Raij Uddin Dropped from Independence Award List

SM Raij Uddin Ahmed, who was named in literature for the Independence Prize, has been left out of the Government's updated list of nominees.

Raij was among nine individuals and an organization named for the prize on Feb 20.

Asked why his name was removed from the updated list, Abu Saleh Mustafa Kamal, an additional Cabinet Division member, said: "The government has taken the decision."

The Cabinet Division accordingly amended the list, he added.