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.
11 honoured with Bangla Academy awards
Eleven personalities have been declared recipients for Bangla Academy Sahitya Purashkar-2016.
Messi widely tipped to regain Ballon d'Or
Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi is targeting an unprecedented fifth Ballon d'Or award in Zurich, with the Argentine heavily favoured to reclaim the prize from three-time winner Cristiano Ronaldo.
Will Mustafiz become the debutant of the year?
Bangladesh cricket team’s find of 2015, the left-arm pacer Mustafizur Rahman has been chosen in the short-list of cricketers for the prestigious ESPNcricinfo debutant of the year award.
Messi of Barcelona the only one who deserves Ballon d'Or: Matthaus
German football idol Lothar Matthaus has thrown his weight behind Lionel Messi to win the 2015 Ballon d'Or, insisting that no-one else merits the award.
Hasina receives ‘ICT Sustainable Development Award’
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has received "ICT Sustainable Development Award" from the International Telecommunication Union.
Mrittika Maya
Gazi Rakayat-directed “Mrittika Maya” has taken home a whooping 17 awards in the 2013 National Film Awards, announced by the Information Ministry on Tuesday. It is the highest number of awards for a single film at the National level, beating Amzad Hossain's “Golapi Ekhon Train-e” (1978) by a fair margin.
Shilpakala Padak 2014 conferred
To honour those working tirelessly for the preservation, awareness and development of our rich culture and heritage, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA) began honouring artistes and activists who have made significant contribution to the various fields of arts in the country in 2013.