Bashundhara Group recognises 17 EWMGL journalists

Bashundhara Group has awarded a total of 17 journalists across the six media outlets operated under East West Media Group Limited (EWMGL) as “Best Journalists for June-2026” in recognition of their extraordinary journalistic works.

The awards and prize money were handed over to the recipients at a reception held at the conference room of EWMGL at 2pm on Saturday.

Representatives of Bashundhara Group Chairman Ahmed Akbar Sobhan and Anvir Bashundhara Group (ABG) Chairman Sayem Sobhan Anvir were present at the event.

Media Adviser of Bashundhara Group Abdul Bari and Deputy Managing Director, Head of A&F, EWPD and BCDL and Director of Bashundhara Sports City Md Imrul Hassan handed over the awards and the prize money to the recipients.

Kaler Kantho Editor Mahedi Hasan Talukder, Executive Editor Haider Ali, Bangladesh Pratidin Editor Ekramul Hoque Bhuiyan, Daily Sun Editor Md Rezaul Karim (Lotus), banglanews24.com Editor AKM Manjurul Haque, Head of News at News24 Shariful Islam Khan and others were present at the event.

From the Daily Sun, Ehsanul Haque Jashim, Asadul Islam, Rafikul Islam and Mousumi Islam were recognised for their reports regarding environment and business issues.

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During the event, Abdul Bari said, “The practice of objective journalism needs to be increased for the welfare of the country and the people. The chairman of Bashundhara Group always gives priority to the welfare of the ordinary people and creating employment.”

“According to a preliminary decision, EWMGL will provide ‘Journalist Recognition’ awards to at least four to five journalists from every media outlet under the group every month. The award has been initiated to encourage journalists to publish investigative and quality reports, which will be continued in the future,” Bari added.

Bashundhara Group DMD Imrul Hassan said, “The media management and committee will play an important role in choosing the best reports from each media outlets of the group. Through this initiative, a scope will be created to properly evaluate reports on different sectors.”

At the end of the event, editors expressed gratitude to Bashundhara Group Chairman Ahmed Akbar Sobhan and ABG Chairman Sayem Sobhan Anvir for launching such an award and expressed hope that the initiative will continue in the future.