Sadrul Hasan, UNB’s Energy Reporter gets ERF Best Reporting Award

Sadrul Hasan of UNB receiving the ERF Best Reporting Award for 2023 for the Adviser for Finance Salehuddin Ahmed. Photo: Collected

Next governments have to strong commitment to continue and sustain reforming-Finance Adviser

ERF-Nagad best reporting award 2023 awarded to 19 economic reporters

Dhaka, Nov 5-Finance and Commerce Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed said the government has started reforms which is to be continued by the next elected governments.

He said the interim government is making clear the road of reforms from a narrow place to a highway, the speed of reforming will get force in the next government.

The Adviser said this while speaking as the chief guest at ERF-Nagad best reporting award ceremony, held at hotel in the capital on Tuesday evening.

Dr Salehuddin said the reform will be sustainable when commitment from the political government should have strong pledge on this. Otherwise, the benefits of reforms would not reach to the common people.

He said the government is doing works what is well for the country, irregularities of miss rulling of many years can't be removed overnight.He appreciates Bangladesh Banks' Governor Dr. Ahsan H. Mansur hard working to bring the financial sector in the right tracking.

With Economic Reporters Forum (ERF) president Refayet Ullah Mirdha in the chair, the function was also addressed, among others, by Bangladesh Bank Governor Dr Ahsan H. Masur, Nagad Board Chairman KAS Murshid, its administrator Muhammad Badiuzzaman Dider and ERF General Secretary Abul kashem.

The Economic Reporters' Forum (ERF) and Nagad, a leading digital financial service have jointly conferred awards on 19 economic reporters in 17 categories economic journalists.

The award winners are Fakhrul Islam Harun (Prothom Alo), Jebun Nesa Alo (The Business Standard), Rajib Ahmed (Prothom Alo), Iqbal Ahsan (Channel 24), Md Ismail Ali (Daily Sharebiz), Ahsan Habib Rasel (The Daily Star), Babu Kamruzzaman (News 24), Obaidullah Rony (Samakal), Sadrul Hasan (UNB), Doulot Akter Mala (The Financial Express), Tauhid Hossain Papon (Jamuna Television), Md Shofiqul Islam (Dhaka Post), Sajjadur Rahman (The Business Standard), Arifur Rahman (Prothom Alo), Salah Uddin Mahmud (The Business Standard), Ziadul Islam (Amader Shomoy), Mohammad Jahangir Shah Kajol (Prothom Alo), Razu Ahmed (Daily Kalbela), and Sushanta K Sinha (Ekattor Television).