Chief Advisor Mohammad Yunus presented the Bangla Academy Literary Awards to seven distinguished writers at the Amar Ekushey Book Fair today. The event was presided over by Bangla Academy President Abul Kashem Fazlul Haque, with Cultural Advisor Mustafa Sarwar Farooki also in attendance. Initially, ten writers were listed, but following criticism, the awards for Abdul Hannan and Faruk Nawaz were canceled, while Selis Morshed declined the award. The final awardees were Masud Khan, Shubhashis Sinha, Salimullah Khan, G. H. Habib, Muhammad Shahjahan Mia, Rezaur Rahman, and Syed Jamil Ahmed.