Award
NEWS / Arundhati Roy wins PEN Pinter Prize 2024
This award is meant to be shared with a Writer of Courage, which PEN describes as a ‘writer who is active in defence of freedom of expression, often at great risk to their own safety and liberty’
Laurels for women breaking the barriers
Building Technology and Ideas Ltd (bti) and The Daily Star yesterday honoured 12 women from various walks of life for their exemplary contributions to nation-building.
EVENT REPORT / Sheikh Zayed Book Award announces winners for the 18th edition
The winners were announced on 4 April, 2024, with the ceremony being hosted by Sheikh Sultan bin Tahnoon Al Nahyan, chairman of the SZBA Board of Trustees
NEWS REPORT / Manga on Bangabandhu wins bronze medal at 17th Japan International Manga Award
On 5 March 2024, at the 17th Japan International Manga Awards, a manga portraying the life and struggle of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman received a bronze medaeruml, making it the first Bangladeshi manga to be featured in and to have won such a prestigious award
Three Bangladeshis receive IVLP Impact Award 2022
Three Bangladeshis have received the IVLP Impact Awards 2022.
Tanwi Nandini Islam: Winner of Kirkus Prize in Nonfiction
Tanwi Nandini islam of Bangladeshi heritage wins Kirkus Prize in nonfiction
Taorem Sananu wins the Thesis of the Year Golden Award at ARCASIA
ARCASIA intends to unite architects in this region and provide them with a platform to maintain professional networks.
Shamim A Mridha’s Eco-Network wins the Diana Award
Shamim Ahmed Mridha is one such young and motivated individual whose network of environmentally aware people has won him The Diana Award. The award is presented by the Diana Award Org, which according to their website, honours a cohort of “20 outstanding young leaders, visionaries and role models from across the world who have demonstrated their ability to inspire and mobilise new generations to service their communities, as Princess Diana believed they could.”
JCI Bangladesh hosts Women of Inspiration Awards, 2022
JCI Bangladesh recognised the achievements and efforts of fourteen inspiring women with the ‘Women of Inspiration 2022’ award. The signature event was held at Radisson Blu Water Garden on a Friday evening, hosted by Niaz Morshed Elite, national president of JCI Bangladesh.
Modi wins UN’s ‘Champions of the Earth Award’
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is awarded this year’s UN’s highest environmental honour for his leadership of the International Solar Alliance and pledges to eliminate single-use plastic by 2022.
Team India's grand gift for Dhoni
The entire Indian team that won the recently concluded T20I series against England presented former skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni with an innovative wooden plaque to serve as a memento for his services to the sport and for being a continuous source of inspiration to the Indian team.
Football: Malaysia delights in Mohd Faiz's goal of the year award
Malaysian soccer fans heaped praise on Mohd Faiz Subri on Tuesday after the Penang FA player received the Puskas Award for the best goal of 2016 at a FIFA ceremony in Zurich.
Tennis: 'Sir Andy' looks to banish Australian Open tennis blues
Newly knighted Andy Murray will bid to end a run of heartbreaking defeats at the Australian Open and see off his chief rival Novak Djokovic as he enters his first Grand Slam tournament as world number one.
Football: Leicester's Mahrez named African Footballer of the Year
Riyad Mahrez, who inspired Leicester City to an extraordinary Premier League title triumph last season, was named African Footballer of the Year on Thursday.
Football: Algeria's Mahrez tipped for top Africa award
Algeria forward Riyad Mahrez is favourite to be crowned African Footballer of the Year for 2016 on the back of his contribution to Leicester City's shock English Premier League title win.
Football: Ronaldo, Santos honoured at Globe Soccer Awards
Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo and Portugal's Euro 2016-winning coach Fernando Santos scooped the top prizes at the seventh edition of the Globe Soccer Awards in Dubai on Tuesday.
Fizz ICC's emerging player of the year
Mustafizur Rahman, one of Bangladesh's most famous cricketing exports, has broken new ground for his country by becoming the first player to win an International Cricket Council (ICC) award.
Mustafizur Rahman claims ICC Emerging Cricketer of the Year award
Bangladesh fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman has won the ICC Emerging Cricketer of the Year award. In the period under consideration, Mustafizur played three ODIs and took eight wickets, while he yielded 19 wickets in 10 T20Is.
Tennis: Andy Murray wins third BBC Sports Personality award
Andy Murray was voted the BBC Sports Personality of the Year for a record third time on Sunday despite his wife telling him she was voting for one of his rivals.