Discipline | athletics and organizers |
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Local name | জাতীয় ক্রীড়া পুরস্কার (Bengali) |
History | |
First award | 1976 |
Final award | 2020 |
The National Sports Awards are given by the Ministry of Youth and Sports of the 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]
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]