Deshatrei Begum Khaleda Zia Smriti Gold Medal-2026’ award. BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir is also named among them. This information was informed in a press release on Friday.
It is said that New York-based ‘Bangladesh Pravasi Nagrik Committee, Inc’ has launched this award in memory of late former Prime Minister and BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia.
Each year meritorious persons who have contributed to the development of the country will be honored with this award. The awardees are Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister and BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku; Dr. Minister of Women and Children Affairs. A Z M Zahid Hossain; Prime Minister’s Adviser Ismail Zabiullah; Minister of State for Youth and Sports Aminul Haque; Advisor to Prime Minister Mahdi Amin; Bangladesh News Agency (BASS) Managing Director and Chief Editor Kamal Uddin Sabuj; Sanjida Islam Tuli, organizer of ‘Mayer Dak’; Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) President Tamim Iqbal; Literary dr. Mahbub Hasan; Poet Abdul Hai Shikder; Journalist Ashraf Kaiser; Industrialist Dr. Abul Kashem Haider; Businessman Abdul Haque and Fatema Begum (Begum Zia’s personal assistant).
