21st Bangladesh Business Awards
Champions of business honoured
Businesspersons, industrialists and entrepreneurs have taken Bangladesh forward but their hard work and contribution were largely unrecognised.
‘We will overcome all obstacles’
Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi has described the Bangladesh Business Awards, an initiative of The Daily Star and DHL Express Bangladesh, as an exceptional event.
BUSINESS PERSON OF THE YEAR / Building a collective dream
He could have fulfilled the dream of his student life of becoming a civil engineer or a doctor. He had even prepared for it, retaining both mathematics and biology in his array of subjects for the intermediate level of education.
BEST FINANCIAL INSTITUTION OF THE YEAR / Drawing strength from values
Although the banking sector in Bangladesh is facing multiple challenges, including an alarming amount of bad loans, Brac Bank has been able to strengthen its financial health by keeping its values at the core of every activity.
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD / Legend of leather sector
Through sheer determination, innovation, and audacity, Syed Manzur Elahi became a name synonymous with the success of Bangladesh’s leather and footwear industry.
OUTSTANDING WOMAN IN BUSINESS / The visionary behind Sutar Kabbo
Although the jute industry of Bangladesh continues to struggle despite offering an array of eco-friendly products that could diversify the country’s export basket, Mosammat Shirajum Munira has done some remarkable work in this field.
‘Logistics sector needs a fillip’
Bangladesh would have to go a long way to raise its logistics sector up to the level of that of comparator countries such as India and Vietnam, said a top industry official.
21st DHL-Daily Star Bangladesh Business Awards today
The 21st edition of the DHL-The Daily Star Bangladesh Business Awards will be held today.
The 'Outstanding Woman in Business' awardees over the years
In this section of “Inspirers” we catalogue outstanding women leaders in our corporate world who broke into, what was mainly men’s domain, and established themselves as “women entrepreneurs” of merit, vision, courage, and reliability.
The recipients of 'Business Person of the Year' awards
Every nation needs inspirers – people who, through their vision, self-belief, leadership, and hard work bring about changes that nobody thought would be possible. They change what most people take to be unchangeable reality and create potential where none thought existed.