List of Ekushey Padak award recipients (1980–1989)

1980

 * 1) Abul Hussain (literature)
 * 2) Bedaruddin Ahmad (music)
 * 3) Mohammad Abdul Jabbar (music)
 * 4) Hamidur Rahman (art)
 * 5) Murtaja Baseer (art)
 * 6) Ronen Kushari (drama)
 * 7) Mujibur Rahman Khan (journalism)
 * 8) Mohammad Ferdous Khan (education)

1981

 * 1) Abu Rushd Matinuddin (literature)
 * 2) Aminul Islam (fine arts)
 * 3) Abdul Halim Chowdhury (music)
 * 4) Mumtaz Ali Khan (music)
 * 5) Gauhar Jamil (dance)
 * 6) Mohammad Zakaria (drama)
 * 7) Zahur Hossain Chowdhury (journalism)
 * 8) Obaidul Huq (journalism)
 * 9) Mustafa Nurul Islam (literature)

1982

 * 1) Syed Ali Ahsan (literature)
 * 2) Abul Hasan (literature)
 * 3) Talim Hossain (literature)
 * 4) Abdul Hakim (education)
 * 5) Ful Mohammad (music)
 * 6) SM Sultan (fine arts)
 * 7) G A Mannan (literature)
 * 8) Sanaullah Nuri (journalism)

1983

 * 1) Shawkat Osman (literature)
 * 2) Sanaul Huq (literature)
 * 3) Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury (literature)
 * 4) M A Kuddus (education)
 * 5) Shahidullah Kaisar (journalism)
 * 6) Syed Nur Uddin (journalism)
 * 7) Abu Jafar Shamsuddin (literature)
 * 8) Mohammad Kibria (painting)
 * 9) Barin Mazumder (music)
 * 10) Muhammad Mansuruddin

1984

 * 1) Anisuzzaman (education)
 * 2) Habibur Rahman (education)
 * 3) Syed Waliullah (literature)
 * 4) Hasan Hafizur Rahman (literature)
 * 5) Syed Shamsul Huq (literature)
 * 6) Rashid Karim (literature)
 * 7) Sikandar Abu Zafar (journalism)
 * 8) Mir Qasim Khan (music)
 * 9) Sabina Yasmin (music)
 * 10) Qayyum Chowdhury (fine arts)

1985

 * 1) Abu Zafar Obaidullah (literature)
 * 2) Gazi Shamsur Rahman (literature)
 * 3) Abdullah Al-Muti (science)
 * 4) Govinda Chandra Dev (education)
 * 5) Mohammad Abdul Jabbar (education)
 * 6) Kalim Sharafi (music)
 * 7) Abed Hossain Khan (music)
 * 8) Syed Jahangir (fine arts)

1986

 * 1) Alauddin Al Azad (literature)
 * 2) Al Mahmud (literature)
 * 3) Satyen Sen
 * 4) Askar Ibne Shaikh (literature)
 * 5) Munshi Raisuddin (music)
 * 6) Mobarak Hossain Khan (music)
 * 7) Dhir Ali Miah (music)

1987

 * 1) Mohammad Moniruzzaman (literature)
 * 2) Abu Hena Mustafa Kamal (music)
 * 3) Anis Siddiqui
 * 4) Jahanara Arzu (literature)
 * 5) Ahmad Shamsul Islam (education)
 * 6) M. A. Naser (education)
 * 7) Principal Abul Kashem (education)
 * 8) Nurul Islam Patowary (journalism)
 * 9) Ahmed Humayun (journalism)
 * 10) Kanailal Shil (instrumental music)
 * 11) Farida Parveen (music)
 * 12) Syed Mainul Hossain (architecture)

1988

 * 1) Bonde Ali Miah (literature)
 * 2) Ashraf Siddiqui (literature)
 * 3) Fazal Shahabuddin (literature)
 * 4) Anwar Hossain (drama)
 * 5) Sudhin Das (music)

1989

 * 1) Shahed Ali (literature)
 * 2) Razia Mazid (literature)
 * 3) Mahmud Shah Koreshi (education)
 * 4) Mohammad Asafudowlah Reza (journalism)
 * 5) AKM Shahidul Huq (journalism)
 * 6) Abdur Razzak (fine arts)
 * 7) Amalendu Biswas (drama act)