Dhaka, March 6 -- Eight renowned personalities are likely to receive the 'Independence Award 2025' for their glorious and remarkable contributions at the national level.

The Cabinet Division will soon issue a notification regarding the final list of nominees for the highest state honour, according to sources.

The recipients under consideration for the award include the Commander-in-Chief of the Liberation War General MAG Osmani (posthumous), poet Al Mahmud (posthumous), sculptor Novera Ahmed (posthumous), who was one of the key designers of the Central Shaheed Minar, pop legend Azam Khan (posthumous), researcher, writer, and intellectual Badruddin Umar, Scientist Professor Jamal Nazrul Islam (posthumous), BRAC founder Sir Fazle Hasan Ab...