Nine people and an organisation were presented with the Mercantile Bank Achievement Award 2013 at the bank’s 14th anniversary celebrations at the Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel in the city on Sunday, said a press release.
Finance minister AMA Muhith was present as the chief guest.
The awardees are AM Harun Ur Rashid (Education), Rashiduddin Ahmad (Medical), Feroza Begum (Culture), Kazi Sajjad Ali Zahir Bir Protik (Research on Liberation War), Humayun Ahmed (posthumous, Bangla language and literature), Anisur Rahman Sinha (Industry and Trade), Mahfuz Anam (Journalism), Nishat Majumder (Sports), Kartik Chandra Pramanik (Research on Agriculture and Development) and Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (Science and Technology).
Mercantile Bank chairman M Amanullah and other senior officials were also present on the occasion.
Source :: New Age
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