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22 awarded at Celebrating Life gala evening

Staff Correspondent
The award giving ceremony of Celebrating Life, a composite competition in three categories -- film (documentary and fiction). photography and lyrics -- was held amid festivity and much enthusiasm at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in the city yesterday.
Jointly organised by The Daily Star and Standard Chartered Bank, the competition was aimed to hunt for new talents across the country, encourage the creative people and provide them with opportunity to tap their potential.
President Zillur Rahman gave away prizes to the winners at the colourful award ceremony. The contest was first
hood', this year's competition received more responses as the participants sent over 100 entries in film category, 2,500 entries in photograph category and 3,500 entries in lyrics category.
In photography category, JA Akash of Chittagong won the first prize while Rajlb Dhar and Tanwir Hasan of Dhaka bagged the second and third prizes respectively.
The honourable mention winners are Mozammel Huq, Bilash Bhusan Paul, Jannatul Mawa, All Ashraf Asik, Abu Taher Khokon, Mahbubur Rahman, Hablbul haque, Pranbesh Das and Shoeb Faruqee.
The winner of the first prize received a cash prize of Tk 40,000, the 1st runner-up Tk 30,000 and the 2nd runner-up Tk 20,000.
(4th), Dulal Biswas of Nazirpur (5th), Atanu Tias of Dhaka (6th), Faisal Alam of Dhaka (7th), Jahangir Alam of Dhaka (8th) and Channkya Baroi of Dhaka (91h).
However, the judges' panel this year could not select any winning film entries from the submissions received by the organisers.
For the photography category, the jury members were Dr Nawajesh Ahmed, Dr Rashidur Nobl Shuvro, Enamul karim Nirjhor, Abir Abdullah, Anila Haque, Raffat Binte Rashid and Bitopi Das.
For the lyrics category, the jury members were Rafiquzzaman, Lutfor rahman Riton, Sadya Afreen Malllck, Kabir Bokul, Asif Iqbal and Kamran Sunjoy Rahman.
And for the film category, the jury
organised in 2008.
A total of 22 winners of the competition were awarded at the gala evening where noted singers and dance artistes also performed.
The Celebrating Life awards consist of crests, certificates, prize money and the opportunity to work with industry veterans.
With the theme Celebrating woman-
In lyrics category (Bangla), Shormin Akhtar of Tangaii secured the first prize while Charu Madan of Dhaka won the first prize in English lyrics category. The second and third prize winners are Ashanuzzaman of Dhaka and Syed Tauflq Zuhori of Rajshahi respectively.
The other winners in lyrics category are Pijush Kanti Barua of Chandrapur
members were Tareque Masud, Shameem Akliter, Luva Nahid Chowdhury, Tanvir Haider Chowdhury, Amitabh Reza, Gousul Alam Shaon and Rafi Hossain.
Zaheen Music, Channel 1, Shaptahik 2000, Radio abc, Urmi Group and dots & marks were the partners of the award ceremony.