Seven receive Meena Media Awards

Winners of Meena Media Award pose with Unicef Country Representative Morten Giersing at the award giving ceremony in the city yesterday.

The Unicef and Singapore-based Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC) jointly awarded the young talents at a ceremony at the Bengal Art Gallery in Dhanmondi.

The awardees are Shahi-duzzaman Badal, Hezera Khanam, Shetu, Md Anward Hussain, Arjo Srestha, Rowshan Ara Rukhshana Sarker and Sardar Joynul Abedin.

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Unicef Country Representative Morten Giersing gave away the award.

Each winner was presented with a cheque worth Tk 50,000, a crest and a certificate of appreciation.

The winning entries, out of a total of 187, are 'Sabujer Deshe', 'Seema, the eight-year girl', 'My travel to Europe', 'Eso Shikhi Barnamala', 'Taste lone story' and 'Amrao Pari', which earlier received the prestigious Emmy award.

The Meena Media Award is a new initiative to promote excellence in children's media productions and bring recognition to such quality productions and their producers.

The award will be given every year.