Imprisoned Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi won the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of her tireless campaign for women's rights and against the death penalty. She kept up her activism despite numerous arrests by Iranian authorities and remained a leading light for the nationwide protests sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini last year. Mohammadi's family called it a "historic and profound moment for Iran's fight for freedom," while politicians around the world heaped praise on Mohammadi for the courage she has shown. Mohammadi's daughter 'exceptionally proud' of and misses her mother, "I am exceptionally proud of you, and I miss you dearly," Narges Mohammadi's 17-year-old Kiana Rahmani said.  Her mother, who is being held in Tehran's notorious Evin Prison, won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. "This Nobel Prize isn't just for my mother. It is for Iran, especially Iranian women," Rahmani told the Reuters news agency. Kiana Rahmani, who lives in Paris with her father and brother, said she hoped her mother "will soon be freed from jail to join us." Rahmani, who has been separated from her mother for eight years. Mohammadi was quoted by The New York Times as saying she would never stop striving for democracy and equality, even if that meant staying in prison. It is a fight her teenage daughter said is worth fighting by all Iranian women.  "Keep fighting for a better future," she said. This live coverage article is now closed. You can read more about Narges Mohammadi's Nobel Peace Prize below.  UN chief says Nobel Prize 'a tribute' to all women who fight for rights United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres hailed the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Narges Mohammadi saying it is a reminder that women's rights are facing a strong pushback. "This Nobel Peace Prize is a tribute to all those women who are fighting for their rights at the risk of their freedom, their health and even their lives," Guterres said in a statement. Iran condemns jailed activist Mohammadi's Nobel Prize Iran criticized the Nobel committee for awarding the Peace Prize to jailed rights campaigner Narges Mohammadi, calling it biased and political. "We note that the Nobel Peace Committee awarded the Peace Prize to a person who was convicted of repeated violations of laws and criminal acts," Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani said in a statement. "We condemn this biased and political move." Kanaani said it aligned with some European countries' "anti-Iranian policies." Nobel Peace Prize politicizes human rights, says Iran state news agency. Iran's state news agency IRNA accused the Nobel Peace Prize committee of politicizing the issue of human rights by honoring jailed rights activist Narges Mohammadi. "Awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to a person who has been convicted under the laws of a country and is currently serving a prison sentence can only be called politicizing the concept of human rights and acting in a meddling manner," IRNA said in a report about the prize. Nobel Peace Prize politicizes human rights, says Iran state news agency Iran's state news agency IRNA accused the Nobel Peace Prize committee of politicizing the issue of human rights by honoring jailed rights activist Narges Mohammadi. "Awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to a person who has been convicted under the laws of a country and is currently serving a prison sentence can only be called politicizing the concept of human rights and acting in a meddling manner," IRNA said in a report about the prize. US praises 'courage' of Iranian Nobel peace laureate The United States on Friday hailed the courage of imprisoned Iranian women's activist Narges Mohammadi after she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. "Narges Mohammadi is a hero to so many in Iran and around the world," Abram Paley, the acting US envoy on Iran, wrote on X, formerly Twitter. "Today, the entire world stands united in recognizing her courage." 

The founder of "JAAGO Foundation" Korvi Rakshand got the Ramon Magsaysay Award-2023. Unwavering dedication to education and social change, Korvi Rakshand has been honoured with the Ramon Magsaysay Award. Earlier today, the foundation shared a post in JAAGO Foundation's facebook page. "We are thrilled and immensely proud to announce that Korvi Rakshand, the visionary founder of JAAGO Foundation and Volunteer for Bangladesh, has been honoured with the prestigious 2023 Ramon Magsaysay Award in the Emergent Leadership category."  The Award is known as 'The Noble Prize of Asia'. This year, four individuals across different categories were nominated for the awards. They are: Ravi Kannan R from India, Miriam Coronel-Ferrer from Philippines, Eugenio Lemos from Timor-Leste, and Korvi Rakshand from Bangladesh. The official announcement of the award came on the morning of August 31, 2023. The formal conferment of the Ramon Magsaysay Awards will be held at the Metropolitan Theater in Manila, Philippines on Saturday, November 11, 2023.

On Tuesday, March 14,  the online quiz winners of the program ''English4U"  broadcast on RTV were awarded. The award program held at Linnex Bengal Square, RTV Studio Building, Dhaka. Jodi Anna Milto, the producer and content creator of Voice of America, Monoj Roy, U.S. AGENCY FOR GLOBAL MEDIA Country Representative/South Asia, Abu Sayed Bhuiyan, teacher at Government Laboratory School, Sajjadur Rahman, the president of BIAM Model School and College, and students and parents from different schools were present at the function. However, as an international language, american english is widely used in almost all fields. It is very helpful to communicate. To motivate the students to learn this language, the program "English4U"  is broadcast every Friday at 12:10 pm on RTV and its YouTube channel and Facebook page.  Over the past six months, the program held at various schools in the country and help to learn this language.  Top 60 winners were awarded at the ceremony. Speakers of this program said, ''Every year, millions of Bangladeshi, mainly young portion, go to abroad including United States for education or work purpose. They urged everyone to learn and practice the english language.''

November 20 to December 18, FIFA World Cup-2022 ( the 22nd edition) was held in Qatar. Like the whole world, Bangladeshi football fans were also in madness. So, RTV, country's one of the popular private television channel, arranged a quiz competition throughout the month. "RTV Football World Cup Quiz-2022" competition, sponsored by Grameen Digital Health and in association with Seagull Hotel, Cox's Bazar, presented two quizzes each day on football. In the end, Prizes were awarded to the 28 lucky winners selected by lottery among the millions of participant who answered correctly. On this occasion, on Sunday, January 8 at 12 noon, a programme was arranged at RTV studio in the BSEC Bhaban of capital's Kawran Bazar. Winners were present in person and received prizes. Shudeb Chandra Ghosh (Head of Marketing-GM) RTV, Monirul Hasan (Commercial Director- Grameen Digital Health), Md.Nurul Mehedi Munna (Sales & Marketing-AGM) Seagull Hotel of Cox's Bazar, Dewan Shamsur Rakib (Head of Program) RTV, Mohammad Masudul Amin (Administration Department-GM) RTV, Kabir Ahmad-Deputy General Manager (DSM) RTV, and Bipul Hasan (Incharge- RTV Online) and others were also present on this occasion. List of Quiz Winners at a glance- Tab winners: Parvez, Mamun Islam, Fashiur Rahman, Fatema, Shoron. Smart Phone winners: Naem Mia, Rahad Rikabder, Waliullah.  Two nights free stay winners at Seagull Hotel in Cox's Bazar: Neelkanta, Abu Sayeed, Johan, Ashim, Md. Abul Kalam, Md. Saem, Pranti Biswas, Israt Jahan Shatto, Shawon Naher, Mahmud Shuvo. Grameen Digital Health membership package Winners: Altaf Hossain, Md. Abu Raihan, Shetu,Nabila, Sultan Nasir Uddin,Suman Chowdhury,Palash, Rakib Hossain, Anamika, Mohana Amin Mou.

Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) 9th season will take place in a few days. From sunday, Official practice of the teams has started.  However, BCB announced  good news for the teams before the practice session.  Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has doubled the prize money of upcoming BPL than before. Also, the prize money for the tournament best player is also soaring more than 5 times. BPL Governing Council member-secretary Ismail Haider Mallick informed the matter.  He said, 'The champion team will get 2 crore taka this year. Runner up will get 1 crore taka. Total there will be a prize money of about 4 crore taka." Earlier, last year's Champion team, Comilla Victorians, earned Tk. 1 crore. Fortune Barisal, Runners-up team got Tk. 50 lakh. This year both Champion and Runners-up team will get the double prize money than before. Last season, Shakib Al Hasan got 2 thousand dollars as a reward of the best player of the tournament. In Bangladeshi currency, best player amount was around 1 lakh 70 thousand taka before. This time it has been increased to 10 lakh taka. In this regard, Ismail Haider said, 'There is a thought of giving 10 lakh taka to the man of the series (tournament best player). Apart from this, the best bowler, the best batsman will also be awarded a good amount. 

The Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian winners of the Nobel Peace Prize denounced Russian President Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine during the award ceremony in Norway. Human rights activists from Russia, Ukraine and Belarus were hailed as "champions of peace" on Saturday as they took possession of this year's Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo. The now-banned Russian human rights organization Memorial, the Center for Civil Liberties (CCL) from Kyiv and imprisoned Belarusian human rights lawyer Ales Bialiatski were honored with the world's most prestigious political award. The winners were honored for their many years of work criticizing those in power and defending essential civil rights. Their groups went to great lengths to document war crimes, human rights abuses and abuses of power, the prize jury said.  Saturday's prize-giving coincided with the UN's Human Rights Day, which commemorates the 74th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Bialiatski has been in prison in Belarus for a year and a half, so was represented by his wife, Natalia Pinchuk. Representatives from CCL and Memorial, however, were able to personally receive the medals and diplomas. They used their speeches to denounce Russian President Vladimir Putin for launching his "insane and criminal" invasion of Ukraine. Surrender is not real peace "The people of Ukraine want peace more than anyone else in the world. But peace cannot be reached by a country under attack laying down its arms," the head of the CCL, Oleksandra Matviichuk, said. Founded in 2007, the CCL has documented more than 27,000 cases of war crimes allegedly committed by Russian troops in Ukraine, which she said were "only the tip of the iceberg." Matviichuk reiterated her appeal for an international tribunal to judge Putin, his ally Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and "other war criminals." Her Russian co-laureate Yan Rachinsky, the chairperson of the human rights organization Memorial, denounced Russia's "imperial ambitions" inherited from the ex-Soviet Union "that still thrive today." Putin and his "ideological servants" have hijacked the anti-fascist struggle "for their own political interests," he said. Now, "resistance to Russia is called 'fascism'" and has become "the ideological justification for the insane and criminal war of aggression against Ukraine," Rachinsky added. Belarusian activist's words delivered by wife Pinchuk spoke on behalf of Bialiatski, who faces a prison sentence in Belarus of up to 12 years for tax evasion — charges his supporters say are trumped up. "In my homeland, the entirety of Belarus is in a prison,'' he said in the remarks delivered by Pinchuk, in reference to a sweeping crackdown on opposition protests against strongman Alexander Lukashenko's August 2020 fraud-tainted election win. "This award belongs to all my human rights defender friends, all civic activists, tens of thousands of Belarusians who have gone through beatings, torture, arrests, prison.'' Stockholm hosts other Nobel winners The Nobel prizes for chemistry, physics, medicine, literature and economics were presented later Saturday. After a two-year COVID-19 pandemic break, award ceremonies took place at Stockholm's Concert Hall with nearly 1,500 invited guests. Annie Ernaux of France won the literature prize, Barry Sharpless of the United States won the chemistry prize for the second time, Svante Paabo of Sweden took the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on the study of human evolution, while Alain Aspect, John F Clauser and Anton Zeilinger, scientists based in France, the US and Austria, accepted the Nobel Prize in Physics for work on quantum information science. Former US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and economists Douglas Diamond and Philip Dybvig received the Nobel economics prize for their research on how a deeper economic crisis can be averted by propping up failing banks. Many strong economies are struggling this year with high inflation and a looming recession, as the conflict in Ukraine has led to an energy crisis and affected food supplies and prices. Who is invited to this year's banquet? The list of invitees to the banquet held after this year's ceremony in Stockholm has stirred some controversy. Traditionally attended by the Swedish royal family, government officials and dignitaries from different countries, some names have been intentionally left off this year's guest list. One such name is Jimmie Akesson, the leader of the Sweden Democrats. The anti-immigration, right-wing party became the second-biggest in parliament after elections in September. The ambassadors of Russia and Belarus were also left off the guest list. The Nobel Prize was founded by Alfred Nobel to present prizes for achievements in science, literature and peace. The dynamite inventor left behind some 31 million crowns, equal to $174.2 million (roughly €165 million) in today's money to fund the prizes, awarded annually since 1901.

A Russian court on Friday ordered the seizure of the headquarters of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning human rights organization Memorial. The delivery of the court's decision came hours after the announcement that Memorial had won this year's prestigious award along with Belarusian human rights activist Ales Bialiatski and the Ukrainian Center for Civil Liberties. Memorial had been officially dissolved by Russian authorities in December. The court on Friday ordered that the organization's Moscow office "become state property," Russia's Interfax news agency reported. "We are grateful to the Nobel Committee for honoring us with this award," Memorial said after failing to stop the Russian judiciary from seizing its office. Memorial is one of Russia's most highly regarded human rights organizations, having documented some of the crimes committed under the Soviet Union's Stalinist regime. A representative of the general prosecutor's office accused Memorial of "rehabilitating Nazi criminals and discrediting authorities and creating a false image of the USSR." But the human rights organization said the seizure of its office would not end its work. "Memorial — it's a network, it's people, it's a movement," Memorial said, adding that while its work is currently under "heavy pressure," like many other organizations, "it is not possible to forbid memory and freedom."

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today announced providing prize money to all the players of the Bangladesh Women Football Team in recognition of clinching maiden title of the SAFF Women's Championship beating Nepal by 3-1 goals, after returning home from the USA. The Prime Minister is now in New York, USA to attend the 77th session of the United Nation General Assembly (UNGA). Sheikh Hasina also declared to give houses to women football team players who requires homes. She asked all concerned to collect necessary information about those who need homes to take next course of action. PM's Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim confirmed BSS. Earlier, on Wednesday the Premier directed the authorities concerned to take necessary measures to build a house for Rupna Chakma, the goalkeeper of the Bangladesh Women Football team, in her Rangamati village home. Rupna Chakma was judged as the best goalkeeper in the SAFF Women's Championship, 2022. Sheikh Hasina gave the directive of building a house for Rupna Chakma as a picture of her dilapidated house having been viral on social media brought the premier's attention. The prime minister's fresh directive on building houses for the women footballers who needs came as a news on necessary of a house of another player drew her attention. The SAFF champions were received warmly after their return home on Wednesday as a victory parade on an open-deck bus was arranged for them. The bus was decorated with images of the footballers along with a big image of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina holding a football. Bangladesh beat Maldives, Pakistan, India and Nepal on their way to the ultimate victory. Bangladesh scored 23 goals in the event and conceded only one in the final. Source: BSS AH

The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), Bangladesh organized a prize winner ceremony at a hotel in the capital for students who appeared for the examination and achieved good results in the four exam sessions held in 2021. 79 ACCA students were recognized and honored during the event on Thursday 21st July. University Grants Commission (UGC) member Professor Dr. Md. Sazzad Hossain was present as the chief guest. Muraheb Malik Chowdhury FCCA, Executive Director, Masih Muhit Haque & Co. and Mr. Kazi M Hassan FCCA, Country Manager - Bangladesh, Delhivery were present as special guests. At the beginning of the event, ACCA Global Council President Orla Collins and Regional Head of Learning and Education Esther Thng expressed their wishes in a video message. ACCA Bangladesh Country Manager Prawma Tapashi Khan, FCCA and Senior Business Development Manager (Learning) Shah Waliul Manzoor ACCA Bangladesh, Learning Partner Representative, Marketing Campaign Manager - Asia Pacific Abdullah Al Hasan, Business Services & Compliance Manager GM Rashed and Syeda Sadia Afroze from Customer Services were also present there.

Sadat Rahman, 17, from Bangladesh has won the International Children’s Peace Prize 2020. The award was presented to Sadat on Friday by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai during a ceremony in the Netherlands. By winning the award, he has gained an international platform which enables him to spread his message among an audience of hundreds of millions of people worldwide. He was awarded the prize for his involvement in setting up his social organization and mobile app ‘Cyber Teens’ to stop cyberbullying. Sadat wants to see a world where young people feel safe online. “I live in a remote area,” says Sadat, “and I am a very ordinary boy. If I can save teenagers from cyberbullying, why can’t others?” The International Children’s Peace Prize is an initiative of the international children’s rights organization KidsRights. The winner in 2019 was none other than Greta Thunberg. From an impressive 142 applicants from 42 countries, the KidsRights’ Expert Committee selected Sadat Rahman from Bangladesh as winner. This prestigious prize was launched in 2005 during the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in Rome, chaired by Mikhail Gorbachev. Since then, the prize has been presented by a Nobel Peace Prize Laureate every year. The International Children’s Peace Prize 2020 was presented by the youngest Nobel Peace Prize winner in history Malala Yousafzai. ‘CYBER TEENS’ Sadat is a 17-year-old boy from Bangladesh. A story about a 15-year-old girl who committed suicide after suffering from cyberbullying moved Sadat so much, that he founded his own organization and created the anti cyberbullying app ‘Cyber Teens’ to give helpless teenagers a place to go for help. One of the major issues around cyberbullying is that young people are afraid to report it to the police or to inform their parents. The app gives young people information about internet safety and gives them the possibility to report cyberbullying confidentially. Cyber specialists, social workers and the police are brought together via his organization. The app has already supported over 300 victims of cyberbullying, including by reporting fake social media accounts and providing support for mental health problems. The app has led to the arrest of eight perpetrators of cybercrimes so far. Sadat has also reached over 45,000 teenagers with internet safety seminars in schools and colleges. He has created “Cyber Clubs” in every school in his local area. In these clubs, young people are educated on digital literacy knowledge. He now wants to spread the app beyond his local area to help victims of cyberbullying across Bangladesh. Source: UNB AH