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organised the event, where 19 economic and business journalists were honoured for their work across nine categories.
The Daily Star’s Senior Reporter Ahsan Habib won the prize for best reporting in the private sector category. News24’s Special Correspondent Babu Kamruzzaman also received the award in the same category.
Four reporters from Prothom Alo were awarded in the categories of agriculture and food security, objective economy, macroeconomy and revenue collection.
Three reporters from The Business Standard got three awards.
In the capital market category, Salahuddin Mahmud, a staff correspondent at The Business Standard, won the award.
Arifur Rahman, senior reporter of Prothom Alo, got the award in the agriculture and food security category.
Sajjadur Rahman, deputy editor of The Business Standard, and Md Shofiqul Islam, senior reporter of Dhaka Post, jointly got the award in the bank and insurance category.
In the digital economy category, Doulot Akter Mala, special correspondent of the Financial Express, and Tauhid Hossain Papon, senior reporter of Jamuna Television, received the award.
Obaidullah Rony, special correspondent of The Daily Samakal, and Sadrul Hasan, special correspondent of UNB, won the award in the investigative reporting category.
In the objective economy category, Rajib Ahmed, deputy head of reporting (online) at Prothom Alo, Iqbal Ahsan, special correspondent of Channel24, and Md Ismail Ali, executive editor of Daily Sharebiz, got the recognition.
Fakhrul Islam Harun, special correspondent of Prothom Alo, and Jebun Nesa Alo, special correspondent of The Business Standard, were recognised for best reporting in the macroeconomy category.
In the revenue collection category, Mohammad Jahangir Shah Kajol, special correspondent of Prothom Alo, and Ziadul Islam, senior reporter of Amader Shomoy, got the award.
Raju Ahmed, news editor of The Daily Kalbela, and Sushanta K Sinha, special correspondent of Ekattor TV, were recognised in the special mention category.
Ahsan H Mansur, governor of Bangladesh Bank, and KAS Murshid, chairman of Nagad Limited, were present.
Mansur said there are two categories of newspapers in Bangladesh. The reporting standards of one category are improving while the other is run by groups with various vested interests.
Competition to produce quality reporting is always good, he added.
He said Nagad is undergoing necessary changes now as it lacked good governance.
“We want this MFS to perform better. It will flourish if we can bring good investors. We hope good investors will come to invest in Nagad,” Mansur said.
Refayet Ullah Mirdha, president of the ERF, and Abul Kashem, secretary, among others, were also present.