Zillur Rahman of ATN Bangla wins UNCA Award

An episode of ATN Bangla's documentary series 'Environmental Development and Poverty Reduction' was awarded the silver medal at the United Nations Correspondents Association (UNCA) Award 2012, says a press release. Zillur Rahman - Manager (Program) of ATN Bangla, received the award in the category of 'The United Nations Foundation Prize for Coverage, in any Medium, of the Humanitarian & Development Aspect of the UN'. This was the only award in this year's competition that came to Asia.
The prizes were presented by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon at the UNCA Awards Dinner on December 19 in New York.
The award winning episode of the documentary series, focuses on how environmental degradation, natural disasters and poverty are taking their toll on a sizeable percentage of the population in Bangladesh.