Govt reinstates Ziaur Rahman’s Independence Award

The interim government has reinstated the posthumous Independence Award for late President Ziaur Rahman which was withdrawn in 2016.

The Cabinet Division announced the decision in a notification announcing the names of recipients for this year's Independence Award today (Tuesday).

According to the notification, in 2016, the then government cancelled the Independence Award (posthumous) given to the late President in 2003 in the backdrop of the Supreme Court's verdict.

However, since the court's verdict did not specifically instruct the cancellation of the award, the government has decided to revoke its previous decision and reinstate the award.