The National Sports Awards are given by the Ministry of Youth and Sports of the government of Bangladesh for specific contributions in the field of games and sports.
[3] As of 2011, total 175 sports personalities won the award.
[3] 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.
[4] Next the amount of cash was increased to tk 50,000 in May 2017 and now tk 1,00,000 each from November 2019.