2 women journalists win Shaheed Selina Parvin award

Two female journalists received the "Shaheed Journalist Selina Parvin Journalism Award given by Bangladesh Nari Sangbadik Kendra (BNSK), a centre for women journalists.

The award ceremony was held at the Jatiya Press Club in Dhaka today (June 2, 2022).

Kaberi Maitrya, senior reporter at Ekattor Television, was given the "Shaheed journalist Selina Parvin Journalism Award" for the year 2020 while Rozina Islam, special correspondent of Prothom Alo, was awarded the "Shaheed journalist Selina Parvin Courageous Journalism Award-2021".

Writer Selina Hossain, also president of Bangla Academy; Mahfuza Khanam, former vice-president of Dhaka University Central Students' Union (Ducsu); and Mofidul Hoque, one of the Trustees of the Liberation War Museum; were present as special guests at the programme.

Prof Golam Rahman also attended the programme with BNSK president Nasimun Ara Huq in the chair.

While speaking Nasimun urged media houses to create more opportunities for women to join journalism.

In addition, the government instruction to form sexual harassment prevention body at all media houses should be implemented soon, she added.

Selina Parvin, born on March 31, 1931, was a Bangladeshi journalist and poet. She worked for Weekly Begum, Weekly Lalana, Shilalipi, among others.

She was one of the intellectual martyrs killed by Al-Badr on December 14, 1971. Al-Badr members picked her up from her house in Dhaka on December 13.

Her body was later recovered from Rayerbazar mass grave and later, she was buried at Azimpur Graveyard on December 18, 1971.