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Three journalists from The Daily Star have won the Nagad-DRU Best Reporting Award 2025 in two print media categories.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shariful Islam and Dipan Nandy jointly received the award in the Crime and Law and Order category for their investigative report titled “Mia, wife concealed assets in tax returns”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Helemul Alam won in the City’s Problems and Prospects category for his seven-part series on Dhaka’s canals, titled “Dhaka drowns every time it rains – here’s why.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The awards and prize cheques were handed over by Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed, who attended the ceremony as chief guest at the International Mother Language Institute Auditorium today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other notable attendees included Kaiser A Chowdhury, chairman of the Management Board of Nagad; Abu Saleh Akon, president of DRU; and Mynul Hasan Sohel, general secretary of DRU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year, a total of 27 journalists were recognised across 24 categories in print, online and electronic media for their outstanding reporting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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