BANGLADESH

bdnews24.com social affairs editor Baby Maudud and nine other women have been awarded 'Ananya Bishesh Sammanana Padak-2012' in recognition of their contribution to respective fields.

Ananya, a fortnightly magazine, formally conferred the awards on them at a function at the TSC auditorium of Dhaka University (DU) on Monday.

DU vice-chancellor A A M S Arefin Siddique gave away the awards.

Baby Maudud, a career journalist and columnist, was born in Kolkata in 1948. She has been in the field of journalism since 1967.

Prior to joining bdnews24.com, she has worked with Bangla national dailies Sangbad and Ittefaq, news agencies BBC and Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) and weekly magazine Bichitra.

The other award recipients are renowned women's rights activist Latifa Akhand (for contribution towards social development), Jowshan Ara Rahman (development and research), noted economist and founder member of the Centre for Women and Children Studies (CWCS) Dr Khaleda Salahuddin (economics and research), vice-president of Dhaka University Alumni Association (DUAA) Dr Selina Khalek (social welfare), eminent writer Rokeya Mannan (education and social work), Syeda Shamse Ara Rahman (education), journalist Setara Musa (media), president of Women's Federation for World Peace (WFWP)-Bangladesh Zeenat Ara Bhuiyan and Zeenat Ahmed (sports).

Arefin lauded the contributions made by the award winners in their respective areas of action.

Ananya editor Tasmima Hossain presided over the function.


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