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Top business leaders honoured

Staff Correspondent
Four prominent business personalities and corporate houses were awarded Bangladesh Business Awards 2003 yesterday in recognition of their excellence in different fields of business.
Chairman of PHP Group Mohammed Mizanur Rahman received the Businessperson of the Year 2003 Award, while country's first indigenous woman entrepreneur and proprietor of Bain Textile Manjulika Chakma received the Outstanding Woman in Business of theYear2003Award.
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MM Ispahan! Limited got the Enterprise of the Year 2003 Award while Coats Bangladesh Limited got the Best Joint Venture Enterprise of the Year 2003Award.
Jointly introduced by the DHL Worldwide Express and The Daily Star four years ago,
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the awards are given each year in recognition of the excellence of enterprises and individuals in business to honour and encourage them.
Finance and Planning Minister M Saifur Rahman gave away the awards as the chief guest at a gala ceremony at Dhaka Sheraton Hotel.
Business leaders, intellectuals, professionals, diplomats and government officials attended the function.
As the names of award winners were announced amid pin drop silence, the audience burst into applause to hail the business heroes. T\vo giant screens displayed their business successes in brief.
Bangladesh Bank Governor Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed announced the name of the businessperson of the year and Rehana Quashem, who won the outstanding woman in business award last year announced the name of this year's winner.
Hasina Doula, chairperson of Micro Electronics Limited that won the enterprise of the year awanl last year announced -the name of this year’s winner and Ola Ree, managing director of GrameenPhone Limited that won the best joint venture enterprise award last year announced the name of the winner this year.
Congratulating the winners, the finance minister said entrepreneurs could contribute significantly to country's uplift efforts if they were given with favourable business environmentand proper facilities.
" 11 is said that Bangladesh's main export earning sector is going to face serious challenges after the phase out of quota system from early next year, but I think our people are prepared to face thechallenges."
Bangladeshi entrepreneurs are now entering new areas with new ideas, Saifur said, praising the organisers for awarding people who are contributing significantly to perkingup theeconomy.