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Friday | February 27, 2026 | Dhaka

Bannya to get Lifetime Achievement award

Entertainment Report :
Renowned Tagore artiste Rezwana Chowdhury Bannya will be honoured with Lifetime Achievement award.
The award will be handed out by ‘Television Reporters Unity of Bangladesh’ (TRUB) in recognition of her contribution to the music arena.
The award giving ceremony will be held on March 20 at the ‘TRUB Music Performance Award 2022’ where Minister of Fisheries and Livestock SM Rezaul Karim will attend the event as the chief guest. Chairman of the event celebration committee and senior journalist Badal Ahmed, and member secretary Rafiq Muhammad confirmed the news to the media.
While talking about to get the award, Rezwana Chowdhury Bannya said, “Receiving the Lifetime Achievement award for an artiste is undoubtedly a very nice feeling. I am deeply grateful to them who are associated with this programme, especially those who have blessed me with a lifetime honour. I am overwhelmed by their love and respect for my singing and for the song. I hope to see all at the event. Till then everyone stays well and stay healthy.”
Bannya has been trained by the legendary exponent of Rabindra Sangeet, the late Konika Bandopadhyay, who has given the songs of Tagore a characteristic persona through her soul-stirring and slow-paced renderings. In 1992, Bannya founded Surer Dhara, a prestigious music school in Dhaka. In order to commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore, she brought out a complete audio version of the 2,233 songs in Tagore’s Gitobitan, which was titled Sruti Gitobitan. The singer has won numerous awards including country’s highest civilian award, the Independence Day Award in 2016.
Earlier, Bannya received Ananda Sangeet Puroshkar for being the Best Female Rabindra Sangeet Artiste (2002), Gaane Gaane Gunijon Songbordhona (2011), Sangeet Somman Puroshkar from the Ministry of Culture, India in 2013, Independence Day Award (2016), Banga Bhushan (2017), Firoza Begum Memorial Gold Medal (2017), Sangeet Maha Somman (2017) by the Government of West Bengal, Doctorate of Arts honoris causa from Asian University for Women (2019) and Lifetime Achievement Award conferred by Oikko.com.bd Channel i (2022).