National Sports Awards are given by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, government of Bangladesh for specific contributions in the field of games and sports. The award was introduced in 1976. As of 2011, total 175 sports personalities won the award.
The awardees include the organisers of games and sports, and the individuals displaying extraordinary performances in football, hockey, cricket, swimming, shooting, chase, and athletics. Each awardee is entitled to a gold medal and twenty thousand taka in cash.
2008General Moeen U Ahmed, NDC, PSC (organiser)Sunil Krishna Dey (football)Lt (retd) Mohammad Amzad Hossain (athletics)Senior Warrant Officer (retd) Mohammad Lutfur Rahman (swimming)Mohammad Ruhul Amin (weightlifting)Khondokar Abul Hasan (volleyball)Brig General Mohammad Shawkat Hossain, PSC (bodybuilding)Mohammad Saidul Haque Sadi (table tennis)Syed Abdul Majid (cricket)Mohammad Jahangir Alam Chowdhury (kabaddi)2009Dewan Shafiul Arefin Tutul (football and organiser)Badal Roy (football)Shamsul Alam Manju (football)Naimur Rahman Durjoy (cricket)Anjan Chowdhury Pintu (organiser)Shahed Ashgar Chowdhury (organiser)Hamida Begum (athletic and organiser)Shamim Ara Tolee (athletic)Mohammad Mohsin (hockey)Mostafa Kamal (volleyball)2010Harun-ur-Rashid (swimming)Atiqur Rahman (shooting)Mahmuda Begum (athletics)Dewan Nazrul Hossan (gymnastics)Mizanur Rahman Manu (organiser)ASM Ali Kabir (organiser)Takbir Hossain (swimming)Farid Khan Chowdhury (athletics)Nelly Jesmin (athletics)Nipa Bose (athletics-mentally challenged)2011Rowshan Ara Chobi (gymnastics)Kanchan Ali (boxing)Ashraf Ali (wrestling)Helena Khan Iva (volleyball)Khaled Mashud Pilot (cricket)Rabiul Islam Fatik Dutta (bodybuilding)Jumman Lusai (hockey)Kutubuddin Ahmed Chowdhury Aksir (organiser)Ashiqur Rahman Miku (organiser)Sheikh Kamal (sportsman/sports organiser)2012Shakib Al Hasan (cricket)Mohammad MohsinKhurshid Alam BabulAbdul GaffarAshish BhadraSatyajit Das Rupu (football)Firoza Khatun (athletics)Nazia Akhter Joyti (badminton)Mamun-ur-Rashid (hockey)Nurul Alam ChowdhuryKazi Rajibuddin Ahmed Chapal (organiser)