28 Bangladeshi firms win SAFA Best Presented Annual Reports Awards

Business Desk :
Twenty-eight Bangladeshi companies have won a total of 31 accolades in the South Asian Federation of Accountants (SAFA) Best Presented Annual Reports 2021 Awards competition.
The companies obtained 13 gold, nine silver and nine bronze awards and eight certificates of merits.
ICA Nepal hosted the event at the Hotel Yak and Yeti in Kathmandu on Sunday, according to a press release of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB).
Bangladeshi companies won gold in the private sector banks, corporate governance disclosures, public sector banks, financial services, manufacturing, insurance, NGOs, and integrated reporting categories. They also secured five “overall winner” awards out of six.
Brac Bank became the joint gold winner in the private sector banks category and won silver jointly in the overall winner category.
Shahjalal Islami Bank became the joint gold winner in the private sector bank category and the joint gold winner in the Saarc anniversary award for corporate governance. It also secured bronze jointly in integrated reporting and silver jointly in the overall winner category.
Bank Asia became the joint gold winner in the private sector banks and in the Saarc anniversary award for corporate governance. It clinched gold in integrated reporting and bronze in the overall winner category.
State-run Janata Bank became the gold winner and Sonali Bank, another government-owned lender, achieved silver in the public sector banks category.  
Reliance Insurance Ltd secured gold and City General Insurance Co Ltd and Green Delta Insurance Ltd collected the Certificate of Merit in the insurance Sector.
IDLC Finance attained silver in the financial services sector, joint gold in the Saarc anniversary award for corporate governance, and a certificate of merit in integrated reporting.