The authority of Dhaka University (DU) has decided to (posthumously) honour eminent journalist and former Awami League lawmaker AN Mahfuza Khatun Baby Moudud with ‘Bangabandhu Gold Medal’.

Dhaka University’s Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Research Institute for Peace and Liberty took the initiative. 

A panel formed for the nomination on Monday (March 27) has finalised the decision at a meeting chaired by the university’s Vice Chancellor Prof Md Akhtaruzzaman on Monday.

Director of the institute Prof Fakhrul Alam, former president of Bangladesh Asiatic Society Prof Mahfuza Khanom, Social Science Faculty Dean Prof Zia Rahman, Social Science Department Professor Zinat Huda and prominent journalist Monjurul Ahsan Bulbul were present at the meeting.

Baby Maudud completed her honours from Dhaka University’s Department of Bangla in 1970 and her master's in 1971. She was one of the pioneers of the women’s rights movement in Bangladesh.

She served as the international president emeritus of the Toronto-based Commonwealth Journalists Association and played a significant role in the country’s Liberation War by collecting medicine for freedom fighters, arranging shelter for helpless women and communicating with foreign journalists.

BDST: 1425 HRS, MAR 28, 2023
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