Six Bangladeshis have won United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) and Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (ISESCO) fellowships and prizes.

Dr Azharul Islam, Professor of Physics at Rajshahi University, has won ISESCO prize in Physics. It carries 5,000 US dollars and an ISESCO certificate.

Hasina Akter, Scientific Officer of Institute of Food and Radiation Biology, has been selected for a fellowship under UNESCO-L 'OREAL Cosponsored Fellowships for Young Women in life science 2002. Duration of the fellowship is 12 months and the grant amount is about 10,000 US dollars, said a press release.

Besides, MA Sadek has been awarded Grand Pix Prize while Monira Morshed Munni Okamoto prize and Minhaj Mustakim Saki ACCU prize.

Jahanara Begum has won UNESCO Craft Prize in recognition of his outstanding contributions 10 creative use of dyed indigo thread for embroidery. His prize carries 1000 US dollars and a certificate, the release added.

Congratulations Mohammad Mehfuz Hasan Saikai has obtained Ph.D degree from the Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding of St Istvan University. Gadollo, Hungary under (he supervision of Prof Dr Kertesz Zoltan. says a press release.

The title of his research was ‘Utilisation of doubled haploids in plant breeding and variety maintenance'.

Dr Saikat is the youngest son of Prof Md Hasanul Bari and Mrs. Sufiz Bari.