Star celebrates Staff Day
The Daily Star yesterday organised Staff Day at the capital's The Daily Star Centre on the occasion of the 26th founding anniversary of the country's leading English language daily with the commitment to continue upholding the standard of journalism.
The two and half hours programme started with the national anthem followed by performance of the employees.
Mahfuz Anam, editor and publisher of The Daily Star, shared anecdotes of his 26-year journey with the newspaper and vowed to continue journalism without fear or favour in coming days.
Rokia Afzal Rahman, chairperson of Mediaworld Ltd, the owning company of the newspaper, and A Rouf Chowdhury, member of the board of directors of the company, praised its journalists for their dedication and hard work.
Different organisations congratulated the newspaper by handing bouquets over to the editor at yesterday's programme.
Twenty one journalists and employees of the newspaper received accolades for their outstanding performance.
Wasim Bin Habib and Tuhin Shubhra Adhikary received the “Reporter of the Year-2016” award while MA Shahtub Siddique Anik received “Sub-Editor of the Year-2016” award.
Ahmed Humayun Kabir Topu received the “District Reporter of the Year-2016” award and Mintu Deshwara got “District All-round performer of the Year-2016” award. “Photographer of the Year-2016” award went to Amran Hossain.
Amitava Kar received the “Employee of the Year-2016” from the Editorial Section while Mahamudul Hasan Sunny from Digital Media; Iftakhar Hossain from Multimedia; Zina Tasreen from Business Section; Sakeb Tahsin Subban from Sports Section; Mamunur Rashid from Graphics; MH Haider from Life Style; Shahriar Rahman from Bytes, Shift and Next Step; Zahangir Alom from Arts and Entertainment; Naziba Basher from Star Weekend; Shahrukh Ikhtear from SHOUT; Shawkat ul Islam from Business Development; Sanjay Kumar from Admin and HR; Jahurul Islam from Accounts and Finance and Shamim Chowdhury from Production Department.
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