Selima in Norway to receive award

Bangladesh's Selima Ahmad is among the six global business leaders to receive this year's Oslo Business for Peace Award, reports bdnews24.com.

She and other recipients have reached Norway to receive the award from Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi at Oslo City Hall.

Nobel Prize winners also receive the coveted award at this hall. Bangladesh's Muhammad Yunus too received his Nobel Peace Prize at this hall.

This is Norway-based Business for Peace Foundation's sixth award giving ceremony. Another Bangladeshi businessman, Transcom Group Chairman Latifur Rahman was conferred the prestigious award, in 2012.

Selima Ahmad will be third Bangladeshi to receive any coveted award at Oslo City Hall.