There was confusion in the Bangla Academy Award selection process: Cultural Adviser

  • Staff Correspondent, Barta24.com, Dhaka
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The Bangla Academy was organized according to the wishes of people with special views and groups. There was also confusion in the award selection process. Now it will be reorganized.

Cultural Affairs Adviser Mostafa Sarwar Farooqui said these things at a press conference in the meeting room of the Ministry of Cultural Affairs at the Secretariat on Sunday (January 26).

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The adviser said that the Bangla Academy was made a haven for people with special views and groups, and was not kept as a place for new ideas to enter.

Meanwhile, the Director General of the Bangla Academy said that when the award was recently announced, there were discussions from various quarters. After that, we took the matter into consideration and temporarily suspended the list. We will review the list, if anyone is proven guilty of murder or inciting a mass uprising or is involved in anti-people politics or is involved in any criminal activity, then his name will be removed from the list.

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Regarding the verification before publishing the names, the Director General said, we did not want to make any mistake in the process. But actually we made a mistake. We tried to maintain the entire process. That is why we have temporarily suspended them for 3 working days.

Regarding the verification process, he said, this verification process will be completed in coordination with the intelligence agencies and those who have the legal basis.

Earlier, on Saturday (January 25), the list was suspended in a notice signed by Bangla Academy Director General Professor Mohammad Azam. It said, a meeting of the 'Bangla Academy Literary Award Committee 2024' was held at Bangla Academy at 6 pm on Saturday.