| Recipients | Area | Note |
| Mohammad Abul Khayer | independence and liberation war | posthumous |
| Munsi Kabir Uddin Ahmed | independence and liberation war | posthumous |
| Kazi Azizul Islam | independence and liberation war | posthumous |
| Lt Col Abu Osman Chowdhury | independence and liberation war | posthumous |
| Khasruzzaman Chowdhury | independence and liberation war | posthumous |
| Shahid SBM Mizanur Rahman | independence and liberation war | posthumous |
| Mohammad Haris Ali | independence and liberation war | posthumous |
| M Quamruzzaman | education | |
| Qayyum Chowdhury | culture | |
| Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute | research and training | |
| Recipients | Area | Note |
| Abul Maal Abdul Muhith | Independence and Liberation War | Finance minister of Bangladesh |
| Emaz Uddin Pramanik | Independence and Liberation War | Textiles and Jute Minister of Bangladesh |
| Moulavi Asmat Ali Khan | Independence and Liberation War | posthumous |
| Badrul Alam | Independence and Liberation War | Squadron Leader, Bir Uttam, formed Bangladesh Air Force |
| Shahid Shah Abdul Mazid | Independence and Liberation War | Prevented the attack on Rajshahi Police Lines by the Pakistan occupation force |
| M Abdul Ali | Independence and Liberation War | posthumous; Administrator of Rangamati killed by Pakistani military force attack |
| AKM Abdur Rouf | Independence and Liberation War | posthumous; typographer of the constitution |
| KM Shehabuddin | Independence and Liberation War | posthumous; first diplomat to resign from Pakistani Foreign Service and pledge allegiance to Bangladesh; first head of Bangladesh's New Delhi mission |
| Syed Hasan Imam | Independence and Liberation War | cultural activities during the Liberation War |
| Rafiqul Islam | Mother Language | posthumous |
| Abdus Salam | Mother Language | Achieving recognition of 21 February as International Mother Language Day |
| Maqsudul Alam | Science and Technology | Posthumous; decoded the jute genome |
| Mohammad Rafi Khan | Medical Science | |
| Rezwana Choudhury Bannya | Cultural | |
| Nirmalendu Goon | Literature | |
| Bangladesh Navy | | |
| Recipients | Area | Note |
| Group Captain Shamsul Alam Bir Uttam | independence and liberation war | |
| Ashraful Alam | independence and liberation war | |
| Nazmul Huq | independence and liberation war | posthumous |
| Syed Mohsin Ali | independence and liberation war | posthumous |
| NM Nazmul Ahsan | independence and liberation war | posthumous |
| Faizur Rahman Ahmed | independence and liberation war | posthumous |
| Bangladesh Air Force | independence and liberation war | |
| Professor AHM Touhidul Anowar Chawdhury | medical science | |
| Rabeya Khatun | literature | |
| Golam Samdani Koraishi | literature | |
| Enamul Huq | culture | |
| Bazlur Rahman Badal | culture | |
| Khalil Kazi OBE | social service | |
| Shamsuzzaman Khan | research and training | |
| Professor Lalit Mohan Nath | research and training | posthumous |
| Professor Mohammad Asaduzzaman | public administration | posthumous |
| Recipients | Area | Note |
| Quazi Zakir Hasan | independence and liberation war | posthumous |
| SMA Rashidul Hasan | independence and liberation war | posthumous |
| Sankar Govinda Chowdhury | independence and liberation war | posthumous |
| Sultan Mahmud | independence and liberation war | |
| M Abdur Rahim | independence and liberation war | posthumous |
| Bhupati Bhushan Chowdhury | independence and liberation war | posthumous |
| Lieutenant Mohammad Anwarul Azim | independence and liberation war | posthumous |
| Humayun Rashid Choudhury | independence and liberation war | posthumous |
| Amanullah Asaduzzaman | independence and liberation war | posthumous |
| Matiur Rahman Mallik | independence and liberation war | posthumous |
| Sergeant Zahrul Haq | independence and liberation war | posthumous |
| Amzadul Haq | independence and liberation war | |
| AK M D Ahsan Ali | medicine | |
| AK Azad Khan | social service | |
| Selina Hossain | literature | |
| M Abdul Mazid | food security | |
| Asaduzzaman Noor | culture | |
| Shykh Seraj | agricultural journalism | |
| Recipients | Area | Note |
| Mufazzal Haider Chaudhury | independence and liberation war | posthumous |
| ATM Zafar Alam | independence and liberation war | posthumous |
| AKM Mozammel Haque | independence and liberation war | |
| Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain | independence and liberation war | |
| Kazi Misbahun Nahar | independence and liberation war | |
| Abdul Khalek | independence and liberation war | posthumous |
| Mohammad Khaled | independence and liberation war | posthumous |
| Shaukat Ali Khan | independence and liberation war | posthumous |
| Nurunnahar Fatema Begum | medical science | |
| Qazi Kholiquzzaman Ahmad | social service | |
| Murtaja Baseer | culture | |
| Hasan Azizul Huq | literature | |
| Haseena Khan | research and training | |
| Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture | science and technology | |
