PROGGA Tobacco Control Journalism Award ceremony held

Staff Reporter :
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare’s (MoHFW)’s initiative to strengthen the tobacco control law is a timely one. To reduce the deaths and losses incurred by tobacco, the draft amendment must be finalized and passed at the earliest.
Speakers said this on Thursday during the PROGGA Tobacco Control Journalism Award held at the CIRDAP Auditorium in the Capital.
Journalists who won the awards received BDT 50,000, a certificate and a crest.
The winners of the accolade include Shamimul Haque, Joint Editor, the Daily Manabjamin and Mohammad Al Amin, Senior Staff Correspondent, the Daily Sun, Mosabber Hossain, Senior Reporter, the Daily Prothom Alo, and Anowar Hossain, Staff Reporter, Desh Television. The event was jointly organized by PROGGA (Knowledge for Progress) and Anti-Tobacco Media Alliance (ATMA), with support from Campaign for Tobacco-free Kids (CTFK).
Professor Dr. A A M S Arefin Siddique, former Vice-Chancellor of Dhaka University was the Chief Guest while ABM Zubair, Executive Director of PROGGA chaired the event. Dr. Syed Mahfuzul Haq, National Professional Officer, World Health Organization, Professor Dr. Arup Ratan Choudhury, President, MANAS among others gave speeches. Mortuza Haider Liton, convener, ATMA, Md. Hasan Shahriar, Project Head, Tobacco Control, PROGGA were present. Nadira Kiron, co-convener of ATMA, hosted the event.