title: Meril-Prothom Alo Lifetime Achievement Award
text: # Meril-Prothom Alo Lifetime Achievement Award
  
  Meril-Prothom Alo Lifetime Achievement Award, is given by the Meril-Prothom Alo as part of its annual Meril-Prothom Alo Awards for Bangladeshi people.
  
  ## Superlatives
  
  * Oldest Winner – Shah Abdul Karim in 7th Meril-Prothom Alo Awards (aged 89)
  * Youngest Winner – Firoza Begum in 13th Meril-Prothom Alo Awards (aged 56)
  * Number of Female recipients – 6
  * Number of Male recipients – 12
  
  ## List of honourees
  
  | Year | Honorees | Profession | Age when awarded (in years) |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 2002 | Sohrab Hossain | Singer | 80 |
  | 2003 | Subhash Dutta | Actor | 73 |
  | 2004 | Abdul Latif | Singer | 77 |
  | 2005 | Shah Abdul Karim | Singer | 89 |
  | 2006 | Ferdousi Mazumder | Singer | 63 |
  | 2007 | Kalim Sharafi | Singer | 83 |
  | 2008 | Ferdausi Rahman | Singer | 67 |
  | 2009 | Baby Islam | Cinematographer | 82 |
  | 2010 | Sudhin Das | Singer | 80 |
  | 2011 | Firoza Begum | Singer | 56 |
  | 2012 | Mustafa Monwar | Painters | 77 |
  | 2013 | Ramkanai Das | Singer | 78 |
  | 2014 | Razzak | Actor | 71 |
  | 2015 | Fahmida Khatun | Singer | 72 |
  | 2016 | Kabori Sarwar | Actress | 65 |
  | 2017 | Syed Hasan Imam | Actor | 82 |
  | 2018 | Babita | Actress | 63 |
  | 2019 | Aly Zaker | Actor | 74 |
  