Unicef awards 29 media professionals

Children render a dance at a Meena award programme organised by Unicef at a city hotel yesterday. Photo: Focus Bangla

Unicef yesterday awarded the 7th Meena Media Award 2011 to 29 professionals from both print and electronic media for their excellence in promoting child rights through the media.
Carel de Rooy, Unicef representative in Bangladesh, spoke on the occasion marked by life- size animated characters of Meena cartoon and children's performance.
The first, second, and third award recipients of each category and age-groups received Tk 50,000, Tk 25,000 and Tk 15,000 in cash respectively in addition to a crest.