The CACCI handed over the award to Mohammed Solayman Rubel, treasurer of Youth Entrepreneurs Association of Bangladesh (YEAB), an agro-industrialist, stock broker and business consultant, at its 40th anniversary and 21st conference held in Taipei, Taiwan on October 30-November 2.

The award carries a crest and a cash prize of 2,000 US dollar. Rubel was cited for entrepreneurial and business leadership, contribution to the social well-being of the local community, practice of good business ethics and support of the chamber movement in the region.

The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI), of which Youth Entrepreneurs Association of Bangladesh is a member, proposed the name of Rubel for the award.

CACCI is a regional organisation of apex chambers of commerce and industry and business associations of 24 member-countries, representing the interest of more than three million business enterprises in Asia and the Pacific.

High dignitaries of Taiwan, CACCI President KK Modi, FBCCI Director Golam Murtaza Chowdhury, President of Women Entrepreneurs Association of Bangladesh Nasreen Fatema Awal and members of FBCCI delegation and business leaders of other Asia-Pacific countries were present in the prize giving ceremony.