7 named for ‘Shilpakala Padak 2018’

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City Desk :
Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy announced the names of seven personalities for the ‘Shilpakala Padak 2018’ in seven categories.
The awardees are: Goura Gopal Halder in music, Sunil Chandra Das in instrumental music, Jayanta Chattapadhya in recitation, Shukla Sarker in dance, Alakesh Ghosh in fine arts, Mina Barua in folk culture and M Hamid in dramatics.
Shilpakala Academy Director General Liakat Ali Lucky announced the names of the awardees on Tuesday at a press conference held at the academy in the city’s Segunbagicha.
Each awardee will get a cheque of Taka one lakh, a certificate and a crest, he said.
President Abdul Hamid will formally hand over the award to the recipients at a function today.
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