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Shamima Akhter Tulee is a Bangladeshi Martial artist who has been the winner of the national karate competition five times from 1989 -1993 years. Shamima Akhter Tulee is the first women in Bangladesh to hold a Shotokan Karate Black Belt in Japan in 1989. She has won many other important awards for self-defense and martial arts. Her notable medals include the Honorary Award for  'Women's Self Defense', award by JCI, Sher-e-Bangla AK Fazlul Haque Memorial Medal, 2018 and Lifetime Karate Achievement Award, 2018 from Bangladesh Karate Foundation.

Career
Tulee began to study martial arts at a young age. Now, is currently working to teach women's self-defense strategies in the workplace of Bangladesh. she is currently a regular contributor to health programs on TV Chanel in Bangladesh and writes columns on health pages in various national magazines. She writes regular columns in The Daily Observer and Kaler Kontho in the Health and Nutrition section. She founded a company called "Combat Gym" in 2001. She served as a karate referee at the SKIS'S International Karate Championship in India in 2017 and the 29th Busan Mayor's Cup Karatedo Championship in North Korea that same year.

Awards

 * Sher-E-Bangla A.K Fazlul Haq Memorial Award’ 2019 - Shamima Akhtar Tulee was awarded ‘Sher-E-Bangla A.K Fazlul Haq Memorial Award’ 2019 for her ‘Pioneering Contributions towards Health and Fitness for Women and Children’ in Bangladesh, by ‘Muktijuddher Chetona Bastobayon Parishod’, University of Dhaka, on the eve of 57th death anniversary of Fazlul Haque, 30th April, 2019.
 * ‘Fakir Lalon Shah Memorial Award’ 2019 - She also received an Honorary Award- ‘Fakir Lalon Shah Memorial Award’ 2019 for being the First Woman to wear the Karate Black Belt in Bangladesh, by  Swadesh Shangskritik Foundation, University of Dhaka, on the eve of 245th Birthday of Lalon Shah, 16th October, 2019.
 * Women's Self Defense Award by JCI,
 * Lifetime Karate Achievement Award, 2018 from Bangladesh Karate Foundation.